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Köppen climate classification>ClimateTropical monsoon climate>Am}}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.WEB, Baboon Sanctuary,weblink June 19, 2015, usurped,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150620080936weblink">weblink June 20, 2015,

Demographics

At the time of the 2010 census, Burrell Boom had a population of 2,218. Of these, 50.8% were Creole, 25.2% Mestizo, 15.2% Mixed, 2.6% East Indian, 1.3% African, 1.3% Caucasian, 1.0% Garifuna, 0.8% Asian, 0.4% Ketchi Maya, 0.3% Mennonite, 0.1% Yucatec Maya and 0.1% others. Population & Housing Census 2010 weblink

History

(File:Anchor and chain, the original 'Boom' of Burrell Boom.JPG|200px|left)(File:Burrell Boom sign.JPG|left|150px)During the 18th century, loggers settled along the Belize River, floating logwood and later mahogany logs down to Belize Town. Burrell Boom grew as a gathering and milling point for these logs, with its boom stretched across the river.BOOK, Woods, Charles M. Sr., Years of Grace: The History of Roman Catholic Evangelization in Belize: 1524-2014, Roman Catholic Diocese of Belize City-Belmopan, 2015, Belize City, etal, {{rp|60}}In 1837 the Methodist ministers Thomas Jefferies and John Greenwood built a chapel in Burrell Boom,BOOK, Johnson, W.R., A history of Christianity in Belize: 1776-1838, University Press of America, 1985, Lanham, MD, and Catholic missionary activities ensued along the whole Belize River from the mid-nineteenth century.{{rp|110}}{{Citation| author=Hopkins, F. |date=October 1918| title=The Catholic Church in British Honduras (1851-1918) |journal=Catholic Historical Review|volume=4 |issue=3 |pages=1-11, 304-314| jstor =25011583}} The village has now both Methodist and Catholic elementary schools. Each Good Friday Anglican, Methodist, and Catholic communities in town gather for an ecumenical service which rotates among the churches. A number of refugees from neighboring republics have settled near the town and drawn Jehovah's Witnesses on mission to the area.After 2000 the link between the Northern and Western highways was improved, passing near to Burrell Boom and bringing the village greater prominence.

Climate

Burrell Boom has a tropical monsoon climate.{{Weather box|location = Burrell Boom|metric first = yes|single line = yes|Jan mean C = 22.6|Feb mean C = 23.6|Mar mean C = 24.4|Apr mean C = 26.2|May mean C = 27.0|Jun mean C = 27.0|Jul mean C = 26.5|Aug mean C = 26.3|Sep mean C = 26.6|Oct mean C = 25.8|Nov mean C = 23.8|Dec mean C = 23.1|year mean C = 25.2|Jan precipitation mm = 119|Feb precipitation mm = 65|Mar precipitation mm = 55|Apr precipitation mm = 47|May precipitation mm = 112|Jun precipitation mm = 297|Jul precipitation mm = 249|Aug precipitation mm = 204|Sep precipitation mm = 275|Oct precipitation mm = 262|Nov precipitation mm = 191|Dec precipitation mm = 157|year precipitation mm =ACCESSDATE = 12 APRIL 2014, Climate-Data.org, }}

References

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