Place in Cayo District, Belize
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]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
