Copper Bank is a

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in the

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. Town ...

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. It is situated on the west bank of Laguna Seca, a shallow lagoon that empties into

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just north-east of the village. The closest settlement is

Chunox Chunox is a village located in the Corozal District of Belize, with a population of 1,143 people. It is primarily an agricultural community surrounded by sugar cane fields, and is located on the east bank of Laguna Seca. The official language is ...

, located approximately 1.25 miles away on the east bank of the Laguna Seca. Access to the village is possible by road from

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, via the villages of San Estevan and

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. It is also possible to reach the village by road from Corozal, crossing the New River via the Pueblo Nuevo ferry, and from the populated community of

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, via a ferry across the mouth of Laguna Seca. The village has been suggested as the site of a lost

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n town, Uatibal, and several artifacts have been found in the vicinity.

Demographics

At the time of the 2010 census, Copper Bank had a population of 470. Of these, 90.6% were

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, 3.0% East Indian, 1.7%

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, 1.3% Ketchi Maya, 1.1% Creole, 1.1% Mixed, 0.6%

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, 0.2%

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and 0.2%

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. In terms of languages spoken (multiple answers allowed), 98.1% spoke

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, 50.2%

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, 1.0% Creole, 1.0%

, 0.2%

and 0.2%

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; 0.2% could not speak. Population & Housing Census 201

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Notes

References

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Populated places in Corozal District Corozal South East {{belize-stub