Isabella Bank is a
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
in
Belize District
Belize is a district of the nation of Belize. Its capital is Belize City.
Geography
Most of the Belize District is in the east central mainland of Belize; the Belize District also includes various offshore islands, including Ambergris Caye ...
in
Belize
Belize is a country on the north-eastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west and south. It also shares a maritime boundary with Honduras to the southeast. P ...
,
Central America
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. It is located on the banks of the
Belize River
The Belize River runs through the center of Belize. It drains more than one-quarter of the country as it winds along the northern edge of the Maya Mountains to the sea just north of Belize City (). The Belize River Valley is largely tropical rainf ...
approximately two miles from the village of
Bermudian Landing
Bermudian Landing is a village in the nation of Belize, located near Scotland Halfmoon in Belize District. The name comes from the Bermuda grass planted by the early loggers to feed their oxen, who were used to drag the mahogany to the landing. ...
. It can be reached by traveling the
Philip Goldson Highway
The Philip Goldson Highway in Belize joins Belize City through Orange Walk Town and Corozal Town with the Mexican border at the state of Quintana Roo. It is approximately long.
The highway was officially commissioned in 1968 as the Northern Hig ...
out of
Belize City
Belize City is the largest city in Belize. It was once the capital city, capital of the former British Honduras. According to the 2022 census, Belize City has a population of 63,999 people. It is at the mouth of the Haulover Creek, which is a ...
to the junction of the road that branches into
Burrell Boom
Burrell Boom is on the Belize River twenty miles above Belize City, Belize. Tourists pass through this historic village on their way to the Community Baboon Sanctuary, where the population of black howler monkeys has grown to over 2,000.
Demo ...
(a large village). There is a paved road from Burrell Boom to Isabella Bank. Isabella Bank is well known for having a very respected private primary school- Isabella Harmony Private School. This prestigious village has a small but well respected population of 130 individuals.
The central and outlying a bunnger
age are located in pine ridge type terrain with very light, sandy, soil. Closer to the river the soil becomes a heavier clay, which supports thicker vegetation.
Traditionally a farming community using slash and burn methods, there has been largely a transition to a workforce that commutes to larger metropolitan areas (i.e.:Belize City) as day laborers.
This has been particularly evident in the younger portion of the populace.
As of 2016, the village was connected to the pipe water system operated by Belize Water Services. (BWS)
Residents also benefit from grid electric service provided by
Belize Electricity Limited (BEL).
A number of residents have cleared acreage
where they raise livestock including cattle and sheep.
There is currently no store or shop operating in the village, but supplies are readily available at shops in nearby Bermudian Landing and
Scotland Halfmoon
Scotland Halfmoon is a populated settlement located in the nation of Belize. It is a mainland village that is located in Belize District, between Burrell Boom and Bermudian Landing.
References
Populated places in Belize District
Belize ...
.
Public transportation includes a number of local bus lines serving surrounding villages and connecting with Belize City.
Demographics
At the time of the 2010 census, Isabella Bank had a population of 143. Of these, 40.6% were
Creole, 23.1%
Mestizo
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, 19.6%
Mixed, 9.1%
Caucasian
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Common meanings
*Anything from the Caucasus region or related to it
** Ethnic groups in the Caucasus
** ''Caucasian Exarchate'' (1917–1920), an ecclesiastical exarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Caucasus re ...
, 4.2%
East Indian, 2.1%
Mopan Maya
Mopan (or Mopan Maya) is a language that belongs to the Yucatecan branch of the Mayan languages. It is spoken by the Mopan people who live in the Petén Department of Guatemala and in the Maya Mountains region of Belize. There are between three ...
, 0.7%
African and 0.7%
Ketchi Maya.
[ Population & Housing Census 201]
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References
Populated places in Belize District
Belize Rural North
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