Spanish Lookout
Spanish Lookout | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: 17°15′01″N 88°59′51″W / 17.2504°N 88.9974°W | |
| Country | Belize |
| District | Cayo District |
| Constituency | Cayo North East |
| Area | |
• Total | 421.4 km2 (162.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 3,108 |
| • Density | 7.4/km2 (19/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central) |
Spanish Lookout is a Mennonite settlement in the Cayo District of Belize in Central America. According to the 2010 census, Spanish Lookout had a population of 2,253 people in 482 households (2005 census had a population of 2,300 and the 2000 census had a population of 1,786). As of the 2022 census, population have increased to 3,108.
The Mennonite community in Spanish Lookout is quite modern: they use cars and other modern conveniences and the overall impression of the settlement is rather like rural North America than Central America or the Caribbean. The citizens of this community speak Plautdietsch as their mother tongue. Most also speak English and Spanish. It is largely an agricultural community with some light industry, furniture making, prefabricated wood houses and the only oil field in production in Belize.