Toledo District

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For the rail line in the United States, see Toledo District (Norfolk Southern).

Punta Gorda is the main town in the Toledo District.

Toledo District is the southernmost district in the nation of Belize, with the district capital in the town of Punta Gorda, Belize. Also in Toledo District are the towns of Monkey River Town and Toledo Settlement, the villages of San Pedro Columbia and Silver Creek, Blue Creek, Dolores, Belize, Graham Creek, Joventud, Otoxha Village, San Benito Poite, Xpicilha Village and the ancient Maya ruins of Nim Li Punit, Lubaantun, and Uxbenka. According to the 2000 census, Toledo District had a population of 23,815 persons.

Blue Creek village is home to Tumulkin Center of Learning.

[edit] Notable architecture

Several significant ancient Mayan sites are extant in ruined form in the Toledo District. Nim Li Punit is a Classic Period Mayan site^[1] with ballcourts and carved stelae. Lubaantun is a drystone constructed site with ruined pyramids and stone tombs.^[2]

[edit] Reference line notes

^ Nim Li Punit, published by the Department of Archaeology, Belmopan, Belize, Project ACP-RPR 544, Cubola Productions, March, 1999
^ C.Michael Hogan, Lubaantun, 2007, The Megalithic Portal, editor: A. Burnham