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Explore Livingston in Guatemala

Livingston in the region of Izabal with its 14,350 inhabitants is a town in Guatemala - some 143 mi or ( 231 km ) North-East of New Guatemala , the country's capital city .

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Current time in Livingston is now 02:26 AM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " America/Guatemala " with a UTC offset of -6 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Dangriga, Belmopan, San Salvador, Zacapa, and Sarstun Creek. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Dangriga . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Livingston ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Garifuna dancing Pororo in Livingston, Guatemala - 12/12/2010

1:07 min by KiwiAroundTheWorld
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Garifuna dancing Pororo in Livingston, Guatemala - 12/12/2010 ..

Sailing to Guatemala

7:04 min by stanrcox
Views: 2003 Rating: 4.20

Sailing from Middle Long Cay to Placencia, Belize. Motoring up the Rio Dulce from Livingston, Guatemala to Monkey Bay Marina, July, 2011. Aboard the sv Möbius; a Baba 30 sailboat. ..


Santo Tomas de Castilla

1:17 min by khevron
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Cruise port or Shipping port. Both. Reception in Guatemala NCL Norwegian Sun Cruise ..

Indira and Nohely Punta Dancing Semana Santa 2012

1:04 min by Gale Castillo
Views: 1195 Rating: 5.00

Drummers provide the Garifuna Punta cadence that the traditional punta dance is performed to. Watch how the dancer imitate the drummers and the drummers imitate the dancers. ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Livingston, Guatemala

Livingston is the name of a town in Izabal Department, eastern Guatemala, at the mouth of the Río Dulce at the Gulf of Honduras. The town (whose name is occasionally adapted into Spanish orthography as Lívingston) serves as the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name. It was Guatemala's main port on the Caribbean Sea before the construction of nearby Puerto Barrios. Livingston is noted for its unusual mix of Garífuna, Afro-Caribbean, Maya and Ladino people and culture.

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Located at 15.83 -88.75 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Izabal Department, Populated places in Guatemala

Amatique Bay

Amatique Bay is a large bay in the Gulf of Honduras, along the eastern coast of Guatemala and Belize. It stretches from Santo Tomás de Castilla in the south to Punta Gorda in the north. Its south-eastern limits are marked by a small peninsula known as Punta de Manabique where a $27 million dollar gas terminal is planned">http://www. elperiodico. com. gt/es/20110519/economia/195588 Most of the bay is part of Guatemala, while the northwestern portion is part of Belize.

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Located at 15.92 -88.75 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Bays of Belize, Belize–Guatemala border, Bodies of water of Guatemala

Chocón Machacas

The Chocón Machacas Protected Biotope is a protected nature reserve in eastern Guatemala. It is located in the municipality of Livingston, in a densely forested area covering the lower reaches of the Chocón Machacas River basin and the northern shores of the Río Dulce-Golfete Dulce system . The Chocón Machacas river and Golfete Dulce complex form one of Guatemala's few remaining habitats for the endangered Caribbean manatee.

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Located at 15.76 -88.87 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Protected areas established in 1989, Protected areas of Guatemala

Chocón Machacas River

The Chocón Machacas River is a river in eastern Guatemala. The sources of the 53 km-long river are located on the eastern slopes of the Sierra de Santa Cruz at {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:15.793835|N|89.133890|W||||| | |name= }}. From there it flows in a generally west-south-west direction into the Golfete Dulce. The Chocón Machacas river and Golfete Dulce complex form one of Guatemala's few remaining habitats for the endangered Caribbean manatee.

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Located at 15.76 -88.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Rivers of Guatemala

El Golfete

El Golfete is a long narrow lake in Guatemala. It lies at sea level and is connected by the Dulce River from Lake Izabal draining to the Amatique Bay in the Caribbean Sea.

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Located at 15.73 -88.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: Lakes of Guatemala

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