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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality with 2,420 residents
- Description: place in Cayo District, Belize
- Also known as: “Jocote”, “San Jose Soccoths”, “Soccotz”, “Socotz”, “Succoths”, “Succotz”, and “Tzokotz”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Xunantunich and San Ignacio Town Airstrip.
Xunantunich
Photo: Thomas Shahan, CC BY 2.0.
Xunantunich is an archaeological site outside the town of San Jose Succotz, in the Cayo District of Belize.
San Ignacio Town Airstrip
Aerodrome
Photo: Denis Barthel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
San Ignacio Town Airstrip is a public use airport serving San Ignacio, a town in the Cayo District of Belize. The airport is 6 kilometres southwest of San Ignacio and 5 kilometres east of the border with Guatemala. San Ignacio Town Airstrip is situated 2½ miles northeast of San Jose Succotz.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Benque Viejo del Carmen and Melchor de Mencos.
Benque Viejo del Carmen
Town
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Benque Viejo del Carmen is the westernmost town in Belize, 130 km by road west and south of Belize City, at the Guatemalan border. San Ignacio lies 13 km to the east and Melchor de Mencos just across the border.
Melchor de Mencos
Photo: Rudy Canales, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Melchor de Mencos is in Guatemala on the border with Belize and is usually a place that most travelers merely pass through, but it does have some stelae and zoomorphs in a square not far away.
Calla Creek
Village
Calla Creek is a village in the Cayo District of central interior Belize. It is situated along the Mopan River near the border with Guatemala. The village is in an agricultural region with the most frequent crops being citrus and banana. Calla Creek is situated 2½ miles north of San Jose Succotz.
San Jose Succotz
- Categories: human settlement and village
- Location: Cayo, Belize, Central America, North America
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In Other Languages
From French to Low German—“San Jose Succotz” goes by many names.
- French: “San Jose Succotz”
- German: “San Jose Soccoths”
- German: “San Jose Succotz”
- Low German: “San Jose Succotz”
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Highlights include Xunantunich ruin site and Socotz.
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