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High Sand
Belizehamlet
Demographic figures from Statistical Institute of Belize. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
High Sand, a hamlet in Belize, forms part of the country's settled landscape. Up-to-date population figures for this locality are not available in the open datasets we monitor. High Sand maps to 16.824°, -88.314° — squarely within the tropical belt. Climatically, locations at this latitude tend to experience warm temperatures throughout the year with pronounced wet and dry seasons. Solar-resource estimates put the area at about 1,862 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year with sunshine for roughly 73% of daylight hours. Further detail — demographics, climate, nearby amenities and natural-hazard data — is compiled below from public open-data sources.
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History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves3,870
- Social FlycatcherMyiozetetes similis (Spix, 1825) · Aves3,632
- Morelet's SeedeaterSporophila morelleti (Bonaparte, 1850) · Aves3,336
- Spot-breasted WrenPheugopedius maculipectus (Lafresnaye, 1845) · Aves3,227
- Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves3,102
- Rufous-tailed HummingbirdAmazilia tzacatl (de la Llave, 1833) · Aves2,956
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves2,902
- Melodious BlackbirdDives dives (Deppe, 1830) · Aves2,861
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.3 — 2026-01-0955 km NNE of Baja Mar, Honduras
- M 4.4 — 2016-12-3037 km NNE of Baja Mar, Honduras
- M 4.3 — 2013-06-0248 km N of Baja Mar, Honduras
- M 4.2 — 2009-10-26north of Honduras
- M 4.6 — 2009-05-3032 km NNE of Baja Mar, Honduras
- M 4.3 — 2009-05-2954 km NNE of Baja Mar, Honduras
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
Nearby places in Belize
- Bazargan7499.8 mi away · pop. 9,000
- Tazeh Shahr7568.1 mi away · pop. 8,629
- Khamaneh7604.9 mi away · pop. 3,056
- Bonab-e-Jadid7604.9 mi away · pop. 4,430
- Parsabad7623.8 mi away · pop. 81,782
- Tabriz7637 mi away · pop. 1,558,693
- Shinabad7655.9 mi away
- Bostanabad7669.2 mi away · pop. 16,592
- Sarab7692.1 mi away · pop. 45,000
- Sareyn7702.8 mi away · pop. 5,459
- Ardabil7706.7 mi away · pop. 482,632
- Shahindezh7713.8 mi away · pop. 38,396
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Books about High Sand
Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species









Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Open Library
