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Happy birthday San Ignacio, Santa Elena, and Benque! They are all 111 today. The Cayo Tour Guide Association has a great article about it.
"Today, San Ignacio and Santa Elena, as well as Benque Viejo del Carmen, are celebrating 111 years since they became a town. The Government Gazette British Honduras, published on the 22nd of October 1904, states that a few days earlier, on the 19th of October, it was declared and granted township to both communities. San Ignacio at the time was referred to as “El Cayo” meaning the Faye or the island because it was bordered to the north by the Mopan river and through it passed the Macal River. It also raises the questions: Why was the town inhabited? Why did people flock out west to occupy these areas? The answer is in the industries that existed at the time."
