Official Name: | Blackman Eddy |
Nickname: | good place |
Motto: | its a good place to be at. |
Pushpin Map: | Belize |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Belize |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Cayo |
Subdivision Type2: | Constituency |
Subdivision Name2: | Cayo South |
Population As Of: | 2017 |
Population Note: | estimate |
Population Total: | 504 |
Timezone: | Central |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Coordinates: | 17.2167°N -88.9167°W |
Blackman Eddy is a village located on the banks of the Belize River in the Cayo District, Belize.[1] The George Price Highway runs through the middle of the village.
Blackman Eddy is where the local Maya hid from the Spanish.
At the time of the 2010 census, Blackman Eddy had a population of 533. Of these, 42.0% were Creole, 40.2% Mestizo, 12.9% Mixed, 1.3% Mopan Maya, 0.8% Caucasian, 0.8% East Indian, 0.6% Asian, 0.6% Mennonite, 0.4% Garifuna and 0.4% Ketchi Maya.[2]