San José Succotz
Xocotes, Soccoths
Cayo
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Founded
1888 (138 years)?
Prominent Ethnicity
Mestizo
Population
2022
2,424 (+0.4%)
Household Size
4.0
Males
1,173
Females
1,252
2010
2,322 (+2.0%)
Household Size
4.9
Males
1,142
Females
1,180
2000
1,927 (+3.7%)
Household Size
5.1
Males
977
Females
950
1991
1,441 (+4.8%)
Household Size
5.9
Males
694
Females
747
1980
945 (+3.0%)
Household Size
5.8
Males
489
Females
456
1921
342 (-0.2%)
Household Size
N/A
Males
0
Females
0
1891
364
Household Size
5.4
Males
179
Females
185

Council Members

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Date
Position
Name
2025-06-29
chairperson
Armando Ventura Cocom
1941-01-01
First Alcalde
Ascension Alfaro
1888
alcalde
Jose Maria Tus
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History

In 1888 the colonial government proposed establishing 3 Indian reservations, with the western one covering Settlement 15, Settlement 238 and Settlement 6.[1]

Education

The Catholic School had 44 students in 1927 and 49 in 1928.[2][3]

Etymology

Spelled Xocotes in 1905, it came from a Aztec word xocotl, plural xoxoco [socotl, sosoco) meaning fruit in general; in this particular case the name referred to the spondia trees (native species of drueh) that frequently occured in Succotz which, when bare of foliage, were laden with fruit.[4]

Spelled Soccoths in the 1955 DOS map.

Spelled San Jose Succoths in the 1980 census. https://sib.org.bz/wp-content/uploads/1985Abstractof_Statistics.pdf

Religious Institutions

Roman Catholic

In 1894, the church had 50 attendees. From at least 1917[5] to 1928[3] Succotz was a catholic mission under Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, from Settlement 15.


1888
2026