Yalbac

Yalbac is a village in the Cayo District of central interior Belize. The village is in an agricultural region with the most frequent crops being citrus and banana. It is one of 192 municipalities administered at the village level in the country for census taking purposes.[1] The village had a population of 131 in 2010. This represents roughly 0.2 % of the district's total population.[2] This was a 133.9% increase from 56 people recorded in the 2000 census. Yalbac is known to harbor significant examples of Maya architecture, and temple structures in the vicinity have been studied in the past. [3]

References

  1. "Census Data".
  2. "Administrative Division of Belize".
  3. Lucero, L. (2007). Classic Maya Temples, Politics, and the Voice of the People. Latin American Antiquity, 18(4), 407-427. doi:10.2307/25478195

17°23′N 88°57′W

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