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National Park Reservation (Chiquibul) Order, para. 3 · Revised Edition 2020

A map of the said area may be seen at the office of the Chief Forest Officer, Ministry of Natural Resources, Belmopan. Park. MADE by the Minister of Natural Resources this 29th day of November, 1991. (FLORENCIO MARIN) Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Natural Resources 112 SCHEDULE [Paragraph 2] CHIQUIBUL NATIONAL PARK 55 of 1995. ALL THAT piece or parcel of land in the Cayo District comprising approximately 115,717 hectares (285,937 acres) bounded on the north by the Vaca Forest Reserve and Macal River, on the south and east by the main watershed of the Maya Mountains, and on the West by the Belize/Guatemala Border; and being more particularly described as follows– (a) commencing at the Guacamallo Bridge crossing the Macal River, having the scaled UTM co-ordinates of 1865 550 North and 282 750 East; (b) thence north-east along the Macal River to its source below the hill called Baldy Sibun having the scaled UTM co-ordinates of 1878 500 North and 314 650 East; (c) thence south and east along the watershed between the Belize and Sibun Rivers to a point where this watershed joins the watershed between the Belize and Sittee Rivers (the main watershed of the Maya Mountains) having the scaled UTM co-ordinates of 1866 700 North and 322 350 East; (d) thence south-west following the main watershed of the Maya Mountains (between the Belize River on the western side and the east-flowing rivers Sittee, South Stann Creek, Monkey and Deep Rivers, Golden Stream, Rio Grande, Moho River) to the point where it crosses the Bchze/Guatemala international National Protected Areas System [CAP. 215 113 boundary having the scaled UTM co-ordinates of 1822 150 North and 266 250 East; (e) thence north following the international boundary to a point having the scaled UTM co-ordinates 1865 900 North and 269 550 East; (f) thence east to a point on the Macal River having the scaled co-ordinates 1865 900 North and 282 000 East; (g) thence east following the Macal River to the point of commencement; but excluding the Caracol Archaeological Reserve described in the National Institute of Culture and History (Caracol Archaeological Reserve) Order and excluding the Chiquibul Forest Reserve described in Forests Reserves (Consolidation) (Chiquibul) Order.
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