Livingston, Guatemala
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Livingston is a toun in Izabal Depairtment, eastren Guatemala, at the mooth o the Río Dulce at the Guwf o Honduras. The toun (whose name is occasionally adaptit intae Spainyie orthografie as Lívingston) serves as the municipal seat o the municipality o the same name. It wis Guatemala's main port on the Caribbean Sea afore the construction o nearbi Puerto Barrios.
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Coordinates: 15°49′48″N 88°45′00″W | |
Kintra | Guatemala |
Depairtment | Izabal Depairtment |
Livingston is notit for its unusual mix o Garífuna, Afro-Caribbean, Maya an Ladino fowk an cultur. In recent decades Livingston haes developit a lairge tourist industry.
Livingston is namit efter American jurist an politeecian Edward Livingston who wrote the Livingston Codes which wur uised as the basis for the laws o the liberal govrenment o the Unitit Provinces o Central Americae in the early 19t century.