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'''Chunox''' is a village located in the Corozal District of Belize, with a population of 1,143 people. It is primarily an agricultural community surrounded by sugar cane fields, and is located on the east bank of Laguna Seca. The official language is English, but most residents speak Spanish due to their Maya Mestizo ancestry. St. Viator Vocational High School serves the village. There are several Maya residential mound groups in Chunox from the Classic Period. Copper Bank, a fishing village, is situated across the lagoon from Chunox.

==Demographics==
At the time of the 2010 census, Chunox had a population of 1,375. Of these, 95.1% were [[Hispanic and Latin American Belizean|Mestizo]], 1.3% [[Multiracial people|Mixed]], 1.1% [[Black people|African]], 1.0% [[Belizean Creole people|Creole]], 0.7% [[Qʼeqchiʼ|Ketchi Maya]], 0.2% [[White people|Caucasian]], 0.2% [[Mennonites in Belize|Mennonite]], 0.1% [[Mopan people|Mopan Maya]] and 0.1% others.

In terms of languages spoken (multiple answers allowed), 98.9% spoke [[Spanish language|Spanish]], 24.0% [[English language|English]], 1.3% [[Belizean Creole|Creole]], 0.2% [[Yucatec Maya language|Yucatec Maya]] and 0.1% [[German language|German]]; 0.3% could not speak.<ref> Population & Housing Census [http://redatam.sib.org.bz/redbin/RpWebEngine.exe/Portal?BASE=BELIZECENSUS_2010&lang=eng]</ref> 

==References==
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[[Category:Populated places in Corozal District]]
[[Category:Corozal South East]]

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