El Posito
El Posito is an archaeological site in Orange Walk District, Belize. El Posito is situated nearby to the village Guinea Grass, as well as near the town Shipyard.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Guinea Grass and Shipyard.
Guinea Grass
Village
Guinea Grass is a village in the Orange Walk District of the nation of Belize. It is 38 metres above sea level. According to the 2000 census, Guinea Grass had a population of 2,510 people; by 2010 the census figures showed a population of 3,500. Guinea Grass is situated 3 miles east of El Posito.
Shipyard
Town
Photo: Sipyardbelize, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shipyard, also called Shipyard Colony, is a Mennonite settlement that is also an administrative village in the Orange Walk District of Belize. Shipyard was founded in 1958 by Old Colony Mennonites from Chihuahua and Durango states in Mexico. Shipyard is situated 4 miles south of El Posito.
Richmond Hill
Hamlet
Richmond Hill was a Mennonite settlement of Old Colony Mennonites in Orange Walk District in Belize, near Orange Walk Town. It was founded in 1960 by Mennonites from the Peace River area in Alberta, Canada, two years after the Belizean Mennonite settlements Blue Creek, Shipyard and Spanish Lookout were founded. Richmond Hill is situated 6 miles northeast of El Posito.
El Posito
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Orange Walk District, Belize, Central America, North America
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Latitude
17.97556° or 17° 58′ 32″ northLongitude
-88.64106° or 88° 38′ 28″ westElevation
98 feet (30 metres)Open location code
769HX9G5+6HGeoNames ID
3582152
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