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Louisville - Belize

Principal Locations
  1. Belize City
  2. Belize District
  3. Belmopan
  4. Benque Viejo del Carmen
  5. Carmelita
  6. Cayo District
  7. Chunox
  8. Consejo
  9. Corozal District
  10. Corozal Town
  11. Dangriga
  12. Guinea Grass Town
  13. Hattieville
  14. Ladyville
  15. Little Belize
  16. Louisville
  17. Monkey River Town
  18. Mullins River
  19. Orange Walk District
  20. Orange Walk Town
  21. Patchacan
  22. Placencia
  23. Progresso
  24. Punta Gorda
  25. San Estevan
  26. San Ignacio Cayo
  27. San Pablo
  28. San Pedro Town
  29. Stann Creek District
  30. Toledo District
  31. Toledo Settlement
  32. Trial Farm
  33. Xaibe


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Louisville, Belize


Louisville is a town in the Corozal District of the nation of Belize, located at 18°19′ N 88°30′ W. According to the 2000 census, it had a population of 655 people.

Some substantial artificial mounds at Louisville are the remains of an ancient city of the Maya civilization. The site seems to have been occupied from about 400 BC to about 950 AD. Excavations were made here by Dr. Thomas Gann in the mid 1930s, uncovering some interesting polychrome stucco portrait heads.

Much of the ancient remains were demolished to reuse stone and make fill for roads. Further investigations and excavations of Louisville were made in 2000.





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