Livingston, Guatemala

Livingston is the name of a town in Izabal department, Guatemala, at the mouth of the

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Izabal - Guatemala

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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.

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Río Dulce - Gulf of Honduras

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It was Guatemala's main port on the Caribbean Sea before the construction of nearby Puerto Barrios.

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Caribbean Sea - Puerto Barrios

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Livingston is noted for its unusual mix of Garífuna, Maya, and Latino people and culture. In recent decades Livingston has developed a large tourist industry.

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Garífuna - Maya - Latino

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Livingston is named after USA jurist and politician Edward Livingston who wrote the Livingston Codes which were used as the basis for the laws of the liberal government of the United Provinces of Central America in the early 19th century.

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USA - Edward Livingston - United Provinces of Central America - 19th century

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