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Diagnose For Project for the Environmental Protection and Control of Pollution Caused by the Maritime Transportation in the Gulf of Honduras Final Report Data and Information Management System, Establishment of a Base Line, Preparation of a Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis and a Strategic Action Plan Aliphatic hydrocarbons with quantifiable values in biota was the pentacosane (which can be found at the majority of the sampling points). Considering that their origin is diesel or gas oil, its presence could originate from floating vessel motors and/or it could be associated to contributions from urban areas (from road washings and the consequent dragging of fuels used by the car pool). Finally, it should be noted that in the tissue samples of the White Grunt fish (Haemulon plumieri), no quantifiable values of organic compounds, such as PCBs, pesticides and PAHs were recorded, with the exception of Cayo Sapodilla (wherein DDT could be quantified) and from Turneffe Reef (where pyrene was assessed, although in low concentrations). 3.3. Social-Economic Frame 3.3.1. Demographic and Population Aspects According to the information of the latest population census available (Figures and Tables 3.3–1 a 3.3–3) and the population projections performed by the Latin American and Caribbean Demography Center – CELADE (Figure 3.3–4), the global population in the countries adjacent to the Gulf of Honduras reaches, approximately, a total of 21,7 million inhabitants, whereof some 2,1 million belong to the coastal region of the area of study object of the present consultancy (Table 3.3–4). Likewise, Maps 35 to 38 show the administrative limits of the districts / departments in which each country is subdivided (Slide 35), the population belonging to the years 2000 – 2002 (Map 36) and 2007 – 2008 (Map 37) as well as the population variation occurred in said period (Map 38). In broad outlines, the information shown above allows observing that: Belize is administratively organized in six (6) districts, whereof four (4) have coasts on the Caribbean (Corozal, Belize, Stan Creek and Toledo) and only three (3) have coasts on the Gulf of Honduras (Belize, Stan Creek and Toledo). The population taken in the census to the year 2000 belonged to 232.111 individuals and the performed projections allow estimating the population in 311.600 inhabitants for the year 2007. Guatemala is administratively organized in twenty-two (22) departments and is the highest populated country (both in the region of the Gulf of Honduras and in Central America; (see Table 2–1). Said population represented 11.237.196 individuals to the year 2001 and, in accordance with the projections performed by the Latin American and Caribbean Demography Center (2008), it will reach a total of 14.361.666 individuals in the year 2010. Although the mean annual growth rate tends to diminish, its present level (2,5 %) remains high which is explained by a high fertility – the highest in the Latin American region - and a reduction of mortality, which has contributed to a higher survival of its population. In consequence, the Guatemalan population is characterized by its youth: four out of every ten individuals are under 15 years of age and six out of every ten are under 20 years of age. Honduras, is administratively organized in eighteen (18) departments, with a population of 6.535.344 inhabitants as of the year 2001 and 7.721.324 inhabitants by the year 2008, showing a demographic growth rate estimated in 2,25 % per annum (Central American Population Center of the University of Costa Rica – CPC/UCR). Consortium International MarConsult Inc & CSI Ingenieros, S.A. March 2010 Chapter 3 – Page 194 Project for the Environmental Protection and Control of Pollution Caused by the Maritime Transportation in the Gulf of Honduras Final Report Data and Information Management System, Establishment of a Base Line, Preparation of a Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis and a Strategic Action Plan Figure 3.3–1. Belize – Districts Consortium International MarConsult Inc & CSI Ingenieros, S.A. March 2010 Chapter 3 – Page 195 Project for the Environmental Protection and Control of Pollution Caused by the Maritime Transportation in the Gulf of Honduras Final Report Data and Information Management System, Establishment of a Base Line, Preparation of a Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis and a Strategic Action Plan Table 3.3–1. Belize – Population by Districts Population Coastal Districts Gulf of District / City or Villa 2000 2007 Variation (%) Caribbean Honduras Belize 63.061 93.200 48,0 93.200 93.200 Belice City 45.584 63.700 40,0 San Pedro 3.808 10.400 173,0 Ladville 3.472 4.852 40,0 Belize Rural 10.197 14.248 40,0 Cay 51.221 73.400 43,0 – – – – – – San Ignacio / Sta Elena 12.734 18.300 44 BenqueViejo 5.096 8.200 61 Belmopan 4.785 16.400 243 Cay Rural 28.606 30.500 7 Corozal 32.209 36.300 13 36.300 – – – Corozal City 7.589 9.100 20 Corozal Rural 24.620 27.200 10 Orange Walk 38.060 47.100 24 – – – – – – Orange Walk City 12.977 16.000 23 Orange Walk Rural 25.083 31.100 24 Stann Creek 24.443 32.200 32 32.300 32.300 Dangriga 8,424 11.600 38 Stann Creek Rural 16.019 20.600 29 Toledo 23.117 29.300 27 29.300 29.300 Punta Gorda 4.266 6.300 24 Toledo Rural 18.851 24.000 27 191.100 154.800 TOTAL 232.111 311.600 34 61,3 % 49,7 % Nota: Districts with coasts on the Gulf of Honduras are: Belize, Stann Creek and Toledo Source: Statistical Institute of Belize Consortium International MarConsult Inc & CSI Ingenieros, S.A. March 2010 Chapter 3 – Page 196 Project for the Environmental Protection and Control of Pollution Caused by the Maritime Transportation in the Gulf of Honduras Final Report Data and Information Management System, Establishment of a Base Line, Preparation of a Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis and a Strategic Action Plan Figure 3.3–2. Guatemala – Departments Consortium International MarConsult Inc & CSI Ingenieros, S.A. March 2010 Chapter 3 – Page 197 Project for the Environmental Protection and Control of Pollution Caused by the Maritime Transportation in the Gulf of Honduras Final Report Data and Information Management System, Establishment of a Base Line, Preparation of a Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis and a Strategic Action Plan Table 3.3–2. Guatemala – Population by Departments Population 2002 Department Total Men Women Urban Rural Guatemala 2.541.581 1.221.379 1.320.202 2.186.669 354.912 El Progreso 139.490 69.058 70.432 50.300 89.190 Sacatepequez 248.019 122.258 125.761 208.876 39.143 Chimaltenango 446.133 219.000 227.133 217.922 228.211 Escuintla 538.746 271.923 266.823 256.972 281.774 Santa Rosa 301.370 150.190 151.180 105.061 196.309 Sololá 307.661 152.132 155.529 150.134 157.527 Totonicapan 339.254 159.979 179.275 121.617 217.637 Quetzaltenango 624.716 300.325 324.391 344.858 279.858 Suchitepéquez 403.945 199.550 204.395 165.871 238.074 Retalhuleu 241.411 119.215 122.196 87.749 153.662 San Marcos 794.951 392.368 402.583 173.332 621.619 Huehuetenango 846.544 411.320 435.224 192.099 654.445 Quiché 655.510 317.096 338.414 161.591 493.919 Baja Verapaz 215.915 105.187 110.728 58.962 156.953 Alta Verapaz 776.246 387.219 389.027 163.012 613.234 Petén 366.735 187.228 179.507 110.399 256.336 Izabal 314.306 156.559 157.747 90.508 223.798 Zacapa 200.167 98.669 101.498 77.935 122.232 Chiquimula 302.485 147.212 155.273 78.631 223.854 Jalapa 242.926 118.584 124.342 76.689 166.237 Jutiapa 389.085 190.388 198.697 105.648 283.437 TOTAL 11.237.196 5.496.839 5.740.357 5.184.835 6.052.361 Note: The department with coast on the Gulf of Honduras is Izabal Source: National Institute of Statistics of Guatemala Consortium International MarConsult Inc & CSI Ingenieros, S.A. March 2010 Chapter 3 – Page 198 Project for the Environmental Protection and Control of Pollution Caused by the Maritime Transportation in the Gulf of Honduras Final Report Data and Information Management System, Establishment of a Base Line, Preparation of a Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis and a Strategic Action Plan Figure 3.3–3. Honduras –Departments Consortium International MarConsult Inc & CSI Ingenieros, S.A. March 2010 Chapter 3 – Page 199 Project for the Environmental Protection and Control of Pollution Caused by the Maritime Transportation in the Gulf of Honduras Final Report Data and Information Management System, Establishment of a Base Line, Preparation of a Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis and a Strategic Action Plan Table 3.3–3. Honduras – Population by Departments Density Population Urban Rate (hab/km2) Department 2001 2008 Variation (%) 2001 2002 Atlántida 344.099 394.338 14,6 72,1 50,3 Colón 246.708 283.127 14,8 26,5 27,9 Comayagua 352.881 421.995 19,6 64,9 40,9 Copan 288.766 347.324 20,3 85,2 31,3 Cortés 1.202.510 1.492.499 24,1 274,7 65,3 Choliuteca 390.805 444.081 13,6 83,6 28,1 El Paraíso 350.054 410.345 17,2 44,2 26,2 Francisco Morazán 1.180.676 1.381.627 17,0 128,8 75,1 Gracias a Dios 67.384 83.579 24,0 3,3 20,0 Intubuca 179.862 220.573 22,6 56,1 18,7 Islas de la Bahía 38.073 46.820 23,0 133,7 39,2 La Paz 156.560 187.564 19, 8 58,5 25,1 Lempira 250.067 300.757 20,3 57,7 11,6 Ocotepeque 108.029 127.055 17,6 62,7 29,1 Olancho 419.561 489.706 16,7 16,1 27,4 Santa Barbara 342.054 389.155 13,8 65,2 25,7 Valle 151.841 167.206 10,1 85,2 31,4 Yoro 465.414 533.573 14,6 56,6 38,3 TOTAL 6.635.344 7.721.324 18,1 56,6 44,9 Note: The departments with coasts on the Gulf of Honduras are Cortés and Atlántida Source: National Institute of Statistics of Honduras Consortium International MarConsult Inc & CSI Ingenieros, S.A.
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