Cayo South is an electoral constituency in the Cayo District represented in the

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The Cayo South constituency was created for the 1961 general election as part of a major nationwide redistricting. The largely rural constituency consists of approximately two-thirds of the Cayo District, stretching north and east from the Guatemalan border in the west up to the border with the

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in the north. Cayo South is geographically the largest constituency in the country.Belize election maps
Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive. (accessed 20 November 2014) Prior to 2008 Cayo South included the Belizean capital city,

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, after which the city was represented by its own constituency.

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