Seine Bight is a village on the Placencia Peninsula located in the Stann Creek District of Belize. It is located 2 and a half miles south of Maya Beach Village and North of the village of Placencia. This small village has roughly 1,000 inhabitants, mostly Garifuna people who subsist on fishing, hunting, and homegrown vegetables. The early settlers named their village for their favored fishing tackle, Seine fishing and a bight, a bend or curve in a coastline.
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smaller barrier island in the north
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peninsula in Belize
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Known as Cayo to locals, Maya and Hispanic influence near the Guatemala border
17.160125-89.05999722Stann Creek
district of Belize
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Placencia is at the southern tip of the resort Placencia peninsula in Belize.
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capital of Belize
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capital and largest town of Toledo District in southern Belize
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Garifuna village
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island in Belize
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