Belize

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Belize
Flag Coat of arms
Official flag Official Coat of Arms
National information
National motto: Sub Umbra Floreo
(Latin for "Under the Shade I Flourish")
National anthem: "Land of the Free"
Royal anthem: "God Save the Queen"
About the people
Official languages: English (significant number of people speak Spanish and Kriol)
Population:
(# of people)
  • Total: 291,000
    (ranked #179th)
  • Density: 12 per km²
Geography / Places
country map
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Capital city: Belmopan
Largest city: Belize City
Area
  • Total: 22,966
    (ranked #150th)
  • Water: km² (0.7%)
Politics / Government
Established: September 21, 1981
Leaders: Monarch: Elizabeth II
Governor-General: Colville Young
Prime Minister: Said Musa
Economy / Money
Currency:
(Name of money)
Belizean dollar (BZD)
International information
Time zone: UTC-6
Telephone dialing code: 501
Internet domain: .bz

Belize is a country in Central America. People in Belize speak English or Creole, instead of Spanish, which is what the people in the countries around it speak. This is because Belize was a former colony of Great Britain, while its neighbors were colonies of Spain.

Over two hundred and sixty thousand people live in Belize. Belmopan, which is located in the centre of the country, is its capital.

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Antigua and Barbuda | Bahamas¹ | Barbados | Belize | Dominica | Grenada | Guyana | Haiti | Jamaica | Montserrat | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Saint Lucia | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Suriname | Trinidad and Tobago
Associate members: Anguilla | Bermuda | Cayman Islands | British Virgin Islands | Turks and Caicos Islands
Observer countries: Aruba | Colombia | Dominican Republic | Mexico | Netherlands Antilles | Puerto Rico | Venezuela
¹ Member of the community but not the Caribbean (CARICOM) Single Market and Economy.