Chan Chen is a village located in

Corozal District Corozal District is the northernmost district of the nation of Belize. The population was 33,894 in 2000. The district capital is Corozal Town. Pre-Columbian Maya ruins are found in Corozal at Santa Rita near Corozal Town, and at Cerros. To ...

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. Most of the inhabitants speak

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Yucatec Maya Yucatec Maya (; referred to by its speakers simply as Maya or as , is one of the 32 Mayan languages of the Mayan language family. Yucatec Maya is spoken in the Yucatán Peninsula and northern Belize. There is also a significant diasporic commu ...

, along with some

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. The name Chan Chen is Yucatec maya meaning "small well" in English. Most Chan Chen inhabitants are of Maya ancestry.

Demographics

At the time of the 2010 census, Chan Chen had a population of 715. Of these, 96.1% were

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, 1.4% East Indian, 0.7% Creole, 0.7% Mixed, 0.3%

Mopan Maya Mopan may refer to: * Mopán language, a Mayan language spoken in Belize and Guatemala *Mopan people, an indigenous Maya people, whose native language is Mopan * Mopan River, in Belize's Cayo district * SS ''Mopan'', a British cargo liner intercep ...

, 0.1% Ketchi Maya, 0.1%

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and 0.4% others. In terms of languages spoken (multiple answers allowed), 99.2% spoke

, 76.2%

, 13.8% Creole, 4.0%

and 0.5%

; 0.3% could not speak. Population & Housing Censu

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References

Populated places in Corozal District Corozal North {{belize-geo-stub