San Jose Succotz

San Jose Succotz
San Jose Succotz is located in Belize
San Jose Succotz
San Jose Succotz
Coordinates: 17°05′06″N 89°07′48″W / 17.0849°N 89.1299°W / 17.0849; -89.1299
Country Belize
DistrictCayo District
ConstituencyCayo West
Population
 (2010)
 • Total2,322[1]
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central)
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San Jose Succotz

San Jose Succotz is a Maya village in Cayo District, Belize, consisting mainly of people of Yucatec Maya descent. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 2,322 people in 472 households.[1] San Jose Succotz was founded in the 1860s and mostly settled by refugees of the Caste War of Yucatán.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Belize Population and Housing Census: 2010 Country Report" (PDF). Statistical Institute of Belize. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  2. ^ Thompson, Eric (1977). "A Proposal for Constituting a Maya Subgroup, Cultural and Linguistic, in the Petén and Adjacent Regions". In Jones, Grant D. (ed.). Anthropology and History in Yucatán. University of Texas Press. p. 9. ISBN 0292703147.