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Caribbean Shores is an electoral constituency in the
Belize District Belize District is a district of the nation of Belize. Its capital is Belize City. Geography Most of the Belize District is in the east central mainland of Belize; the Belize District also includes various offshore islands, including Amber ...
represented in the
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of the National Assembly of Belize since 2015 by
Kareem Musa Kareem Musa is a Belizean politician. A member of the People's United Party, he has represented the Caribbean Shores constituency in the Belize House since 2015. Also, he is the minister of the Ministry of Home Affairs & New Growth Industries. ...
of the
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The Caribbean Shores constituency was one of 10 new seats created for the 1984 general election. Caribbean Shores occupies the north end of the peninsula
Belize City Belize City is the largest city in Belize and was once the capital of the former British Honduras. According to the 2010 census, Belize City has a population of 57,169 people in 16,162 households. It is at the mouth of the Haulover Creek, w ...
sits on, bordered by the
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and Fort George constituencies to the south. The constituency has an extensive shoreline on the
Caribbean Sea The Caribbean Sea ( es, Mar Caribe; french: Mer des Caraïbes; ht, Lanmè Karayib; jam, Kiaribiyan Sii; nl, Caraïbische Zee; pap, Laman Karibe) is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico ...
, hence its name.Belize election maps
Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive. (accessed 20 November 2014)
Former
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Manuel Esquivel represented Caribbean Shores from 1984 to 1998.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Caribbean Shores (Belize House Constituency) Political divisions in Belize Caribbean Shores Belizean House constituencies established in 1984