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	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Pedro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Pedro I PEDRO I [Pedro I] (Dom Pedro de Alcântara), 1798-1834, first emperor of Brazil (1822-31); son of John VI of Portugal.
		San Pedro Sula SAN PEDRO SULA [San Pedro Sula], city (1997 est.
		San Pedro Sula and Puerto Cortés are the principal ports of Honduras and serve the northwestern banana and sugar plantations.
	www.encyclopedia.com /articles/09956.html (478 words)

	San Pedro Columbia Village - Complete information about Toledo District in Southern Belize
		San Pedro Columbia, made up of about 700 residents, is the largest Kekchi Maya village in Belize.
		San Pedro Columbia is laid out on a series of rolling hills with smooth meandering gravel roads.
		San Pedro Columbia offers hiking to Lubaantun, canoeing in the river, and a visit to old cacao groves.
	www.southernbelize.com /vil_sanpedro.html (313 words)

	Columbia River Forest Reserve, Belize National Parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries, Monuments, Natural Reserves
		Columbia is rugged and remote and spreads over the southern and most tropical comer of the Maya Mountains.
		San Pedro is two miles down the first road on the right, which begins one and a half miles from the Highway.
		San Pedro Columbia has slightly more options, and there is also luxury accommodation in the area (The Fallen Stones Hotel and Butterfly Ranch has the best forest view in the whole country).
	ambergriscaye.com /pages/town/parkcolumbiariver.html (1417 words)

	Ambergris Today Website: Your Source for Issues Concerning La Isla Bonita.
		Patty Arceo and Mayor Alberto Nuñez of San Pedro Town to discuss and make preparations for a major relief campaign effort for the southern residents of Belize that were greatly affected by the impact of Hurricane Iris.
		Two boats from San Pedro were quickly dispatched on Tuesday for Placencia, loaded with food, water, clothing and generators, and Tropic Air dispatched one of its Caravans filled up with emergency supplies.
		By Wednesday, an additional 7 relief supply boats from San Pedro had arrived in Placencia, and one of them was dispatched later during the day to the Monkey River area, which still had many people without food and water on Wednesday.
	www.ambergristoday.com /archives/12-10-01 (3310 words)

	San Carlos
		San Carlos (AVP-51) was laid down on 17 September 1942 by the Lake Washington Shipyard, Houghton, Wash.; launched on 20 December 1942; sponsored by Mrs.
		Arriving at San Pedro Bay, Leyte, on the 24th, she downed an enemy plane on the 27th, and tended patrol planes.
		Arriving at San Juanico Strait on the 22nd, she shot down another enemy plane on the 26th and tended seaplanes there until 22 January 1945.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/s4/san_carlos.htm (507 words)

	MyBelizeAdventure.com : Destinations: Toledo : San Antonio Village
		San Antonio is one of the thirty-five Mayan villages in the Toledo district, and has the largest community of Mopan Mayas in the region.
		San Antonio, the second largest community in the district, can either be accessed through the road to Sylvester Village and San Pedro Columbia, near Lubaantun, or further south on the highway through the unpaved road going west at the junction to Punta Gorda Town.
		A statue of the village’s patron saint, San Luis Rey, stands at the front of the church, surrounded by candles.
	www.mybelizeadventure.com /destinations/toledo/sanantonio (824 words)

	Toledo Ecotourism Association, Belize - Power & Local Participation
		San Pedro Columbia was one of the founding TEA villages but the programme is no longer in operation there.
		The 10% community fund seems not to be in operation in San Miguel and as a result only the Ack family benefit from local ecotourism, hence the lack of general support for the TEA.
		The past failures of the TEA program in San Pedro de Columbia, Santa Cruz and Indian Creek suggest that ecotourism in San Miguel is not socially sustainable.
	www.piedrablanca.org /belize-ecotourism-power-tea.htm (1269 words)

	San Miguel Village - Complete information about Toledo District in Southern Belize
		San Miguel is a small Kekchi village with a population of about 380 people.
		They received 150 acres of land from the people of San Pedro Columbia and crossed the Columbia river to establish a new village.
		San Miguel has electricity, a community phone, a central water system, a community center, a library, a couple stores, and a school next to a church.
	www.southernbelize.com /vil_sanmiguel.html (326 words)

	Where MMRF is located (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		We are two miles up river from the predominantly Kek’chi Mayan village of San Pedro Columbia, in Belize’s southernmost district of Toledo.
		One border of MMRF is the river called the Columbia Branch of the Rio Grande, the other side of which is the Columbia Indian Reservation.
		We are in a wonderful location, on the one hand connected to the village by the river that is the local highway, and on the other hand in close proximity to high bush in the Columbia River Forest Reserve.
	www.mmrfbz.org /wheremmrfislocat.html (259 words)

	BELIZE FIRST: VOLUME III, NO. 1 Page 7 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		San Pedro Colombia: This small Kekchi and Mestizo village is famous for its Kekchi embroidery.
		San Pedro must be close to God because there are seven different churches in this village of 150 families.
		When the original San Antonians arrived in 1886 they brought with them their patron saint San Luis and bells along with images of the saints from their original village.
	www.belizefirst.com /prevar1f.html (3510 words)

	Maya Villages - Travel Belize (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		San Antonio is believed to be the largest Mopan Maya community in Central America with a population of around 2,000.
		San Pedro Columbia is a Kekchi indian village as is nearby San Miguel.
		What remains of Uxbenka can be found just off the main road, less than half a mile from the village.
	www.travel-belize.com /ant.htm (444 words)

	Adventure Travel in Belize, Central America
		At San Pedro Columbia, you can visit Lubaantun, ride in a canoe, and visit old cacao groves.
		The most remote of the Maya villages participating, San José may only be reached by horse or on foot at times; it offers hiking.
		The race begins at the Hawskworth Bridge in San Ignacio and ends at the Belcan Bridge in Belize City.
	www.peacecorner.org /adventure_travel.htm (1371 words)

	Belize: The Mayan Sites
		This Late Classic ceremonial center, located northwest of Punta Gorda near the village of San Pedro Columbia, is not directly accessible by vehicle - there is a five minute walk from the road to the ruins.
		Caracol is lo-cated south of San Ignacio and is accessible by road.
		Nohmul is located in the village of San Pablo which is easily accessible by public transportation from Orange Walk Corozal and Belize City.
	www.travelvantage.com /bel_may.html (1193 words)

	Ambergris Today Website: Your Source for Issues Concerning La Isla Bonita.
		Luis was born and raised in the Mayan Village of San Pedro Columbia in the Toledo District.
		His parents live in San Pedro Columbia and his father was also the first Indian to hold a Government Post as Minister of Rural Development.
		Patty Arceo will be meeting with the San Pedro Lions Club Board of Directors and Government of Belize officials to discuss what has been achieved so far and just how much more is needed in terms of funding to complete the much-anticipated hospital for our island.
	www.ambergristoday.com /archives/17-10-02 (2024 words)

	Pyramids in Belize
		This head, weighing 9 3/4 pounds and measuring nearly 6 inches from the base of the crown, is believed to be the largest Maya jade carving in existence.
		Lubaantunis located northwest of Punta Gorda near the village of San Pedro, Columbia, Lubaantun is noted for its unusual style of construction.
		Xunantunich is located across the river from the village of San Jose Succotz in the Cayo district.
	www.crystalinks.com /pyramidbelize.html (824 words)

	BARC General Information
		The purpose of the research center is to facilitate practical, hands-on research and study of the biology of tropical forest ecosystems.
		Nearby is the village of San Pedro Columbia and the Maya ruin, Lubaantun.
		One mile upstream, the Columbia River bursts forth from underground as a cold, clear water source, unusual in the tropics.
	www.tcf-barc.org /barcgeninfo.htm (435 words)

	Spanish Language Schools San Pedro Costa Rica - Spanish Language Schools San Pedro Costa Rica information
		San Jose is San Pedro, the home of...
		was the Costa Rica Spanish Institute, located in the San Pedro barrio of San Jose.
		Spanish language schools and institutes in San Pedro, Costa Rica Institute for Central American Development Studies Institute for Central American Development Studies We offer 4-week progressive...
	www.languageschoolsites.com /spanishlanguageschoolssanpedrocostarica (877 words)

	The Toledo Ecotourism Association - Village Tours
		After you get settled in the guesthouse, you'll have time to walk down to the falls for a swim and take a walk to one of the caves with a local guide returning back to the village to eat dinner with one of the local families.
		Take the bus to San Miguel and after you've settled in to the guesthouse allow the locals to take you upstream for a two hour walk to a cave.
		When you are ready, continue along the road to the San Pedro Columbia Guesthouse, drop your bags and learn some of the local arts and crafts before enjoying the local cuisine.
	www.plenty.org /mayan-ecotours/tours.htm (1089 words)

	BELIZEmagazine.com - The Internet Magazine of Belize
		Translated "Place of the Fallen Stones" Lubaantun, about twenty-six miles northwest of Punta Gorda, two miles from the village of San Pedro Columbia is one of the least visited major Maya.
		Corners of the step-pyramids are usually rounded, and lack stone structures atop the pyramids; presumably some had structures of perishable materials in ancient times.
		The centre of the site is on a large artificially raised platform between two small rivers; it has often been noted that the situation is well suited to military defence.
	www.belizemagazine.com /edition02/english/e02_12archaeology.htm (564 words)

	Conference Center
		San Pedro Columbia, one of the largest villages in the Toledo District, had 204 homes completely destroyed and 150 badly damaged.
		Twenty-six of 56 rural schools in the district are said to have been destroyed.
		The hand pumps are raising only brown water, and people are afraid to use it, so water is a high priority need there.
	www.spring.net /yapp-bin/public/read/farm/6 (775 words)

	Towns, Regions, Rivers, Mountains etc. named after Columbus
		On the first map of the city of Washington by federal city planner Pierre L'Enfant it was called the Permanent Seat of the Government.
		Scott said there was great interest in Columbus because the 300th anniversary of his famous voyage was coming up the next year.
		A compromise was struck: the federal enclave would be known as the city of Washington, and the general area would be called the District of Columbia.
	columbus.vanderkrogt.net /toponyms.html (354 words)

	Magnum Belize Tours, Belize Experts in Travel to Belize - Visit the Ancient Mayan Cities of Belize
		But although their numbers are reduced, the Maya still live in Belize, still speak Mayan dialects as their first language, and still practice ancient crafts and healing techniques.
		In addition to encountering living Mayan culture in San Antonio and San Jose Succotz in the Cayo District and throughout the Toledo District, visitors can see remnants of the classic Mayan period.
		Lubantuun is situated on a tall ridge above a valley cut by the Columbia River, about 1 1/2 miles from San Pedro Columbia, the largest Kekchi Maya village in Belize.
	www.magnumbelize.com /ruins.html (1006 words)

	TCF hurricane Damage
		In the Toledo District damage to health centers is estimated at BZE $86,000 in the communities of Pueblo Viejo, San Antonio, San Pedro, Columbia, Santa Teresa, Barranco and San Roman.
		Eladio lost his thatch house and his kitchen and lost some of the roof of his new concrete house.
		All over Columbia there were signs of new construction.
	www.tcf-barc.org /lnews_3_02.html (2960 words)

	The Athens NEWS: Twice weekly alternative
		Connie Burk, of Hollister in Athens County, is undertaking a number of improvement projects in the southern Belize village, including computers for the Columbia Opportunity Center and a library there.
		All proceeds will support the Columbia Opportunity Center, which is an effort to provide villagers with opportunities independent of the agrarian economy of the region.
		Burk and her partner Jerry Moomaw moved to the village in September 2001 to help the 1,500 villagers plan their futures and to encourage sustainable development.
	www.athensnews.com /issue/article.php3?story_id=12744 (361 words)

	Peace Corps Online \| September 1, 2003: Headlines: COS - Belize: Agriculture: Plenty: Five of GATE’s Garden ...
		We now have village volunteers in Barranco, Mafredi, Laguna, and Golden Stream villages, and we are seeking volunteers in San Jose, San Pedro Columbia, and Punta Gorda Town.
		Their goal is to foster micro-enterprise in Belize, and they are using “mentors” to help identify who or what groups could benefit from the trainings they offer.
		We had suggested several groups in San Jose village that had come to us for support, and BEST opened up the training to include anyone who wanted to attend.
	peacecorpsonline.org /messages/messages/467/2020915.html (1248 words)

	BELIZEmagazine.com - The Internet Magazine of Belize
		With water levels in the Columbia River suffering drastically from a lack of rain, the pace was trying but it mattered not for either of us.
		Glass-clear water in a natural pool of the Columbia river in the Toledo district of Belize.
		When we finally reached the end of the river where the water reportedly emerges from a hole in the ground, we were both forced to climb up and over huge boulders that litered the headwall.
	www.belizemagazine.com /edition07/english/e07_08riversreport.htm (510 words)

	Belize Quick Takes 2
		The Mountain Pine Ridge is 300 square miles of forest reserve that is south of the Western Highway in the Cayo District.
		Lubaantun, situated above a tributary to the Columbia River, is located near San Pedro-Columbia in the Toledo District.
		Overlooking the Mopan River, the ruins of Xunantunich are located approximately eight miles west of San Ignacio Town at San Jose Succotz Village in the Cayo District.
	www.belizenet.com /belizefacts2.html (2448 words)

	Jazz \| All About Jazz
		The tune was called "Tiger of San Pedro" and was supposedly written by or associated with trombonist Bill Watrous.
		The All Music Guide of Jazz rates this recording as the best of genre with editor Scott Yanow opining, "["Tiger of San Pedro"] well deserves to be reissued on CD..." Alas, a thorough search of the electronic and print sources has failed to turn up a recording by anyone.
		If anyone can help Les find a recording of "Tiger of San Pedro", please contact him at Les Pacholski.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /letters/1198ltte.htm (620 words)

	Cayo Adventure Tours
		Caracol is now a Maya city in the process of being recovered from the jungle as excavation and reconstruction of the site are ongoing during the dry season.
		Located across from San Jose Succotz Village, a few miles from the western border, this site can only be reached by a hand-cranked ferry across the Mopan River.
		Located near San Pedro Columbia Village, Lubaantun is the largest Maya archaeological site in the south, and was one of the last major settlements built in Belize prior to the collapse of the Maya.
	www.cayoadventure.com /mayan.html (1088 words)

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