Livingston, Guatemala

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footnotes = Livingston is the name of a town in Izabal department, eastern Guatemala, at the mouth of the
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. It was Guatemala's main port on the Caribbean Sea before the construction of nearby Puerto Barrios.

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

Livingston is named after American 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.

Transport to and from

A launch boat of approximately 15 seats runs several times a day from Puerto Barrios.The cost is 150 quetzales (June 2008). Another launch boat of about the same size runsfrom Punta Gorda (Belize) twice a week on Tuesdays and Fridays. Another launch boat communicates Livingstone with the town of Rio Dulce, and runs every day.

It is impossible to arrive to Livingstone by car since there are no roads which communicate it with the restof Guatemala.

Languages

The mayan language Kekchi is spoken in Livingstone, as is the Garifuna language. The school "Luba Awanselula" located near the cemetery gives classes in English, and Garifuna.