Editing Dangriga

{{for|the [[House of Representatives (Belize)|Belize House]] electoral [[Constituencies of Belize|constituency]]|Dangriga (Belize House constituency)}}
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| official_name      = Dangriga Town
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| subdivision_name2  = [[Dangriga (Belize House constituency)|Dangriga]]
| leader_title       = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name        = Robert Mariano [[People's United Party (Belize)|(PUP)]]
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| population_total   = 9593
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'''Dangriga''', formerly known as '''Stann Creek Town''', is a [[town]] in southern [[Belize]], located on the [[Caribbean Sea|Caribbean]] coast at the mouth of the North Stann Creek River. It is the capital of Belize's [[Stann Creek District]]. Dangriga is served by the [[Dangriga Airport]]. Commonly known as the "culture capital of Belize" due to its influence on [[punta]] music and other forms of [[Garifuna people|Garifuna]] culture, Dangriga is the largest settlement in southern Belize.<ref name="culture">[http://www.belize.com/stann-creek Stann Creek Belize - Home Of Culture Capital Dangriga], Belize.com. (accessed 21 June 2015)</ref>

==History==
Dangriga, declared a town 15 February 1895, was settled before 1832 by [[Garinagu]] (Black Caribs, as they were known to the British) from [[Honduras]]. For years, it was the second largest population centre in the country behind [[Belize City]], but in recent years has been surpassed by [[San Ignacio, Belize|San Ignacio]], [[Belmopan]] and [[Orange Walk Town]]. Since the early 1980s, Garífuna culture has undergone a revival, as part of which the town's name of Dangriga, a Garífuna word meaning "standing waters", became more widely used (but was initially adopted around 1975).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-780130-dangriga_dangriga-i |title=City of Dangriga, Belize - Yahoo! Travel |access-date=13 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041214092741/http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-780130-dangriga_dangriga-i |archive-date=14 December 2004 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==Demographics==
The population is mostly a mixture of [[Garinagu]], [[Belizean Kriol people|Kriols]] and [[Mestizos]]. According to the Statistical Institute of Belize, Dangriga's population in 2010 was 8,767 – 4,302 males and 4,465 females.<ref>{{cite web| title =Statistics 2010| url =http://www.sib.org.bz/statistics/population| access-date = June 4, 2015}}</ref>

==Culture==
Dangriga is home to the [[Garifuna people|Garifuna]], a cultural and ethnic group, descendants of shipwrecked slaves and native Caribs. The Garifuna have adopted the Carib language but kept their [[African music]]al and religious traditions, while holding a central place in the history of the [[Sacred Heart Church, Dangriga#Prominence|Catholic church]] and [[Sacred Heart Church, Dangriga#Education|Catholic education]] in Belize. Dangriga is also where the Caribbean music, [[Punta Rock]], originated and where some of Belize's folk bands can be found.

In November, each year, there is a week-long festivity leading up to Garifuna Settlement Day, attended by Garifuna people from around the region. It includes a torchlit parade and wreath-laying ceremony at the monument of the patriot and social activist [[Thomas Vincent Ramos]], selection of Miss Garifuna, parades and special church services, and The T.V. Ramos Classic Bike Race.

The 19 November is [[Garifuna Settlement Day]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Explore Belize |author=Harry S. Pariser |publisher=Harry S. Pariser |year=1998 |isbn=1-55650-785-2 |page=279|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bzzLAiriANcC}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://sanpedrosun.net/old/98-431.html |title=Celebrating Garifuna Day |work=San Pedro Sun |access-date=2010-02-07}}</ref>

==Attractions==
*[[Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary]], located southwest of Dangriga.
*Mayflower Archeological Reserve, consisting of three ruins, two waterfalls and a view of Hopkins village as well as of the [[Caribbean Sea]].
*Dangriga is also a mainland access point to popular [[cayes]] in Southern Belize, including [[Tobacco Caye]] and [[Royal Belize]].

==Healthcare==
The city is served by [[Dangriga Hospital|Southern Regional Hospital]].

==Notable residents==
*[[Arlie Petters]], mathematician and astrophysicist
*[[Pen Cayetano]], artist and musician residing in Germany. Originator of Punta Rock.
*[[Maxime Faget]], designer of the Mercury capsule, and contributed to the later Gemini and Apollo spacecraft as well as the Space Shuttle.
*[[Thomas Vincent Ramos|T. V. Ramos]], [[Garifuna people|Garifuna]] civil rights activist from Puerto Cortez, Honduras.
* [[Osmond P. Martin]], first native Belizean Catholic bishop.
* [[Rakeem Nuñez-Roches]], [[American football]] player for the [[New York Giants]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/story/news/local/2014/11/26/nunez-roches-helps-others/19545017/|title=Nunez-Roches helps others|date=November 26, 2014|work=Hattiesburg American}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070325151246/http://www.dangrigalive.bz/ Official Dangriga website]}}
* [http://jesuitarchives.org/belize-mission-collection About 100 photos with Garifuna, from early 20th century]
* [https://www.visitdangriga.com/  Dangriga Tourism Website]

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Grigadan.JPG|Dangriga main street
File:Grigadan3.JPG|Garifuna Gulisi Museum
File:Grigadan2.JPG|"Drums of Our Fathers" Monument
Belize-dangriga.jpg|Dangriga, Belize Streets of Dangriga
</gallery>

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[[Category:Populated places in Stann Creek District]]
[[Category:Dangriga (Belize House constituency)]]
[[Category:Government of Belize]]
[[Category:Garifuna communities]]