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Cayo

San Ignacio

San Ignacio is a small town in the region of , with around 25,000 citizens. San Ignacio, or Cayo as it is called, is on the Macal river, and makes a good and affordable base for exploration of the stunning regions around it, with plenty of day trips to be taken and several decent tour guides willing to take you.
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  • Type: Town with 17,900 residents
  • Description: capital of the Cayo district
  • Also known as: “San Ignacio, Belize” and “Santa Elena”
  • Historically known as: “Cayo”, “Cayo Town”, and “El Cayo de San Ignacio”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cahal Pech and Norman Broaster Stadium.

Photo: Aquaimages, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is a Maya site located near the town of San Ignacio in the of . The site was a palatial, hilltop home for an elite Maya family, and though the most major construction dates to the Classic period, evidence of continuous…

Stadium
is a multi-purpose stadium in San Ignacio, Cayo, Belize. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium to Verdes FC in the Premier League of Belize of the Football Federation of Belize.

Stadium
is a football stadium based in Santa Elena, Cayo, Belize. It is home to Verdes, who compete in the Premier League of Belize.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bullet Tree Falls and Santa Familia.

Village
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is a village located along the in , . It lies approximately five kilometers northwest of San Ignacio. According to the 2010 census, has a population of 2,124 people in 426 households. is situated 2½ miles northwest of San Ignacio.

Village
is a village located along the in , . According to the 2010 census, has a population of 1,598 people in 321 households. is situated 2½ miles north of San Ignacio.

Village
is a village in the of central interior , situated on the east bank of the . The village is in an agricultural region with the most frequent crops being citrus and banana. is situated 2 miles southeast of San Ignacio.

San Ignacio

Latitude
17.1528° or 17° 9′ 10″ north
Longitude
-89.0762° or 89° 4′ 34″ west
Population
17,900
Elevation
197 feet (60 metres)
IATA airport code
SQS
United Nations Location Code
BZ SQS
Open location code
769G5W3F+4G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 297441760
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3581194
Wiki­data ID
Q724815
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Urdu—“San Ignacio” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “San Ignacio”
  • Belarusian: “Сан-Ігнасіа”
  • Belarusian: “Сан-Ігнасіё”
  • Catalan: “San Ignacio”
  • Cebuano: “San Ignacio”
  • Chinese: “圣伊格纳西奥”
  • Chinese: “聖伊格納西奧”
  • Croatian: “San Ignacio, Belize”
  • Croatian: “San Ignacio”
  • Dutch: “San Ignacio”
  • Esperanto: “San Ignacio”
  • Finnish: “El Cayo”
  • Finnish: “San Ignacio”
  • French: “San Ignacio”
  • German: “San Ignacio”
  • Hebrew: “סן איגנסיו”
  • Italian: “San Ignacio”
  • Japanese: “サン・イグナシオ”
  • Korean: “샌이그나시오”
  • Lithuanian: “San Ignasijas”
  • Lithuanian: “San Ignasijus”
  • Low German: “San Ignacio/Santa Elena”
  • Marathi: “सान इग्नासियो”
  • Northern Frisian: “San Ignacio”
  • Northern Sami: “San Ignacio”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “San Ignacio”
  • Norwegian: “San Ignacio”
  • Polish: “San Ignacio Cayo”
  • Polish: “San Ignacio”
  • Portuguese: “San Elena”
  • Portuguese: “San Ignacio”
  • Portuguese: “San Ignacio/Santa Elena”
  • Russian: “Сан-Игнасио (Белиз)”
  • Russian: “Сан-Игнасио-Кайо”
  • Russian: “Сан-Игнасио”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “San Ignacio, Belize”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “San Ignacio”
  • Slovenian: “San Ignacio”
  • Spanish: “San Ignacio”
  • Swedish: “San Ignacio, Belize”
  • Swedish: “San Ignacio”
  • Tajik: “Сан-Игнасио”
  • Turkish: “San Ignacio, Belize”
  • Turkish: “San Ignacio”
  • Ukrainian: “Сан-Ігнасіо-Кайо”
  • Ukrainian: “Сан-Іґнасіо”
  • Urdu: “سان اگناسیو، بیلیز”
  • Urdu: “سان اگناسیو”

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