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Pook's Hill

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Pook's Hill is a private forest reserve, bird sanctuary and archaeological site in the foothills of the Maya Mountains in Cayo District, Belize, about 12 miles west of Belmopan and adjoining the Tapir Mountain Nature Reserve. Covering 300 acres and listed with the Belize Association of Private Protected Areas, it protects tropical forest and wildlife alongside the ruins of a Maya residential complex, including temples, plazas and burial grounds, dated to roughly 830 to 950 AD.

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Governance Type
Private Governance 1
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Terrestrial 1
Designation Category
Forest Reserve 1
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1. Pook's Hill (Wikipedia)
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    Pook's Hill is a private forest reserve, bird sanctuary, and archaeological site in Cayo District, Belize, 12 miles (19 km) west of Belmopan.
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    Pook's Hill is a private forest reserve, bird sanctuary, and archaeological site in Cayo District, Belize, 12 miles (19 km) west of Belmopan.
  • Wikipedia lead extract, realm terrestrial
    Pook's Hill is a private forest reserve, bird sanctuary, and archaeological site in Cayo District, Belize, 12 miles (19 km) west of Belmopan.
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Wikidata: Pook's Hill
  • Wikidata Q16242926, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Part Of: Belize, Wikidata item, property P17 (country)
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Wikidata: Belize
On Continent: North America, Wikidata item for Belize, property P30 (continent)View the Source
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