Boston, Belize Explained

Official Name:Boston
Pushpin Map:Belize
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Belize
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Belize District
Subdivision Type2:Constituency
Subdivision Name2:Belize Rural North
Population Total:120
Timezone:Central
Utc Offset:-6
Coordinates:17.6722°N -88.3633°W

Boston is a village at the Old Northern Highway in the Belize District, Belize. As an old plate indicates, the village was founded in 1956 and had a population of 120 people.[1]

A school in Boston, Tree House Academy, that was opened six years before by James Duncan, was shut down on 15 October 2015 by the Ministry of Education because it was without a license and because of other irregularities.[2]

Demographics

At the time of the 2010 census, Boston had a population of 127. Of these, 53.5% were Mestizo, 26.8% Creole, 10.2% Mixed, 3.9% Mennonite, 2.4% Caucasian, 1.6% Ketchi Maya and 0.8% others.[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://bz.geoview.info/boston_village_old_northern_highway_belize,100083967p "Boston Village, Old Northern Highway, Belize" at bz.geoview.info
  2. http://www.7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=34016 "Shutdown School In Boston Village" at 7newsbelize.com
  3. Population & Housing Census 2010 http://redatam.sib.org.bz/redbin/RpWebEngine.exe/Portal?BASE=BELIZECENSUS_2010&lang=eng