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Boston, Belize

Coordinates: 17°40′20″N 88°21′48″W / 17.67222°N 88.36333°W / 17.67222; -88.36333
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Boston
Boston is located in Belize
Boston
Boston
Map of Corozal metropolitan area
Coordinates: 17°40′20″N 88°21′48″W / 17.67222°N 88.36333°W / 17.67222; -88.36333
Country Belize
DistrictBelize District
ConstituencyBelize Rural North
Population
 • Total120
Time 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

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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]

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