Boston, Belize

Place in Belize District, Belize
17°40′20″N 88°21′48″W / 17.67222°N 88.36333°W / 17.67222; -88.36333Country BelizeDistrictBelize DistrictConstituencyBelize Rural NorthPopulation
 • Total120Time zoneUTC-6 (Central)

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]

References

  1. ^ "Boston Village, Old Northern Highway, Belize" at bz.geoview.info
  2. ^ "Shutdown School In Boston Village" at 7newsbelize.com
  3. ^ Population & Housing Census 2010 [1]
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