More Tomorrow is a small village located along the Belize River in

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. It is the oldest recognized village in the country of Belize, being over 266 yrs old. It was originally used as a trading post along the Belize River for travelers transporting goods from Guatemala to Belize City, and then out to the Caribbean. It is approximately 5 miles from the

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, and about 20 minutes from Belmopan, the capital of Belize. More Tomorrow is the home of a Family Theme Park called "Belmopan Beach Adventure Park". The park is a privately owned and has a natural river sandy beach area called "Secret Beach". It also has activities such as camping, horseback and horse drawn wagon riding, river kayaking and tubing, jungle maze, a restaurant, and a horse racing track The village is also home to a water tower, valued at $30,000, constructed in 2014 as the culmination of a project coordinated betwee
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. The water tower has piping connected to a nearby church and elementary school and serves as the community's first source of drinking water uncontaminated with ''E. coli'', ''Staph'', or

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. The sanitation of the tower's water is maintained by the community through the use of chlorine tablets and taught sanitation practices. .

Demographics

At the time of the 2010 census, More Tomorrow had a population of 154 people in 28 households. Of these, 59.1% were

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, 24.0% Mixed, 7.1% Ketchi Maya, 6.5% East Indian, 3.2% Creole and 0.6% Mopan Maya. Population & Housing Census 201

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History

More Tomorrow's first village council was established in 1966.

References

Populated places in Cayo District Cayo South {{Belize-stub