San Jose Succotz Explained

Official Name:	San Jose Succotz
Pushpin Map:	Belize
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	District
Subdivision Name1:	Cayo District
Subdivision Type2:	Constituency
Subdivision Name2:	Cayo West
Population As Of:	2010
Population Total:	2,322^[1]
Timezone:	Central
Utc Offset:	-6
Coordinates:	17.0849°N -89.1299°W

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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Belize Population and Housing Census: 2010 Country Report. Statistical Institute of Belize. 25 July 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160127084833/http://www.sib.org.bz/Portals/0/docs/publications/census/2010_Census_Report.pdf. 27 January 2016.
2. Book: Thompson, Eric . Jones . Grant D. . Anthropology and History in Yucatán . 1977 . A Proposal for Constituting a Maya Subgroup, Cultural and Linguistic, in the Petén and Adjacent Regions . University of Texas Press . 0292703147 . 9.