Indian Church, Belize

Indian Church, Belize

Indian Church Village is a small remote village in the Orange Walk District of Belize. It is located on the west bank of New River, neighbouring the town of San Carlos to its south, and the Maya ruins of Lamanai to its north. There are approximately 280 people who reside in Indian Church Fact|date=August 2007, named for the historic Spanish churches recovered among the ancient Maya ruins. Originally the residents lived among the ruins until 1991 when the Government of Belize established the 2 square mile Lamanai Archaeological Reserve maintained by Belize's Institute of Archaeology. Fact|date=August 2007


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