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== Boundaries == In 1960, the boundaries of the Cayo District were defined as follows:<ref>{{cite web |title=District Administration (Alteration of Boundaries) Proclamation, 1960 |date=1959 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E64pAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA8-PP9 |publisher=British Honduras: Government Printer |access-date=23 May 2024 |archive-date=23 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523181446/https://books.google.com/books?id=E64pAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA8-PP9 |url-status=live }}</ref> {{blockquote|Commencing at Big Falls, Belize River; thence upward along the course of the Belize River to Labouring Creek, Yalbac Creek and Tu-Tu Creek to the Western Frontier Line; thence following the Frontier Line southward to the crossing of the main divide or watershed of the Maya Mountains; thence in a north-easterly direction along the main divide of the Maya Mountains which forms the watershed between Machiquila River, Belize River and Sibun River systems on the west and north, and Moho River, Rio Grande, Monkey River, Sittee River and North Stann Creek systems on the east and south to the top of the peak known as Arthur's Seat west of Middlesex; thence by a direct line in a north-north-easterly direction to the highest point on the Humming Bird Highway in the Humming Bird Gap; thence by the southern side of the Humming Bird Highway in a westerly direction to a point 70 [[chain (unit)|chains]] east of St. Margaret's Creek bridge measured along the Highway; thence in a straight line in a northerly direction to the source of the westernmost tributary of Indian Creek; thence downward along the courses of Indian Creek and Sibun River to the mouth of Nancy Porter Creek; thence in a straight line to the point of commencement.}} As of 2020, these are still the boundaries used for the District.<ref>{{cite web |title=Inferior Courts Act, Chapter 94 |url=https://www.agm.gov.bz/uploads/laws/654c15bf68206_CAP._94s_Inferior_Courts_Act.pdf |publisher=Government of Belize |access-date=23 May 2024 |date=2020 |archive-date=23 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523225817/https://www.agm.gov.bz/uploads/laws/654c15bf68206_CAP._94s_Inferior_Courts_Act.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
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