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