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Belize Belize is a country on the north-eastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west and south. It also shares a maritime boundary with Honduras to the southeast. P ...
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Coat of arms of Belize The coat of arms of Belize was adopted upon independence in 1981. It differs only slightly different from the arms used when British Honduras, Belize was a British colony (the Union Jack has been removed, and a Mestizo has replaced one of the Be ...
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Demographics of Belize Demographics of the population of Belize include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects. Belize is the most sparsely populated nation in Central America. ...
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Flag of Belize The flag of Belize was adopted on 21 September 1981, the September Celebrations, day Belize became independent. It consists of the coat of arms of Belize on a blue field with red stripes at the top and bottom. British Honduras obtained a coat ...
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Foreign relations of Belize Belize maintains 14 embassies to foreign countries, one consulate, and three missions to international organizations. In 1990, Belize became a member of the Organization of American States, and the Commonwealth of Nations in 1981. To strengthen i ...
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Great Blue Hole The Great Blue Hole is a large Blue hole, marine sinkhole off the coast of Belize. It lies near the center of Lighthouse Reef, a small atoll from the mainland and Belize City. The hole is circular in shape, across and deep. It has a surface ...
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Sarstoon River The Sarstoon River () is a Central American river that forms part of the international border between Belize and Guatemala. The source of the 111-kilometer-long river lies in Guatemala's Alta Verapaz Department. It flows eastward, serving as the ...
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The Scout Association of Belize The Scout Association of Belize, a national Scouting organization in Belize was formed in 1987 as a successor to The Scout Association of the United Kingdom's Belize branch. The association became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Mo ...


Buildings and structures


Archaeological sites


Maya sites

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Actun Tunichil Muknal Actun Tunichil Muknal (the Cave of the Crystal Sepulchre), also known locally as ATM, is a cave in Belize, near San Ignacio, Belize, San Ignacio, Cayo District, notable as a Maya civilization, Maya archaeological site that includes skeletons, c ...
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Altun Ha Altun Ha is the name given to the ruins of an ancient Maya city in Belize, located in the Belize District about north of Belize City and about west of the shore of the Caribbean Sea. The site covers an area of about . Stones from the ruins o ...
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Cahal Pech Cahal Pech is a Maya site located near the town of San Ignacio in the Cayo District of Belize. The site was a palatial, hilltop home for an elite Maya family, and though the most major construction dates to the Classic period, evidence of continu ...
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Caracol Caracol is a large ancient Maya archaeological site, located in what is now the Cayo District of Belize. It is situated approximately south of Xunantunich, and the town of San Ignacio, and from the Macal River. It rests on the Vaca Plateau, ...
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Cerros Cerros is an Eastern Lowland Maya archaeological site in northern Belize that functioned from the Late Preclassic to the Postclassic period. The site reached its apogee during the Mesoamerican Late Preclassic and at its peak, it held a population ...
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Lamanai Lamanai (from ''Lama'anayin'', "submerged crocodile" in Yucatec Maya) is a Mesoamerican archaeological site, and was once a major city of the Maya civilization, located in the north of Belize, in Orange Walk District. The site's name is pre-Colum ...
* Louisville, Belize *
Lubaantun Lubaantun (pronounced /lubaːnˈtun/; also Lubaantún in Spanish orthography) is a pre-Columbian ruined city of the Maya civilization in southern Belize, Central America. Lubaantun is in Belize's Toledo District, about 42 kilometres (26 mi ...
* Mask Temple, Lamanai *
Maya ruins of Belize The Maya ruins of Belize include a number of well-known and historically important pre-Columbian Maya archaeological sites. Belize is considered part of the southern Maya lowlands of the Mesoamerican culture area, and the sites found there were ...
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Nim Li Punit Nim Li Punit () is a Maya Classic Period site in the Toledo District of the nation of Belize, located 50 kilometres north of the town of Punta Gorda, and directly adjacent to the village of Indian Creek. Nim Li Punit is sometimes known as Big ...
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Xunantunich Xunantunich () is an Ancient Maya archaeological site in western Belize, about 70 miles (110 km) west of Belize City, in the Cayo District. Xunantunich is located atop a ridge above the Mopan River, well within sight of the Guatemala border – w ...


Houses


Zoos

* Belize Zoo


Cable television stations

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Krem Television XTV, formerly known as Krem Television is a Belizean television station established in 2004 and serving Belize City. Its manager is KREM Radio alumnus Evan "Mose" Hyde and it is part of KREMANDALA Ltd. Establishment Since the late 1990s Kr ...
* LOVE Belize Television


Communications

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Internet The Internet (or internet) is the Global network, global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a internetworking, network of networks ...
country code top-level domain A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, sovereign state, or dependent territory identified with a country code. All ASCII ccTLD identifiers are two letters long, and all tw ...
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Amandala ''Amandala'' is a Belizean tabloid newspaper. Published twice weekly, it is Belize's largest newspaper. ''Amandala'' was established in 1969 as the print organ of the now-defunct United Black Association for Development (UBAD), but has been poli ...
* Communications in Belize *
Great Belize Productions {{Short description, Belize-based local production company Great Belize Productions is a Belize-based local production company and the parent company of Great Belize Television (Channel 5). Founding GBP was formed in 1982 as a video making company ...
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Great Belize Television Great Belize Television, or as it is locally known, Channel 5, is a Belize City-based local television station established in December 1991. Channel 5 airs mostly American and Caribbean programs, as well as a variety of locally produced programs. ...
* KREM FM *
Krem Television XTV, formerly known as Krem Television is a Belizean television station established in 2004 and serving Belize City. Its manager is KREM Radio alumnus Evan "Mose" Hyde and it is part of KREMANDALA Ltd. Establishment Since the late 1990s Kr ...
* List of radio stations in Belize * LOVE Belize Television * LOVE FM *
Speed Net Speednet Communications Limited is a Belizean communications company. Established in 2003, the company mostly deals with cellular services under the brand name "SMART" and other landline services. Background The BTL monopoly Prior to Speedne ...
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The Belize Times ''The Belize Times'' is a Belizean newspaper published once a week and the official organ of the People's United Party (PUP). It was established in 1956 and sells for BZ$1 Its offices are located at the PUP's Belize City headquarters at 3 Queen S ...
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The Guardian (Belize) ''The Guardian'' is a Belizean newspaper and the official print organ of the United Democratic Party (Belize), United Democratic Party. It is published on Thursdays and sells for Belize dollar, BZ$1. UDP newspaper history before ''The Guardian' ...
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The Reporter (Belize) ''The Reporter'' is one of the chief newspapers of Belize. It was established in 1967 by publisher Harry Lawrence, who has authored every issue since. It is published weekly and sells for BZ $1.00. ''The Reporter'' tagline is "Independently Serv ...
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Tropical Vision Limited Tropical Vision Limited, or as it is locally known, Channel 7, is a Belize City based television station A television station is a set of equipment managed by a business, organisation or other entity such as an amateur television (ATV) operator, ...


Media

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Amandala ''Amandala'' is a Belizean tabloid newspaper. Published twice weekly, it is Belize's largest newspaper. ''Amandala'' was established in 1969 as the print organ of the now-defunct United Black Association for Development (UBAD), but has been poli ...
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Centaur Cable Network Centaur Cable Network, Channel 3, is a television station and multimedia company operating from Orange Walk District, Belize Belize is a country on the north-eastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Carib ...
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Great Belize Productions {{Short description, Belize-based local production company Great Belize Productions is a Belize-based local production company and the parent company of Great Belize Television (Channel 5). Founding GBP was formed in 1982 as a video making company ...
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Great Belize Television Great Belize Television, or as it is locally known, Channel 5, is a Belize City-based local television station established in December 1991. Channel 5 airs mostly American and Caribbean programs, as well as a variety of locally produced programs. ...
* KREM FM *
Krem Television XTV, formerly known as Krem Television is a Belizean television station established in 2004 and serving Belize City. Its manager is KREM Radio alumnus Evan "Mose" Hyde and it is part of KREMANDALA Ltd. Establishment Since the late 1990s Kr ...
* List of radio stations in Belize * LOVE FM *
The Belize Times ''The Belize Times'' is a Belizean newspaper published once a week and the official organ of the People's United Party (PUP). It was established in 1956 and sells for BZ$1 Its offices are located at the PUP's Belize City headquarters at 3 Queen S ...
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The Guardian (Belize) ''The Guardian'' is a Belizean newspaper and the official print organ of the United Democratic Party (Belize), United Democratic Party. It is published on Thursdays and sells for Belize dollar, BZ$1. UDP newspaper history before ''The Guardian' ...
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The Reporter (Belize) ''The Reporter'' is one of the chief newspapers of Belize. It was established in 1967 by publisher Harry Lawrence, who has authored every issue since. It is published weekly and sells for BZ $1.00. ''The Reporter'' tagline is "Independently Serv ...
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Tropical Vision Limited Tropical Vision Limited, or as it is locally known, Channel 7, is a Belize City based television station A television station is a set of equipment managed by a business, organisation or other entity such as an amateur television (ATV) operator, ...


Newspapers

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Amandala ''Amandala'' is a Belizean tabloid newspaper. Published twice weekly, it is Belize's largest newspaper. ''Amandala'' was established in 1969 as the print organ of the now-defunct United Black Association for Development (UBAD), but has been poli ...
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The Belize Times ''The Belize Times'' is a Belizean newspaper published once a week and the official organ of the People's United Party (PUP). It was established in 1956 and sells for BZ$1 Its offices are located at the PUP's Belize City headquarters at 3 Queen S ...
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The Guardian (Belize) ''The Guardian'' is a Belizean newspaper and the official print organ of the United Democratic Party (Belize), United Democratic Party. It is published on Thursdays and sells for Belize dollar, BZ$1. UDP newspaper history before ''The Guardian' ...
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The Reporter (Belize) ''The Reporter'' is one of the chief newspapers of Belize. It was established in 1967 by publisher Harry Lawrence, who has authored every issue since. It is published weekly and sells for BZ $1.00. ''The Reporter'' tagline is "Independently Serv ...
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Radio stations

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FM 2000 Positive Vibes FM (call-sign VPV-FM) is a private radio station in Belize and the radio arm of the Opposition People's United Party. History Positive Vibes FM originally started as FM 2000 in 1994, owned by Gerald Garbutt. Its primary signal was 9 ...
* KREM FM * List of radio stations in Belize * LOVE FM *
WAVE Radio : ''For other radio stations which may use "Wave" as a brand name, see Wave (disambiguation).'' WAVE Radio (call-sign VPW-FM), a Belize City radio station operating since 1998, is the radio arm of the United Democratic Party (UDP). It is loca ...


Television stations

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Centaur Cable Network Centaur Cable Network, Channel 3, is a television station and multimedia company operating from Orange Walk District, Belize Belize is a country on the north-eastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Carib ...
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Great Belize Television Great Belize Television, or as it is locally known, Channel 5, is a Belize City-based local television station established in December 1991. Channel 5 airs mostly American and Caribbean programs, as well as a variety of locally produced programs. ...
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Krem Television XTV, formerly known as Krem Television is a Belizean television station established in 2004 and serving Belize City. Its manager is KREM Radio alumnus Evan "Mose" Hyde and it is part of KREMANDALA Ltd. Establishment Since the late 1990s Kr ...
* LOVE Belize Television * Template:Television in Belize *
Tropical Vision Limited Tropical Vision Limited, or as it is locally known, Channel 7, is a Belize City based television station A television station is a set of equipment managed by a business, organisation or other entity such as an amateur television (ATV) operator, ...


Conservation


Culture


Music

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Brukdown Brukdown is a genre of Belizean music. Its best-known performer and innovator, Wilfred Peters is regarded as a Belizean national icon. The word ''brukdown'' may come from ''broken down calypso'', referring to the similarities between brukdown a ...
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Garifuna music Garifuna music is an ethnic music and dance with African, Arawak, and Kalinago elements, originating with the Afro-Indigenous Garifuna people from Central America and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. In 2001, Garifuna music, dance, and langua ...
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Music of Belize The music of Belize has a mix of Creole, Mestizo, Garìfuna, Mayan and European influences. European and African influences After many centuries of Maya habitation, British colonizers arrived in the area in the 17th century. Belize was Brit ...
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Punta Punta is an Afro-Indigenous dance and cultural music deeply rooted in the cultural traditions of the Garifuna of Honduras. It heavily incorporates West African/Central African drumming, the dance primarily of Angola and Congo origins. The musi ...


Garifuna music

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Chumba Chumbais a traditional form of music and dance performed by the Garifuna people in several Central American countries. Like punta (another type of Garifuna music), chumba songs are highly polyrhythmic Polyrhythm () is the simultaneous use o ...
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Garifuna music Garifuna music is an ethnic music and dance with African, Arawak, and Kalinago elements, originating with the Afro-Indigenous Garifuna people from Central America and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. In 2001, Garifuna music, dance, and langua ...
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Punta rock Punta rock, or Belizean punta, is a form of Garifuna music originating in Belize and created by Pen Cayetano. Songs are usually sung in Belizean Kriol or Garifuna and rarely in Spanish or English. Many Garifuna American artists and bands pe ...


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Punta rock Punta rock, or Belizean punta, is a form of Garifuna music originating in Belize and created by Pen Cayetano. Songs are usually sung in Belizean Kriol or Garifuna and rarely in Spanish or English. Many Garifuna American artists and bands pe ...


Musicians

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Andy Palacio Andy Vivian Palacio (December 2, 1960 – January 19, 2008) was a Belizean punta musician and government official. He was also a leading activist for the Garifuna people and their culture. Biography Palacio was born and raised in the coasta ...
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Colville Young Sir Colville Norbert Young (born 20 November 1932) is a Belizean politician who served as the second governor-general of Belize. He is also a patron of the Scout Association of Belize. He was appointed as the Governor-General in 1993, taking ...
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Leroy Young Leroy Young, (born August 7, 1967 in Belize City, Belize), otherwise known as "The Grandmaster", is a Belizean dub poet. Biography and arts career Young was born to Bernadean Young and attended St. Mary's Primary and the former St. Michael's Co ...
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Paul Nabor Paul Nabor (26 January 1928 – 22 October 2014), born Alfonso Palacio, was a Garifuna singer and musician from Punta Gorda, Belize. He is often credited with popularizing paranda, a style of traditional Garifuna music, and is considered to hav ...
* Selwyn Walford Young *
Shyne Moses Michael Levi Barrow (born Jamal Michael Barrow; November 8, 1978), best known by his stage name Shyne, is a Belizean politician and former rapper. He served as Leader of the Opposition in the Belize House of Representatives, and the lead ...
* Wilfred Peters * Yung Fresh


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Colville Young Sir Colville Norbert Young (born 20 November 1932) is a Belizean politician who served as the second governor-general of Belize. He is also a patron of the Scout Association of Belize. He was appointed as the Governor-General in 1993, taking ...
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Errollyn Wallen Errollyn Wallen (born 10 April 1958) is a Belize-born British composer and musician, who moved as a child with her family to London, England. Wallen was appointed Master of the King's Music in 2024 by King Charles III, in his first appointment ...
* Francis Reneau * Selwyn Walford Young


Sport

* Belize at the 2006 Commonwealth Games *
Belize Premier Football League The Belize Premier Football League (BPFL) (Caribbean Motors Cup) was the premier division of association football in Belize sanctioned by the Football Federation of Belize. The league disbanded in 2011 after the merger with the Super League of ...
* Cross Country Cycling Classic *
Football Federation of Belize The Football Federation of Belize (FFB), formerly known as the Belize National Football Association (BNFA) and founded in 1980, is the sport governing body, governing body of football (soccer), football in Belize. It is a member of Fédération ...


Football

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Belize national football team The Belize national football team represents Belize in international football and is controlled by the Football Federation of Belize, a member of the Central American Football Union of CONCACAF. Although Belize has never qualified for a FIFA ...
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Belize Premier Football League The Belize Premier Football League (BPFL) (Caribbean Motors Cup) was the premier division of association football in Belize sanctioned by the Football Federation of Belize. The league disbanded in 2011 after the merger with the Super League of ...
* Belmopan United *
Boca F.C. Boca F.C. is a former Belizean football team that competed in the Belize Premier Football League (BPFL) of the Football Federation of Belize. The team was based in Independence Village. Their home stadium was Michael Ashcroft Stadium. They ha ...
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Football Federation of Belize The Football Federation of Belize (FFB), formerly known as the Belize National Football Association (BNFA) and founded in 1980, is the sport governing body, governing body of football (soccer), football in Belize. It is a member of Fédération ...
* Griga United *
Hankook Verdes Verdes F.C. (''previously Hankook Verdes'') is a Belizean association football club which competes in the Premier League of Belize. They are currently based in San Ignacio, Belize, a town situated in the district of Cayo, Belize. The club was e ...
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Juventus (Belize) Juventus F.C. was a Belizean football team, based in Orange Walk, which currently competes in the Belize Premier Football League (BPFL) of the Football Federation of Belize. Their home stadium is Orange Walk People's Stadium. Achievements Th ...
* Kremandala * Kulture Yabra FC *
New Site Erei New Site Erei was a Belizean football team competing in the Belize Premier Football League (BPFL) of the Football Federation of Belize. The Team was based in Dangriga Dangriga, formerly known as Stann Creek Town, is a town in southern Belize, ...
* San Pedro Seahawks * Wagiya


=Footballers

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=Football venues

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Carl Ramos Stadium The Premier League of Belize is the highest competitive football league in Belize. It was founded on 28 December 2011 after the merger between the Belize Premier Football League and the Super League of Belize. League games usually take place in f ...
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Isidoro Beaton Stadium Isidoro Beaton Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Belmopan, Belize. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of the Belizean football clubs Belmopan Blaze and Belmopan Bandits. The stadium is able to hold 2,500 people. ...
* MCC Grounds *
Michael Ashcroft Stadium Michael Ashcroft Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Independence, Belize. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was the home stadium to Boca F.C. and Sagitun Football Club in the Belize Premier Football League (BPFL) of the F ...
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Norman Broaster Stadium Norman Broaster Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in San Ignacio, Cayo, Belize. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium to Verdes FC in the Premier League of Belize (PLB) of the Football Federation of Belize T ...
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Orange Walk People's Stadium Orange Walk People's Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Orange Walk, Belize. It is primarily used for football matches and was the home stadium for Juventus in the Belize Premier Football League of the Football Federation of Belize before they ...


Belize at the Olympics

* Belize at the 1996 Summer Olympics * Belize at the 2000 Summer Olympics * Belize at the 2004 Summer Olympics


Economy

* Belize dollar *
Economy of Belize The economy of Belize is a small, essentially private enterprise economy that is based primarily on agriculture, tourism, and services. The cultivation of newly discovered oil in the town of Spanish Lookout has presented new prospects and proble ...


Airlines

* Maya Airways *
Maya Island Air Maya Island Air (also known as Maya Airways) is an airline with its head office on the second floor of Building #1 of Belize City Municipal Airport in Belize City, Belize. It operates regular scheduled flights to 11 destinations within Belize and ...
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Tropic Air Tropic Air is an airline operating scheduled services from Belize. Founded in 1979 by John Greif III with just a single airplane and two employees, Tropic has steadily grown to a fleet of 17 light aircraft and now operates over 200 daily schedule ...


Companies

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Maya Island Air Maya Island Air (also known as Maya Airways) is an airline with its head office on the second floor of Building #1 of Belize City Municipal Airport in Belize City, Belize. It operates regular scheduled flights to 11 destinations within Belize and ...
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Tropic Air Tropic Air is an airline operating scheduled services from Belize. Founded in 1979 by John Greif III with just a single airplane and two employees, Tropic has steadily grown to a fleet of 17 light aircraft and now operates over 200 daily schedule ...


RSV Media Center

* LOVE Belize Television * LOVE FM


Trade unions

* Belize National Teachers Union *
Christian Workers' Union The Christian Workers' Union is a trade union in Belize. The union was founded in 1962 by Nicholas Pollard, bringing together former members of the Christian Democratic Union (Belize), Christian Democratic Union based in Belize City. In Septemb ...
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General Workers' Union (Belize) The General Workers' Union (GWU) was a general union in Belize. The union was founded in 1939 by Antonio Soberanis Gómez, as the British Honduras Workers and Tradesmen's Union. In 1934, he had formed the Unemployed Brigade, followed by the Labou ...
* National Trade Union Congress of Belize * Public Service Union of Belize *
United General Workers Union United General Workers Union is a central trade union organization in Belize Belize is a country on the north-eastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west ...


Education

* American Global University School of Medicine *
University of Belize The University of Belize (UB) is an English-speaking multi-locational institute for higher education, and the national university of Belize. The institution offers certificates, diplomas, associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, and a graduate degre ...


Primary schools

* Grace Primary School *
Holy Redeemer Primary School Holy Redeemer Primary School is a Catholic, parish primary school located in the heart of Belize City, Belize. History Located at the Cathedral parish in Belize City, it began operation in 1869. In 1883 the Sisters of Mercy arrived in Belize and m ...
* La Inmaculada Roman Catholic School * Louisiana Government School * Queen Square Primary School * Saint Andrew's Primary School *
Sarteneja Sarteneja is the largest fishing community and the second largest village in Belize. It recorded a population of 3,500 according to a 2016 estimate. The name ''Sarteneja'' is a Castilian distortion of its original Mayan name ''Tza-ten-a-ha'', whi ...
Nazarene Primary School * St. Joseph Primary School * St. Luke Methodist School * St. Martin Deporres School * St. Mary's Primary School * St. Peter Claver Primary School * Trinity Methodist School


High schools

* Belmopan Comprehensive High School * Bishop Martin High School * Canaan High School * Corozal Community College * Edward P. Yorke High School * Gwen Liz High School * Mopan Technical High School * Muffles College High school * New Hope High School * Our Lady of Guadalupe High School * Our Lady of Mount Carmel High School * Palotti High School * Sacred Heart College (Belize) *
San Pedro High School San Pedro High School is a public high school in the Los Angeles Unified School District and is located in the San Pedro portion of the city of Los Angeles, California. The school serves the entirety of San Pedro as well as most of the Eastvie ...
* Sarteneja Baptist High school * St. Catherine's Academy * St. John's College *
St. Michael's High School St. Michael's High School is a private Catholic junior/senior high school located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Santa Fe, New Mexico. It is privately run under the auspices of the international Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, b ...
* Technical High school * Wesley College, Belize


Universities and colleges

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Belize Adventist Junior College Belize Adventist Junior College is a Christian Junior college in the Calcutta Village of the Corozal District in Belize. The Belize Adventist Junior College provides students with an education in a Christian setting. It is a part of the Seventh ...
* Centro Escolar Mexico Junior College * Corozal Junior College * Galen University * Independence Junior College * Lynam Agricultural College 1953-1971 *
Muffles Junior College Muffles Junior College is a Catholic junior university college, located in Orange Walk District, Belize. Established in 1954 by the Society of Jesus, the college has been administered by the Sisters of Mercy since 1967. History In 1954 Jesuit Fr. ...
* Sacred Heart Junior College *
San Pedro Junior College San Pedro Junior College is a public university in San Pedro Town San Pedro is a town on the southern part of the island of Ambergris Caye in the Belize District of the nation of Belize, in Central America. According to the 2024 mid-year esti ...
* St. John's College Junior College * Stann Creek Ecumenical Junior College *
University of Belize The University of Belize (UB) is an English-speaking multi-locational institute for higher education, and the national university of Belize. The institution offers certificates, diplomas, associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, and a graduate degre ...
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University of the West Indies The University of the West Indies (UWI), originally University College of the West Indies, is a public university system established to serve the higher education needs of the residents of 18 English-speaking countries and territories in t ...
* Wesley Junior College


University

* Galen University *
University of Belize The University of Belize (UB) is an English-speaking multi-locational institute for higher education, and the national university of Belize. The institution offers certificates, diplomas, associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, and a graduate degre ...
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University of the West Indies The University of the West Indies (UWI), originally University College of the West Indies, is a public university system established to serve the higher education needs of the residents of 18 English-speaking countries and territories in t ...


Ethnic groups

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Asians "Asian people" (sometimes "Asiatic people")United States National Library of Medicine. Medical Subject Headings. 2004. November 17, 200Nlm.nih.gov: ''Asian Continental Ancestry Group'' is also used for categorical purposes. is an umbrella term ...
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Belizean Kriol people Belizean Creoles, also known as Kriols, are a Creole ethnic group native to Belize. Belizean Creoles are primarily mixed-raced descendants of enslaved West and Central Africans who were brought to the British Honduras (present-day Belize alon ...
* East Indian *
Garifuna people The Garifuna people ( or ; pl. Garínagu in Garifuna) are a people of mixed free African and Amerindian ancestry that originated in the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent and traditionally speak Garifuna, an Arawakan language. The Garifuna ...
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German Mennonites German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ger ...
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Maya peoples Maya () are an ethnolinguistic group of Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica. The ancient Maya civilization was formed by members of this group, and today's Maya are generally descended from people who lived w ...
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Mestizo ( , ; fem. , literally 'mixed person') is a term primarily used to denote people of mixed European and Indigenous ancestry in the former Spanish Empire. In certain regions such as Latin America, it may also refer to people who are culturall ...


Fauna

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Agkistrodon bilineatus :Common names: ''cantil, Mexican cantil, Mexican ground pit viper, Gloyd HK, Conant R. 1990. ''Snakes of the Agkistrodon Complex: A Monographic Review''. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. 614 pp. 52 plates. LCCN 89-50342. . canti ...
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Great curassow The great curassow (''Crax rubra'') is a large, pheasant-like bird from the Neotropical rainforests, its range extending from eastern Mexico, through Central America to western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. Male birds are black with curly c ...
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Jaguar The jaguar (''Panthera onca'') is a large felidae, cat species and the only extant taxon, living member of the genus ''Panthera'' that is native to the Americas. With a body length of up to and a weight of up to , it is the biggest cat spe ...
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Jaguarundi The jaguarundi (''Herpailurus yagouaroundi''; or ) is a wild felidae, cat native to the Americas. Its range extends from central Argentina in the south to northern Mexico, through Central America, Central and South America east of the Andes. T ...
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Ocelot The ocelot (''Leopardus pardalis'') is a medium-sized spotted Felidae, wild cat that reaches at the shoulders and weighs between on average. It is native to the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, Central and South America, ...
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Plain chachalaca The plain chachalaca (''Ortalis vetula'') is a large bird in the chachalaca, guan and curassow family Cracidae. It breeds in tropical and subtropical environments from mezquital thickets in the Rio Grande Valley in southernmost Texas, United St ...


Flora


Geography

*Adjacent countries: * Geography of Belize : : * Armenia, Belize *
Belize Barrier Reef The Belize Barrier Reef is a series of coral reefs straddling the coast of Belize, roughly offshore in the north and in the south within the country limits. The Belize Barrier Reef is a long section of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System, ...
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Big Creek, Belize Port of Big Creek is the only deep-water port facility on the in Country of Belize (just south of the boundary with Stann Creek District), constructed in the 1990s. It is the nation's largest private port., after Belize City. Big Creek is the main ...
* Blue Hole (park) * Elridgeville * Gales Point *
Guanacaste National Park (Belize) Guanacaste National Park is a park in central Belize. It is named after a huge guanacaste tree that escaped being logged because its trunk divided into three bases, reducing its value as timber. Guanacaste National Park is located on the nort ...
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Gulf of Honduras The Gulf of Honduras or the Bay of Honduras is a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea, indenting the coasts of Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras. From north to south, it runs for approximately 200 km (125 miles) from Dangriga, Belize, to La Cei ...
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Independence and Mango Creek Independence is a village in the Stann Creek District of Belize Belize is a country on the north-eastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west and south. It ...
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Placencia Placencia is a small village located in the Stann Creek District of Belize. History Prior to the European colonization of the Americas, the Placencia Peninsula was inhabited by the Maya peoples, Maya. Archaeological evidence suggests that the Ma ...
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Port Loyola Port Loyola is an electoral constituency in the Belize District represented in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belize since 2020 by Gilroy Usher of the People's United Party The People's United Party (, PUP) is one ...
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San Carlos, Belize San Carlos is a small village in the north of Belize, in Orange Walk District, situated on the northern bank of New River, surrounded by jungle. It is four miles from Indian Church, and can be accessed by road from Orange Walk Town or by boat f ...
* San Joaquin, Corozal * San José, Orange Walk District *
San Pedro Columbia San Pedro Columbia is a village in Toledo District, Belize, located about two miles from the ancient Maya ruins of Lubaantun. In 2000 San Pedro Columbia had a population of about 700 people. The population is mostly Q'eqchi Maya with some Mopan ...
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Shipyard, Belize Shipyard, also called Shipyard Colony, is a Mennonite settlement that is also an administrative village in the Orange Walk District of Belize. Shipyard was founded in 1958 by Old Colony Mennonites from Chihuahua and Durango states in Mexico. ...
* Silver Creek, Belize *
Spanish Lookout Spanish Lookout is a Mennonite settlement in the Cayo District of Belize in Central America. According to the 2010 census, Spanish Lookout had a population of 2,253 people in 482 households (2005 census had a population of 2,300 and the 2000 censu ...
* St. Margret's, Belize * Valley of Peace, Belize


Bays

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Chetumal Chetumal (, , ; , ) is a city on the east coast of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. It is the capital of the List of states of Mexico, state of Quintana Roo and the municipal seat of the Othón P. Blanco, Quintana Roo, Municipality of Othón ...
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Sarteneja Sarteneja is the largest fishing community and the second largest village in Belize. It recorded a population of 3,500 according to a 2016 estimate. The name ''Sarteneja'' is a Castilian distortion of its original Mayan name ''Tza-ten-a-ha'', whi ...
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Caves

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Actun Tunichil Muknal Actun Tunichil Muknal (the Cave of the Crystal Sepulchre), also known locally as ATM, is a cave in Belize, near San Ignacio, Belize, San Ignacio, Cayo District, notable as a Maya civilization, Maya archaeological site that includes skeletons, c ...


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Belize City Belize City is the largest city in Belize. It was once the capital city, capital of the former British Honduras. According to the 2022 census, Belize City has a population of 63,999 people. It is at the mouth of the Haulover Creek, which is a ...
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Belmopan Belmopan () is the capital city of Belize. Its population in 2010 was 16,451. Belmopan is the smallest capital city in the continental Americas (by population) and the third-largest settlement in Belize, behind Belize City and San Ignacio. Fou ...
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Benque Viejo del Carmen Benque Viejo del Carmen ("Benque") is the westernmost town in Belize, by road west and south of Belize City, at the Guatemalan border. San Ignacio lies 13 km to the east and Melchor de Mencos just across the border. The Mopan River runs alon ...
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Bullet Tree Falls Bullet Tree Falls is a village located along the Mopan River in Cayo District, Belize. It lies approximately five kilometers (three miles) northwest of San Ignacio, Belize, San Ignacio. According to the 2010 census, Bullet Tree Falls has a populati ...
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Burrell Boom 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. Demo ...
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Carmelita, Belize Carmelita is a rapidly-expanding village in the Orange Walk District of the nation of Belize. According to the 2010 census, it had a population of 1,474 people. It lies along the New River (Belize), New River. Carmelita has the country's only ...
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Chunox 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 ...
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Corozal Town Corozal is a town in Belize, capital of Corozal District. Corozal is located about 84 miles north of Belize City, and 9 miles from the border with Mexico. The population of Corozal, according to the main results of the 2010 census, is 9,871. Co ...
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Dangriga Dangriga, formerly known as Stann Creek Town, is a town in southern Belize, located on the Caribbean Sea, Caribbean coast at the mouth of the North Stann Creek River. It is the capital of Belize's Stann Creek District. Dangriga is served by the ...
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Hattieville Hattieville is a village in the Belize District of the nation of Belize. It is located at 17N 88W, at an elevation of above mean sea level, and has a population of about 1,300 people. Hattieville was established as a refugee camp after Hurrican ...
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Hopkins, Belize Hopkins is a coastal village in eastern Belize. Demographics At the time of the 2010 census, Hopkins had a population of 1,610. Of these, 70.2% were Garifuna, 9.9% Mixed, 6.0% Creole, 3.8% Mestizo, 3.2% Mopan Maya, 2.2% Caucasian, 1.4% Asia ...
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Ladyville Ladyville is the largest village in the country of Belize, eight miles northwest of Belize City in the Belize District. The Philip Goldson Highway connects Ladyville to Belize City. History Although originally a separate settlement, Ladyville ...
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Monkey River Town Monkey River (or Monkey River Town) is a village in the north of the Toledo District of Belize. It is on the Caribbean Sea on the southern shore of the mouth of Belize's Monkey River. In 2011 the estimated population was 200 people. The villag ...
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Orange Walk Town Orange Walk is the fourth largest town in Belize, with a population of about 13,400 (Official Release of the Main Findings of the 2010 Population and Housing Census). It is the capital of the Orange Walk District. Orange Walk Town is located on ...
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Punta Gorda, Belize Punta Gorda, declared a town on Monday, 21 January 1895, known locally as P.G., is the capital and largest town of Toledo District in southern Belize. Punta Gorda is the southernmost sizable town in the nation, with a population of about 5,000 p ...
* San Antonio, Cayo * San Antonio, Toledo * San Estevan, Belize *
San Ignacio Cayo San Ignacio and Santa Elena are towns in western Belize. San Ignacio serves as the cultural-economic hub of Cayo District. It got its start from mahogany and chicle production during British colonisation. Over time it attracted people from the su ...
* San Pablo, Orange Walk *
San Pedro Town San Pedro is a town on the southern part of the island of Ambergris Caye in the Belize District of the nation of Belize, in Central America. According to the 2024 mid-year estimates, the town has a population of about 20,000. It is the second-la ...
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Sarteneja Sarteneja is the largest fishing community and the second largest village in Belize. It recorded a population of 3,500 according to a 2016 estimate. The name ''Sarteneja'' is a Castilian distortion of its original Mayan name ''Tza-ten-a-ha'', whi ...
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Toledo Settlement Toledo is a town in Belize's Toledo District. Toledo Settlement is located at , at an elevation of 37 meters above sea level. It was originally settled by Caucasian American refugees from the United States who had fled during the American Civil W ...
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Trial Farm, Belize Trial Farm is a village near Orange Walk Town in the Orange Walk District of the nation of Belize. According to the 2000 census, it had a population of 3,443 people. It is located at 29 metres above sea level. Operation New Horizons 2007 comman ...
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Xaibe Xaibe () is a small rural settlement in the country of Belize mainly consisting of people from the Yucatec Maya ethnicity. It is located in Corozal District. The name Xaibe literally means 'crossroads'. The people of the Maya civilization often tr ...


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Belize District Belize is a district of the nation of Belize. Its capital is Belize City. Geography Most of the Belize District is in the east central mainland of Belize; the Belize District also includes various offshore islands, including Ambergris Caye ...
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Cayo District Cayo is a district located in the west part of Belize, and it contains the capital, Belmopan. It is the most extensive, second-most populous and third-most densely populated of the six districts of Belize. The district's capital is the town of S ...
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Corozal District Corozal is the northernmost Districts of Belize, district of the nation of Belize. The population was 46,071 in 2024. The district capital is Corozal Town. Pre-Columbian Maya civilization, Maya ruins are found in Corozal at Santa Rita ruins, Sa ...
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Districts of Belize Belize is divided into six districts: Belize Belize is a country on the north-eastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west and south. It also shares a mari ...
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Islands District The Islands District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is part of the New Territories. It had a population of 185,282 in 2021. Hong Kong consists of a peninsula and 263 islands. The Islands District consists of some twenty large and ...
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Orange Walk District Orange Walk is a Districts of Belize, district in the northwest of the nation of Belize, with its district capital in Orange Walk Town. Demographics Main settlements The Orange Walk District, with an area of 1,829 square miles (4,636 square km), ...
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Stann Creek District Stann Creek is a district in the south east region of Belize. According to the 2022 census, the district had a population of 48,162 people. Its capital is the town of Dangriga, formerly known as "Stann Creek Town." Stann comes from "stanns," or s ...
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Toledo District Toledo is the southernmost and least populated district in Belize. Punta Gorda is the District capital. According to the Human Development Index (HDI), it is the second most developed region in the country. The district has a diverse topograph ...


Islands

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Ambergris Caye Ambergris Caye ( ; Spanish: Cayo Ambergris), is the largest island of Belize, located northeast of the country's mainland, in the Caribbean Sea. It is about long from north to south, and about wide. Many parts of the island have been modified ...
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Caye Caulker Caye Caulker ( Spanish: Cayo Caulker) is a small limestone coral island off the coast of Belize in the Caribbean Sea measuring about (north to south) by less than (east to west). The town on the island is known by the name Caye Caulker Village. ...
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Islands of Belize The country of Belize has roughly 386 km of coastline, and has many coral reefs, cayes, and islands in the Caribbean Sea. Most of these form the Belize Barrier Reef, the longest in the western hemisphere stemming approximately . The reef and ...
* St. George's Caye


Mountains

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Doyle's Delight Doyle's Delight is the highest peak in Belize at . It lies on the Maya Divide, the main ridge line of the Maya Mountains in southwestern Belize. The name Doyle's Delight was first coined by Sharon Matola in a 1989 report. The name is based on ...
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Maya Mountains The Maya Mountains are a mountain range located in Belize and eastern Guatemala, in Central America. Etymology The Maya Mountains were known as the ''Cockscomb'' or ''Coxcomb Mountains'' to Baymen and later Belizeans at least until the mid ...
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Victoria Peak (Belize) Victoria Peak within the Maya Mountains is the second highest mountain in Belize, at a height of . The highest peak in the country, Doyle's Delight, at a height of , is located southwest of Victoria Peak. Victoria Peak is situated in the Stann ...


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Belize Botanic Gardens Belize Botanic Gardens (BBG) is of native and exotic plants growing in the Cayo district of western Belize. The garden is in a valley on the banks of the Macal River, surrounded by the Maya Mountain foothills. The main focus of BBG is encouragin ...
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Chiquibul National Park Chiquibul National Park is Belize's largest national park.Riley, Laura, Riley, William, 2005''Nature's Strongholds: The World's Great Wildlife Reserves'' Princeton University Press, p. 333, . It is in size. The park is located in Belize's Cayo D ...
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Guanacaste National Park Guanacaste National Park may refer to: * Guanacaste National Park (Belize) *Guanacaste National Park (Costa Rica) Guanacaste National Park, in Spanish is a national park in northern Costa Rica. The park is part of the Area de Conservación Gua ...
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Rivers

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Belize River The Belize River runs through the center of Belize. It drains more than one-quarter of the country as it winds along the northern edge of the Maya Mountains to the sea just north of Belize City (). The Belize River Valley is largely tropical rainf ...
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Hondo River (Belize) The Hondo River or Río Hondo () is a river of Central America, approximately long, which flows in a northeasterly direction to discharge into Chetumal Bay on the Caribbean Sea. Most of the international border between the nations of Mexico a ...
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Macal River The Macal River is a river running through Cayo District in western Belize. Sites along the river include the ancient Mayan town of Cahal Pech and the Belize Botanic Gardens. The Macal River discharges into the Belize River. There are several ...
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Mopan River The Mopan River is a river in Central America spanning the Petén Department of Guatemala and the Cayo District of Belize. It merges with the Macal River at Branch Mouth, Belize, forming the Belize River, which ultimately discharges into the Car ...
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Mullins River Mullins River is the name of both a river and of a village on that river in the Stann Creek District of Belize. The village of Mullins River is located at the mouth of the river of the same name on the coast of the Caribbean Sea, north of Dangr ...


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Geography stubs

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Actun Tunichil Muknal Actun Tunichil Muknal (the Cave of the Crystal Sepulchre), also known locally as ATM, is a cave in Belize, near San Ignacio, Belize, San Ignacio, Cayo District, notable as a Maya civilization, Maya archaeological site that includes skeletons, c ...
* Armenia, Belize *
Banco Chinchorro Banco Chinchorro is an atoll reef lying off the southeast coast of the Municipality of Othón P. Blanco in Quintana Roo, Mexico, near Belize. It was featured throughout the 2009 semi-documentary film '' Alamar'' by Pedro González-Rubio. Geogra ...
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Belize Botanic Gardens Belize Botanic Gardens (BBG) is of native and exotic plants growing in the Cayo district of western Belize. The garden is in a valley on the banks of the Macal River, surrounded by the Maya Mountain foothills. The main focus of BBG is encouragin ...
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Belize City Belize City is the largest city in Belize. It was once the capital city, capital of the former British Honduras. According to the 2022 census, Belize City has a population of 63,999 people. It is at the mouth of the Haulover Creek, which is a ...
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Belize District Belize is a district of the nation of Belize. Its capital is Belize City. Geography Most of the Belize District is in the east central mainland of Belize; the Belize District also includes various offshore islands, including Ambergris Caye ...
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Belize River The Belize River runs through the center of Belize. It drains more than one-quarter of the country as it winds along the northern edge of the Maya Mountains to the sea just north of Belize City (). The Belize River Valley is largely tropical rainf ...
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Benque Viejo del Carmen Benque Viejo del Carmen ("Benque") is the westernmost town in Belize, by road west and south of Belize City, at the Guatemalan border. San Ignacio lies 13 km to the east and Melchor de Mencos just across the border. The Mopan River runs alon ...
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Big Creek, Belize Port of Big Creek is the only deep-water port facility on the in Country of Belize (just south of the boundary with Stann Creek District), constructed in the 1990s. It is the nation's largest private port., after Belize City. Big Creek is the main ...
* Blue Hole (park) *
Cahal Pech Cahal Pech is a Maya site located near the town of San Ignacio in the Cayo District of Belize. The site was a palatial, hilltop home for an elite Maya family, and though the most major construction dates to the Classic period, evidence of continu ...
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Caracol Caracol is a large ancient Maya archaeological site, located in what is now the Cayo District of Belize. It is situated approximately south of Xunantunich, and the town of San Ignacio, and from the Macal River. It rests on the Vaca Plateau, ...
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Carmelita, Belize Carmelita is a rapidly-expanding village in the Orange Walk District of the nation of Belize. According to the 2010 census, it had a population of 1,474 people. It lies along the New River (Belize), New River. Carmelita has the country's only ...
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Cayo District Cayo is a district located in the west part of Belize, and it contains the capital, Belmopan. It is the most extensive, second-most populous and third-most densely populated of the six districts of Belize. The district's capital is the town of S ...
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Chetumal Bay Chetumal Bay is a semi-closed mesohaline estuary on the southern coast of the Yucatán Peninsula. It is located in northern Belize and southeastern Mexico. Geography The mouth of Chetumal Bay is directed southward and buffered by the large Be ...
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Chunox 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 ...
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Corozal District Corozal is the northernmost Districts of Belize, district of the nation of Belize. The population was 46,071 in 2024. The district capital is Corozal Town. Pre-Columbian Maya civilization, Maya ruins are found in Corozal at Santa Rita ruins, Sa ...
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Corozal Town Corozal is a town in Belize, capital of Corozal District. Corozal is located about 84 miles north of Belize City, and 9 miles from the border with Mexico. The population of Corozal, according to the main results of the 2010 census, is 9,871. Co ...
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Dangriga Dangriga, formerly known as Stann Creek Town, is a town in southern Belize, located on the Caribbean Sea, Caribbean coast at the mouth of the North Stann Creek River. It is the capital of Belize's Stann Creek District. Dangriga is served by the ...
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Districts of Belize Belize is divided into six districts: Belize Belize is a country on the north-eastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west and south. It also shares a mari ...
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Doyle's Delight Doyle's Delight is the highest peak in Belize at . It lies on the Maya Divide, the main ridge line of the Maya Mountains in southwestern Belize. The name Doyle's Delight was first coined by Sharon Matola in a 1989 report. The name is based on ...
* Elridgeville * Gales Point *
Great Blue Hole The Great Blue Hole is a large Blue hole, marine sinkhole off the coast of Belize. It lies near the center of Lighthouse Reef, a small atoll from the mainland and Belize City. The hole is circular in shape, across and deep. It has a surface ...
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Guanacaste National Park (Belize) Guanacaste National Park is a park in central Belize. It is named after a huge guanacaste tree that escaped being logged because its trunk divided into three bases, reducing its value as timber. Guanacaste National Park is located on the nort ...
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Gulf of Honduras The Gulf of Honduras or the Bay of Honduras is a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea, indenting the coasts of Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras. From north to south, it runs for approximately 200 km (125 miles) from Dangriga, Belize, to La Cei ...
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Hattieville Hattieville is a village in the Belize District of the nation of Belize. It is located at 17N 88W, at an elevation of above mean sea level, and has a population of about 1,300 people. Hattieville was established as a refugee camp after Hurrican ...
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Hondo River (Belize) The Hondo River or Río Hondo () is a river of Central America, approximately long, which flows in a northeasterly direction to discharge into Chetumal Bay on the Caribbean Sea. Most of the international border between the nations of Mexico a ...
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Hopkins, Belize Hopkins is a coastal village in eastern Belize. Demographics At the time of the 2010 census, Hopkins had a population of 1,610. Of these, 70.2% were Garifuna, 9.9% Mixed, 6.0% Creole, 3.8% Mestizo, 3.2% Mopan Maya, 2.2% Caucasian, 1.4% Asia ...
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Hummingbird Highway The Hummingbird Highway is one of the four major highways in Belize. It connects the George Price Highway outside of Belmopan, Cayo District to the Southern Highway outside of Dangriga, Stann Creek District. It partially follows, and sometimes us ...
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Independence and Mango Creek Independence is a village in the Stann Creek District of Belize Belize is a country on the north-eastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west and south. It ...
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Islands of Belize The country of Belize has roughly 386 km of coastline, and has many coral reefs, cayes, and islands in the Caribbean Sea. Most of these form the Belize Barrier Reef, the longest in the western hemisphere stemming approximately . The reef and ...
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Ladyville Ladyville is the largest village in the country of Belize, eight miles northwest of Belize City in the Belize District. The Philip Goldson Highway connects Ladyville to Belize City. History Although originally a separate settlement, Ladyville ...
* Little Belize * Louisville, Belize *
Macal River The Macal River is a river running through Cayo District in western Belize. Sites along the river include the ancient Mayan town of Cahal Pech and the Belize Botanic Gardens. The Macal River discharges into the Belize River. There are several ...
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Maya Mountains The Maya Mountains are a mountain range located in Belize and eastern Guatemala, in Central America. Etymology The Maya Mountains were known as the ''Cockscomb'' or ''Coxcomb Mountains'' to Baymen and later Belizeans at least until the mid ...
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Monkey River Town Monkey River (or Monkey River Town) is a village in the north of the Toledo District of Belize. It is on the Caribbean Sea on the southern shore of the mouth of Belize's Monkey River. In 2011 the estimated population was 200 people. The villag ...
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Mopan River The Mopan River is a river in Central America spanning the Petén Department of Guatemala and the Cayo District of Belize. It merges with the Macal River at Branch Mouth, Belize, forming the Belize River, which ultimately discharges into the Car ...
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Mullins River Mullins River is the name of both a river and of a village on that river in the Stann Creek District of Belize. The village of Mullins River is located at the mouth of the river of the same name on the coast of the Caribbean Sea, north of Dangr ...
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Nim Li Punit Nim Li Punit () is a Maya Classic Period site in the Toledo District of the nation of Belize, located 50 kilometres north of the town of Punta Gorda, and directly adjacent to the village of Indian Creek. Nim Li Punit is sometimes known as Big ...
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Orange Walk District Orange Walk is a Districts of Belize, district in the northwest of the nation of Belize, with its district capital in Orange Walk Town. Demographics Main settlements The Orange Walk District, with an area of 1,829 square miles (4,636 square km), ...
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Orange Walk Town Orange Walk is the fourth largest town in Belize, with a population of about 13,400 (Official Release of the Main Findings of the 2010 Population and Housing Census). It is the capital of the Orange Walk District. Orange Walk Town is located on ...
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Placencia Placencia is a small village located in the Stann Creek District of Belize. History Prior to the European colonization of the Americas, the Placencia Peninsula was inhabited by the Maya peoples, Maya. Archaeological evidence suggests that the Ma ...
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Port Loyola Port Loyola is an electoral constituency in the Belize District represented in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belize since 2020 by Gilroy Usher of the People's United Party The People's United Party (, PUP) is one ...
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Punta Gorda, Belize Punta Gorda, declared a town on Monday, 21 January 1895, known locally as P.G., is the capital and largest town of Toledo District in southern Belize. Punta Gorda is the southernmost sizable town in the nation, with a population of about 5,000 p ...
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San Ignacio Cayo San Ignacio and Santa Elena are towns in western Belize. San Ignacio serves as the cultural-economic hub of Cayo District. It got its start from mahogany and chicle production during British colonisation. Over time it attracted people from the su ...
* San Joaquin, Corozal * San José, Orange Walk District * San Pablo, Orange Walk *
San Pedro Town San Pedro is a town on the southern part of the island of Ambergris Caye in the Belize District of the nation of Belize, in Central America. According to the 2024 mid-year estimates, the town has a population of about 20,000. It is the second-la ...
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Sarteneja Sarteneja is the largest fishing community and the second largest village in Belize. It recorded a population of 3,500 according to a 2016 estimate. The name ''Sarteneja'' is a Castilian distortion of its original Mayan name ''Tza-ten-a-ha'', whi ...
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Shipyard, Belize Shipyard, also called Shipyard Colony, is a Mennonite settlement that is also an administrative village in the Orange Walk District of Belize. Shipyard was founded in 1958 by Old Colony Mennonites from Chihuahua and Durango states in Mexico. ...
* Silver Creek, Belize *
Spanish Lookout Spanish Lookout is a Mennonite settlement in the Cayo District of Belize in Central America. According to the 2010 census, Spanish Lookout had a population of 2,253 people in 482 households (2005 census had a population of 2,300 and the 2000 censu ...
* St. George's Caye * St. Margret's, Belize *
Stann Creek District Stann Creek is a district in the south east region of Belize. According to the 2022 census, the district had a population of 48,162 people. Its capital is the town of Dangriga, formerly known as "Stann Creek Town." Stann comes from "stanns," or s ...
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Toledo District Toledo is the southernmost and least populated district in Belize. Punta Gorda is the District capital. According to the Human Development Index (HDI), it is the second most developed region in the country. The district has a diverse topograph ...
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Toledo Settlement Toledo is a town in Belize's Toledo District. Toledo Settlement is located at , at an elevation of 37 meters above sea level. It was originally settled by Caucasian American refugees from the United States who had fled during the American Civil W ...
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Trial Farm, Belize Trial Farm is a village near Orange Walk Town in the Orange Walk District of the nation of Belize. According to the 2000 census, it had a population of 3,443 people. It is located at 29 metres above sea level. Operation New Horizons 2007 comman ...
* Valley of Peace, Belize *
Xaibe Xaibe () is a small rural settlement in the country of Belize mainly consisting of people from the Yucatec Maya ethnicity. It is located in Corozal District. The name Xaibe literally means 'crossroads'. The people of the Maya civilization often tr ...
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Xunantunich Xunantunich () is an Ancient Maya archaeological site in western Belize, about 70 miles (110 km) west of Belize City, in the Cayo District. Xunantunich is located atop a ridge above the Mopan River, well within sight of the Guatemala border – w ...


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Senate of Belize The Senate is the upper chamber of the National Assembly of Belize. It has 13 members appointed for a five-year term by the Governor-General. Establishment and appointment Senators are appointed by the Governor-General in the following ma ...


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Government House, Belize The finest colonial structure in Belize City, Government House (now the House of Culture Museum) is said to have been built to plans by the British architect Christopher Wren with a combination of Caribbean vernacular and English urban architect ...


History

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2005 Belize unrest The 2005 protests in Belize are two separate but related incidents of civil unrest in the Central American nation, occurring in January and April. January 2005 budget protests Civil unrest broke out in the capital city of Belmopan in Belize ...
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British Honduras British Honduras was a Crown colony on the east coast of Central America — specifically located on the southern edge of the Yucatan Peninsula from 1783 to 1964, then a self-governing colony — renamed Belize from June 1973
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Captaincy General of Guatemala The Captaincy General of Guatemala (), also known as the Kingdom of Guatemala (), was an administrative division of the Spanish Empire, under the viceroyalty of New Spain in Central America, including present-day Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras ...
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Guatemalan claim to Belizean territory Guatemalan may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Guatemala * A person from Guatemala, or of Guatemalan descent. For information about the Guatemalan people, see Demographics of Guatemala and Culture of Guatemala. For spec ...
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History of Belize The history of Belize dates back thousands of years. The Maya civilization spread into the area of Belize between 1500 BC to 1200 BC and flourished until about 1000 AD. Several Maya ruin sites, including Cahal Pech, Caracol, Lamanai, Lubaan ...


Elections

* Belize legislative election, 1974 * Belize legislative election, 1979 * Belize legislative election, 1984 * Belize legislative election, 1989 * Belize legislative election, 1993 * Belize legislative election, 1998 * Belize legislative election, 2003 * Belize municipal election, 2006 * British Honduras legislative election, 1954 * British Honduras legislative election, 1957 * British Honduras legislative election, 1961 * British Honduras legislative election, 1969 *
Elections and Boundaries Commission The Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) is the primary electoral body in Belize. It supervises all local and national elections. The commission also establishes the boundaries of Belize's electoral divisions. Formation and duties The ...
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Elections and Boundaries Department The Belize Elections and Boundaries Department is the hands-on administrator of Belizean electoral politics. It was established in 1989 as a subordinate to the Elections and Boundaries Commission. Mission statement As articulated by the EBD itsel ...
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Elections in Belize Elections in Belize are the duly held elections held at various levels of government in the nation of Belize. Dissolving elected bodies The Legislature Dissolving the National Assembly of Belize is the prerogative of the Governor General ...


Municipal elections

* Belize municipal election, 2006


Hurricanes

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1934 Central America Hurricane The 1934 Central America hurricane (called the El Salvador hurricane by meteorologist Ivan Ray Tannehill) was a deadly tropical cyclone during the 1934 Atlantic hurricane season which caused at least 506 fatalities in Central America. Its p ...
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Hurricane Francelia Hurricane Francelia was the deadliest hurricane of the 1969 Atlantic hurricane season after causing significant flooding to Central America, especially Belize and Guatemala. The sixth named storm and fourth hurricane of the season, Francelia de ...
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Hurricane Greta-Olivia A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system with a low-pressure area, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depending on its locat ...
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Hurricane Hattie Hurricane Hattie was the strongest and deadliest tropical cyclone of the 1961 Atlantic hurricane season, reaching peak intensity as a List of Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes, Category5 hurricane. The ninth Tropical cyclone, tropical storm, sevent ...
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Hurricane Iris Hurricane Iris was a small, but powerful tropical cyclone that caused widespread destruction in Belize. Iris was the second-strongest storm of the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season, behind Hurricane Michelle. It was the ninth named storm, fift ...
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Hurricane Janet Hurricane Janet was the most powerful tropical cyclone of the 1955 Atlantic hurricane season and one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record. Janet was also the first named storm to cause 1,000 deaths and the first Category 5 storm name ...
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Hurricane Keith Hurricane Keith was a powerful tropical cyclone that formed in September 2000, it caused extensive damage in Central America, especially in Mexico and Belize. It was the fifteenth tropical cyclone, eleventh named storm, and seventh hurricane of t ...


Languages

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Garifuna language Garifuna (Karif) is a minority language widely spoken in villages of Garifuna people in the western part of the northern coast of Central America. It is a member of the Arawakan language family but an atypical one since it is spoken outsi ...
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Languages of Belize The major languages spoken in Belize include English, Spanish and Kriol, all three spoken by more than 40% of the population. Mayan languages are also spoken in certain areas. English is the official language and the primary language of public ...
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Mopan language Mopan (or Mopan Maya) is a language that belongs to the Yucatecan branch of the Mayan languages. It is spoken by the Mopan people who live in the Petén Department of Guatemala and in the Maya Mountains region of Belize. There are between thre ...
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Spanish language Spanish () or Castilian () is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. Today, it is a world language, gl ...


People

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Abdulai Conteh Abdulai Osman Conteh (5 August 1945 – 2 August 2024) was a Sierra Leonean lawyer and politician. He was a Vice-President of Sierra Leone, who served under President Joseph Saidu Momoh before he was ousted by the military junta in 1992. Cont ...
* Alice Gibson *
Antonio Soberanis Gómez Antonio Soberanis Gómez ( – ) was an activist in the Belizean labour movement. He found the Labour and Unemployed Association in 1934 to demand poverty relief work and a minimum wage. He was jailed for sedition in 1935. Personal life Anton ...
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Baron Bliss Henry Edward Ernest Victor Bliss, 4th Baron Bliss, commonly known as Baron Bliss (16 February 1869 – 9 March 1926), was a British-born traveller who willed nearly two million British Honduras dollars to a trust fund for the benefit of the ...
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Chito Martínez Reyenaldo Ignacio "Chito" Martínez (December 19, 1965 – April 20, 2025) was a Belizean Major League Baseball (MLB) player, the first in MLB history to be born in his country. Career Born in Belize City, Martínez emigrated to New Orleans wi ...
* Elijio Panti *
Evan X Hyde Evan Anthony Hyde (better known as Evan X Hyde; born 30 April 1947) is a Belizean writer, journalist, media executive and former politician. He publishes and writes for the nation's largest newspaper, ''Amandala'', and oversees its subsidiaries ...
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Marion Jones Marion Lois Jones (born October 12, 1975), also known as Marion Jones-Thompson, is an American former world champion track-and-field athlete and former professional basketball player. She won three gold medals and two bronze medals at the 2000 ...
* Marion M. Ganey *
Michael Ashcroft Michael Anthony Ashcroft, Baron Ashcroft, (born 4 March 1946) is a British-Belizean businessman, pollster and politician. He is a former deputy chairman of the Conservative Party. Ashcroft founded Michael A. Ashcroft Associates in 1972 and wa ...
* Samuel Alfred Haynes *
Thomas Gann Thomas William Francis Gann (13 May 1867 – 24 February 1938) was a medical doctor by profession, but is best remembered for his work as an amateur archaeologist exploring ruins of the Maya civilization. Personal history Thomas Gann was born i ...


People by occupation


Sportspeople


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Emma Wade Emma Wade (born 1980) is a Belizean Sprint (running), sprinter. She competed in the Women's 200 meters event at the 2004 Olympic Games. She was eliminated in Round 1 but achieved a personal best time of 23.43 seconds. Wade was the flag-bearer for ...


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Milt Palacio Milton Sigmund Palacio (born February 7, 1978) is a Belizean American professional basketball coach and former player. Early life Palacio, a Belizean citizen, was born and raised in Los Angeles, California by Belizean parents. College career P ...


Musicians

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Moses Michael Levi Barrow Moses Michael Levi Barrow (born Jamal Michael Barrow; November 8, 1978), best known by his stage name Shyne, is a Belizean politician and former rapper. He served as Leader of the Opposition in the Belize House of Representatives, and the lead ...
(born Jamal Michael Barrow; 1978), better known by his stage name Shyne, rapper and politician


Writers

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Colville Young Sir Colville Norbert Young (born 20 November 1932) is a Belizean politician who served as the second governor-general of Belize. He is also a patron of the Scout Association of Belize. He was appointed as the Governor-General in 1993, taking ...
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Evan X Hyde Evan Anthony Hyde (better known as Evan X Hyde; born 30 April 1947) is a Belizean writer, journalist, media executive and former politician. He publishes and writes for the nation's largest newspaper, ''Amandala'', and oversees its subsidiaries ...


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Colville Young Sir Colville Norbert Young (born 20 November 1932) is a Belizean politician who served as the second governor-general of Belize. He is also a patron of the Scout Association of Belize. He was appointed as the Governor-General in 1993, taking ...
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Zee Edgell Zelma Inez Edgell MBE, better known as Zee Edgell (21 October 1940 – 20 December 2020), was a Belizean-born American writer who published four novels. She retired as a full, tenured professor of English at Kent State University. Biography Ze ...


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Colville Young Sir Colville Norbert Young (born 20 November 1932) is a Belizean politician who served as the second governor-general of Belize. He is also a patron of the Scout Association of Belize. He was appointed as the Governor-General in 1993, taking ...


Nurses

* Cleopatra White


Politics

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Commonwealth realm A Commonwealth realm is a sovereign state in the Commonwealth of Nations that has the same constitutional monarch and head of state as the other realms. The current monarch is King Charles III. Except for the United Kingdom, in each of the re ...
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Elections and Boundaries Commission The Belize Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) is the primary electoral body in Belize. It supervises all local and national elections. The commission also establishes the boundaries of Belize's electoral divisions. Formation and duties The ...
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Elections and Boundaries Department The Belize Elections and Boundaries Department is the hands-on administrator of Belizean electoral politics. It was established in 1989 as a subordinate to the Elections and Boundaries Commission. Mission statement As articulated by the EBD itsel ...
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House of Representatives of Belize The House of Representatives of Belize is the lower chamber of the National Assembly, the other being the Senate. It was created under the 1981 constitution. Members are commonly called "Area Representatives". Area Representatives are elected ...
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List of political parties in Belize This article lists political parties in the country of Belize. Belize has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties. It is difficult to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party. Politica ...
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Politics of Belize Belize is a parliamentary representative democratic monarchy, whereby the king of Belize serves as head of state and the prime minister is the head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legi ...
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Senate of Belize The Senate is the upper chamber of the National Assembly of Belize. It has 13 members appointed for a five-year term by the Governor-General. Establishment and appointment Senators are appointed by the Governor-General in the following ma ...


Politicians

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Adolfo Lizarraga Francisco Adolfo Lizarraga (26 December 1935 – 23 November 2012) was a Belizean politician who served a single term in the Belize House of Representatives in the 1970s. Lizarraga was a member of the People's United Party. Career A member of th ...
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Dean Barrow Dean Oliver Barrow, SC PC (born March 2, 1951) is a politician from Belize who served as the fourth prime minister of Belize from 2008 until 2020 and as leader of Belize's United Democratic Party. An attorney by profession, Barrow served a ...
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Godfrey Smith (politician) Godfrey P. Smith (born 8 May 1968) is a Belizean jurist, attorney and politician. A member of the People's United Party (PUP), Smith is a former member of the Belize House of Representatives. Career Smith was named Attorney-General of Belize in ...
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Gwendolyn Lizarraga Gwendolyn Margaret Lizarraga, MBE (11 July 1901 – 9 June 1975) commonly known as Madam Liz, was a Belizean businesswoman, women's rights activist and politician. She was the first woman elected to the British Honduras Legislative Assembly (now ...
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Jane Ellen Usher Jane Ellen Usher (5 September 1917 – 12 December 2018) was the longest running Chief Executive Officer in Belize. She previously served in the People's United Party as a Cabinet member of Health and Cooperatives, President of the Senate, an ...
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Lisa Shoman Lisa Shoman SC (born 27 January 1964) is a Belizean attorney, politician, judge, and former diplomat. Shoman served as Foreign Minister of Belize and as a member of the Senate of Belize from 2007 to 2008. Prior to this, she served concurrently ...
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Moses Michael Levi Barrow Moses Michael Levi Barrow (born Jamal Michael Barrow; November 8, 1978), best known by his stage name Shyne, is a Belizean politician and former rapper. He served as Leader of the Opposition in the Belize House of Representatives, and the lead ...
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Said Musa Said Wilbert Musa (, born 19 March 1944) is a Belizean lawyer and politician. He was the third prime minister of Belize from 28 August 1998 to 8 February 2008. Early life and education Said Wilbert Musa was born in 1944 in San Ignacio in the ...


People's United Party politicians

* Dolores Balderamos-Garcia *
Godfrey Smith (politician) Godfrey P. Smith (born 8 May 1968) is a Belizean jurist, attorney and politician. A member of the People's United Party (PUP), Smith is a former member of the Belize House of Representatives. Career Smith was named Attorney-General of Belize in ...
* John Briceño *
Jorge Espat Jorge Luis Espat (born September 10, 1959) is a Belizean academic and politician. Espat is a former member People's United Party area representative in the Belize House of Representatives. He served on the faculty of St. John's College in Bel ...
* Jose Coye *
Marcial Mes Marcial Mes ( – May 26, 2014) was a Belizean politician and a member of the People's United Party. He was elected to parliament In modern politics and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern par ...
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Maxwell Samuels Maxwell Ewing Samuels (born 18 September 1940 in Belize City) is a Belizean politician and a member of the People's United Party. He represented the Belize Rural North constituency of Belize District in the House of Representatives of Belize from ...
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Ralph Fonseca Ralph Henry Fonseca (9 August 1949 – 6 June 2025) was a Belizean politician and a member of the People's United Party. Political history In 1984, he became a candidate for the House of Representatives in Queen's Square, running against ...
* Valdemar Castillo


Prime ministers

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George Cadle Price George Cadle Price (15 January 191919 September 2011) was a Belizean statesman who served as the head of government of Belize from 1961 to 1984 and 1989 to 1993. He was the first minister and premier under British rule until independence in 198 ...
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List of prime ministers of Belize This article lists the prime ministers and deputy prime ministers of Belize, from the establishment of the position of First Minister of British Honduras in 1961 to the present day. Office of the Prime Minister of Belize The office of prime m ...
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Manuel Esquivel Sir Manuel Amadeo Esquivel (2 May 1940 – 10 February 2022) was a Belizean politician. As leader of the United Democratic Party, he served as the second prime minister of Belize from 1984 to 1989, and then again from 1993 to 1998. His party' ...
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Said Musa Said Wilbert Musa (, born 19 March 1944) is a Belizean lawyer and politician. He was the third prime minister of Belize from 28 August 1998 to 8 February 2008. Early life and education Said Wilbert Musa was born in 1944 in San Ignacio in the ...


Political parties

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Democratic and Agricultural Labour Party The Democratic and Agricultural Labour Party (DALP), more commonly referred to as the Christian Democratic Party (CDP), was a short-lived political party in Belize. It promoted Christian Democratic ideals. History Shortly after the formation of th ...
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Honduran Independence Party The Honduran Independence Party was a short-lived 1950s political party in Belize. It was essentially a splinter group of the People's United Party (PUP). Background: Central Committee resignations A convention held by the People's United Party ...
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List of political parties in Belize This article lists political parties in the country of Belize. Belize has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties. It is difficult to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party. Politica ...
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National Alliance for Belizean Rights The National Alliance for Belizean Rights (NABR), formed as the Patriotic Alliance for Territorial Integrity, was a political party in Belize in the 1990s. The party colour was forest green.
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National Independence Party (Belize) The National Independence Party of Belize was a merger of two Belizean political parties that effectively served as the chief opposition party in Belize for practically all of its existence. It was formed in July 1958 and dissolved as part of the ...
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National Party (Belize) {{Short description, Political party in Belize The National Party of Belize (NP) was a political party established mainly to fight the anti-colonialist movement propagated by the People's United Party (PUP). It had only minimal success and was even ...
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People's United Party The People's United Party (, PUP) is one of two major political parties in Belize. It is currently the governing party of Belize after success in the 2025 Belizean general election, winning a majority of 26 seats out of 31 in the Belizean Hou ...
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United Black Association for Development United Black Association for Development (UBAD) was a cultural and political party established in Belize in February 1969 and based on traditional Black Power tenets. Background The nation of Belize (or, as it was then called, British Hondura ...
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United Democratic Party (Belize) The United Democratic Party (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Partido Democrático Unido''; Abbreviation, abbreviated UDP) is one of the two major political parties in Belize. It is currently the main opposition party, having lost the 2025 Belizean ge ...
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Vision Inspired by the People Vision Inspired by the People (VIP) is a political party established in December 2005 in the Cayo District of Belize. It first contested municipal elections in the capital city of Belmopan on 1 March 2006, receiving 20 percent of votes cast but ...
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We the People Reform Movement The We the People Reform Movement is a Belizean political party established in 2003. Leaders National Coordinator: Hipolito Bautista, Lucilo Teck Participation in local elections It was established sometime in early 2003 and contested its f ...
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Religion


Churches (communities and buildings)

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Holy Redeemer Cathedral Holy Redeemer Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the city of Belize City, Belize. It is canonically the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Belize City-Belmopan. It shares the role with Our Lady of Guadalupe Co-Cathedral in B ...
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Holy Redeemer Catholic Parish, Belize City When the Holy Redeemer Catholic parish was founded in 1852, it was the only parish in Belize and from it missionaries covered the whole country. When other parishes were founded Holy Redeemer remained a parish with its own history but with its lea ...
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Sacred Heart Church, Dangriga Sacred Heart Church is a Roman Catholic parish in Dangriga, Belize. Early contacts The Garifuna migrated to the southern shore of Belize in the late 18th century. Their womenfolk cultivated the rich alluvial river banks while the men were fisher ...
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St. John's Cathedral (Belize City) The Cathedral Church of St. John the Baptist is an Anglican cathedral church, located in Belize City, Belize. The cathedral is the seat for the Bishop of Belize and the mother church of the Anglican Diocese of Belize. History The church was b ...
* St. Peter Claver, Punta Gorda U * Unity Presbyterian Church


History

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Anglican Diocese of Belize The Anglican Diocese of Belize was established in 1883. The current bishop is Philip Wright. Established in 1883 as a member of the Church of the Province of the West Indies, the Diocese of Belize now comprises 31 churches spread throughout th ...
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History of Roman Catholicism in Belize This history of the Catholic church in Belize has three parts: the historical periods of the Catholic presence in Belize, religious congregations laboring in Belize, and apostolic works undertaken. Historical periods Historians distinguish at ...
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Mennonites in Belize Mennonites in Belize form different religious bodies and come from different ethnic backgrounds. There are groups of Mennonites living in Belize who are quite traditional and conservative (e. g. in Shipyard and Upper Barton Creek), while othe ...


Personages

* Roman Catholic ** Bishop
Salvatore di Pietro Salvatore di Pietro, (15 June 1830 – 23 August 1898) was an Italian Bishop (Catholic Church), Bishop in the Catholic Church. He served as the first Vicar Apostolic of Belize from 1893 to 1898. He is widely regarded as the most important figure i ...
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Frederick C. Hopkins Frederick Charles Hopkins was an English Jesuit and Catholic bishop in British Honduras, Central America, at the turn of the 20th century. Missionary bishop Frederick C. Hopkins was born 12 December 1844 in Birmingham, England. He entered the S ...
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Joseph Anthony Murphy Joseph Anthony Murphy was born in Ireland but raised in Chicago. He became a Society of Jesus, Jesuit priest and served, inter alia, as dean of the liberal arts college at Marquette University for eleven years and as Vicar Apostolic for the Catholi ...
** Bishop William A. Rice ** Bishop David Francis Hickey ** Bishop Robert Louis Hodapp ** Bishop Osmond P. Martin ** Bishop Dorick M. Wright ** Bishop Christopher Glancy ** Marion M. Ganey, SJ ** Caritas Gloria Lawrence, RSM ** William “Buck” Stanton, SJ


Transport

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Hummingbird Highway The Hummingbird Highway is one of the four major highways in Belize. It connects the George Price Highway outside of Belmopan, Cayo District to the Southern Highway outside of Dangriga, Stann Creek District. It partially follows, and sometimes us ...
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Rail transport in Belize There is no active rail transport in Belize, although there were lines in the past. Overview An 1888 mapBritish Honduras, Usher, 1888 identifies a number of proposed routes for a Belize (city) to Guatemala Railway. A 1920s map, Railroad Map o ...
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Southern Highway In Belize, the Thomas Vincent Ramos Highway takes up where the Hummingbird Highway ends and runs from Dangriga to Punta Gorda. It is entirely paved, with the completion of a 10-mile segment between Golden Stream and Big Falls circa 2008–09. T ...
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Transport in Belize Transport in Belize mostly consists of bus transportation on Belize's roads. There are some navigable waterways. Public transport Most Belizeans travel the country using public buses as their primary form of transportation. In the larger towns ...


Airports

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List of airports in Belize This is a list of airports in Belize, sorted by location. Public airports Names shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled passenger service on commercial airlines. Private and Agricultural Aerodromes Abandoned Aerodromes Refe ...
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Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport is an airport that serves the nation of Belize's largest city, Belize City along the eastern coast of Central America. It was named after politician Philip Goldson, Philip S. W. Goldson, who died in ...


Roads

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George Price Highway The George Price Highway is one of four main highways in Belize. It originates in Belize City, runs west through Hattieville, the Belize Zoo, the capital city of Belmopan (northern outskirts), San Ignacio, San José Succotz (across the river ...
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Hummingbird Highway The Hummingbird Highway is one of the four major highways in Belize. It connects the George Price Highway outside of Belmopan, Cayo District to the Southern Highway outside of Dangriga, Stann Creek District. It partially follows, and sometimes us ...
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Northern Highway, Belize The Philip Goldson Highway in Belize joins Belize City through Orange Walk Town and Corozal Town with the Mexican border at the state of Quintana Roo. It is approximately long. The highway was officially commissioned in 1968 as the Northern Hig ...
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Southern Highway In Belize, the Thomas Vincent Ramos Highway takes up where the Hummingbird Highway ends and runs from Dangriga to Punta Gorda. It is entirely paved, with the completion of a 10-mile segment between Golden Stream and Big Falls circa 2008–09. T ...


Visitor attractions


Stub articles

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Abdulai Conteh Abdulai Osman Conteh (5 August 1945 – 2 August 2024) was a Sierra Leonean lawyer and politician. He was a Vice-President of Sierra Leone, who served under President Joseph Saidu Momoh before he was ousted by the military junta in 1992. Cont ...
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Andy Palacio Andy Vivian Palacio (December 2, 1960 – January 19, 2008) was a Belizean punta musician and government official. He was also a leading activist for the Garifuna people and their culture. Biography Palacio was born and raised in the coasta ...
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Antonio Soberanis Gómez Antonio Soberanis Gómez ( – ) was an activist in the Belizean labour movement. He found the Labour and Unemployed Association in 1934 to demand poverty relief work and a minimum wage. He was jailed for sedition in 1935. Personal life Anton ...
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Baron Bliss Henry Edward Ernest Victor Bliss, 4th Baron Bliss, commonly known as Baron Bliss (16 February 1869 – 9 March 1926), was a British-born traveller who willed nearly two million British Honduras dollars to a trust fund for the benefit of the ...
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Belize Premier Football League The Belize Premier Football League (BPFL) (Caribbean Motors Cup) was the premier division of association football in Belize sanctioned by the Football Federation of Belize. The league disbanded in 2011 after the merger with the Super League of ...
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Belizean Kriol people Belizean Creoles, also known as Kriols, are a Creole ethnic group native to Belize. Belizean Creoles are primarily mixed-raced descendants of enslaved West and Central Africans who were brought to the British Honduras (present-day Belize alon ...
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British Honduras British Honduras was a Crown colony on the east coast of Central America — specifically located on the southern edge of the Yucatan Peninsula from 1783 to 1964, then a self-governing colony — renamed Belize from June 1973
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Brukdown Brukdown is a genre of Belizean music. Its best-known performer and innovator, Wilfred Peters is regarded as a Belizean national icon. The word ''brukdown'' may come from ''broken down calypso'', referring to the similarities between brukdown a ...
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Carl Ramos Stadium The Premier League of Belize is the highest competitive football league in Belize. It was founded on 28 December 2011 after the merger between the Belize Premier Football League and the Super League of Belize. League games usually take place in f ...
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Centaur Cable Network Centaur Cable Network, Channel 3, is a television station and multimedia company operating from Orange Walk District, Belize Belize is a country on the north-eastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Carib ...
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Chito Martínez Reyenaldo Ignacio "Chito" Martínez (December 19, 1965 – April 20, 2025) was a Belizean Major League Baseball (MLB) player, the first in MLB history to be born in his country. Career Born in Belize City, Martínez emigrated to New Orleans wi ...
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Christian Workers' Union The Christian Workers' Union is a trade union in Belize. The union was founded in 1962 by Nicholas Pollard, bringing together former members of the Christian Democratic Union (Belize), Christian Democratic Union based in Belize City. In Septemb ...
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Chumba Chumbais a traditional form of music and dance performed by the Garifuna people in several Central American countries. Like punta (another type of Garifuna music), chumba songs are highly polyrhythmic Polyrhythm () is the simultaneous use o ...
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Coat of arms of Belize The coat of arms of Belize was adopted upon independence in 1981. It differs only slightly different from the arms used when British Honduras, Belize was a British colony (the Union Jack has been removed, and a Mestizo has replaced one of the Be ...
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Elmira Minita Gordon Dame Elmira Minita Gordon (30 December 1930 – 1 January 2021) was a Belizean educator, psychologist and politician; she served as the first governor general of Belize from its independence in 1981 until 1993. She was the first Belizean to ...
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Emma Wade Emma Wade (born 1980) is a Belizean Sprint (running), sprinter. She competed in the Women's 200 meters event at the 2004 Olympic Games. She was eliminated in Round 1 but achieved a personal best time of 23.43 seconds. Wade was the flag-bearer for ...
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Evan X Hyde Evan Anthony Hyde (better known as Evan X Hyde; born 30 April 1947) is a Belizean writer, journalist, media executive and former politician. He publishes and writes for the nation's largest newspaper, ''Amandala'', and oversees its subsidiaries ...
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Flag of Belize The flag of Belize was adopted on 21 September 1981, the September Celebrations, day Belize became independent. It consists of the coat of arms of Belize on a blue field with red stripes at the top and bottom. British Honduras obtained a coat ...
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FM 2000 Positive Vibes FM (call-sign VPV-FM) is a private radio station in Belize and the radio arm of the Opposition People's United Party. History Positive Vibes FM originally started as FM 2000 in 1994, owned by Gerald Garbutt. Its primary signal was 9 ...
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Football Federation of Belize The Football Federation of Belize (FFB), formerly known as the Belize National Football Association (BNFA) and founded in 1980, is the sport governing body, governing body of football (soccer), football in Belize. It is a member of Fédération ...
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General Workers' Union (Belize) The General Workers' Union (GWU) was a general union in Belize. The union was founded in 1939 by Antonio Soberanis Gómez, as the British Honduras Workers and Tradesmen's Union. In 1934, he had formed the Unemployed Brigade, followed by the Labou ...
* Gerald Rhaburn *
Godfrey Smith (politician) Godfrey P. Smith (born 8 May 1968) is a Belizean jurist, attorney and politician. A member of the People's United Party (PUP), Smith is a former member of the Belize House of Representatives. Career Smith was named Attorney-General of Belize in ...
* Griga United *
Hankook Verdes Verdes F.C. (''previously Hankook Verdes'') is a Belizean association football club which competes in the Premier League of Belize. They are currently based in San Ignacio, Belize, a town situated in the district of Cayo, Belize. The club was e ...
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Holy Redeemer Primary School Holy Redeemer Primary School is a Catholic, parish primary school located in the heart of Belize City, Belize. History Located at the Cathedral parish in Belize City, it began operation in 1869. In 1883 the Sisters of Mercy arrived in Belize and m ...
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Juventus (Belize) Juventus F.C. was a Belizean football team, based in Orange Walk, which currently competes in the Belize Premier Football League (BPFL) of the Football Federation of Belize. Their home stadium is Orange Walk People's Stadium. Achievements Th ...
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Languages of Belize The major languages spoken in Belize include English, Spanish and Kriol, all three spoken by more than 40% of the population. Mayan languages are also spoken in certain areas. English is the official language and the primary language of public ...
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Leroy Young Leroy Young, (born August 7, 1967 in Belize City, Belize), otherwise known as "The Grandmaster", is a Belizean dub poet. Biography and arts career Young was born to Bernadean Young and attended St. Mary's Primary and the former St. Michael's Co ...
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Manuel Esquivel Sir Manuel Amadeo Esquivel (2 May 1940 – 10 February 2022) was a Belizean politician. As leader of the United Democratic Party, he served as the second prime minister of Belize from 1984 to 1989, and then again from 1993 to 1998. His party' ...
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Marion Jones Sports Complex The Marion Jones Sports Complex, previously the National Stadium, is a multi-use stadium in Belize City, Belize. It is used mostly for football matches, track and field and cycling. The stadium holds 7,500. It is named after former track athle ...
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Maya ruins of Belize The Maya ruins of Belize include a number of well-known and historically important pre-Columbian Maya archaeological sites. Belize is considered part of the southern Maya lowlands of the Mesoamerican culture area, and the sites found there were ...
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Michael Ashcroft Stadium Michael Ashcroft Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Independence, Belize. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was the home stadium to Boca F.C. and Sagitun Football Club in the Belize Premier Football League (BPFL) of the F ...
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Military of Belize The Belize Defence Force (BDF) is the military of Belize, and is responsible for protecting the sovereignty of the country. The BDF is under the Ministry of National Defence and Border Security, which is currently headed by Hon. Florencio Marin ...
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Milt Palacio Milton Sigmund Palacio (born February 7, 1978) is a Belizean American professional basketball coach and former player. Early life Palacio, a Belizean citizen, was born and raised in Los Angeles, California by Belizean parents. College career P ...
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National Assembly of Belize The National Assembly is the bicameral legislature of the nation of Belize. It is divided into the House of Representatives, with 31 members, elected by universal suffrage, and the Senate, with 13 members, appointed by the Governor-General in c ...
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National Independence Party (Belize) The National Independence Party of Belize was a merger of two Belizean political parties that effectively served as the chief opposition party in Belize for practically all of its existence. It was formed in July 1958 and dissolved as part of the ...
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New Site Erei New Site Erei was a Belizean football team competing in the Belize Premier Football League (BPFL) of the Football Federation of Belize. The Team was based in Dangriga Dangriga, formerly known as Stann Creek Town, is a town in southern Belize, ...
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Norman Broaster Stadium Norman Broaster Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in San Ignacio, Cayo, Belize. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium to Verdes FC in the Premier League of Belize (PLB) of the Football Federation of Belize T ...
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Orange Walk People's Stadium Orange Walk People's Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Orange Walk, Belize. It is primarily used for football matches and was the home stadium for Juventus in the Belize Premier Football League of the Football Federation of Belize before they ...
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Paul Nabor Paul Nabor (26 January 1928 – 22 October 2014), born Alfonso Palacio, was a Garifuna singer and musician from Punta Gorda, Belize. He is often credited with popularizing paranda, a style of traditional Garifuna music, and is considered to hav ...
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Rail transport in Belize There is no active rail transport in Belize, although there were lines in the past. Overview An 1888 mapBritish Honduras, Usher, 1888 identifies a number of proposed routes for a Belize (city) to Guatemala Railway. A 1920s map, Railroad Map o ...
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Said Musa Said Wilbert Musa (, born 19 March 1944) is a Belizean lawyer and politician. He was the third prime minister of Belize from 28 August 1998 to 8 February 2008. Early life and education Said Wilbert Musa was born in 1944 in San Ignacio in the ...
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Sarstoon River The Sarstoon River () is a Central American river that forms part of the international border between Belize and Guatemala. The source of the 111-kilometer-long river lies in Guatemala's Alta Verapaz Department. It flows eastward, serving as the ...
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Senate of Belize The Senate is the upper chamber of the National Assembly of Belize. It has 13 members appointed for a five-year term by the Governor-General. Establishment and appointment Senators are appointed by the Governor-General in the following ma ...
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Southern Highway In Belize, the Thomas Vincent Ramos Highway takes up where the Hummingbird Highway ends and runs from Dangriga to Punta Gorda. It is entirely paved, with the completion of a 10-mile segment between Golden Stream and Big Falls circa 2008–09. T ...
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The Reporter (Belize) ''The Reporter'' is one of the chief newspapers of Belize. It was established in 1967 by publisher Harry Lawrence, who has authored every issue since. It is published weekly and sells for BZ $1.00. ''The Reporter'' tagline is "Independently Serv ...
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Tropic Air Tropic Air is an airline operating scheduled services from Belize. Founded in 1979 by John Greif III with just a single airplane and two employees, Tropic has steadily grown to a fleet of 17 light aircraft and now operates over 200 daily schedule ...
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Tropical Vision Limited Tropical Vision Limited, or as it is locally known, Channel 7, is a Belize City based television station A television station is a set of equipment managed by a business, organisation or other entity such as an amateur television (ATV) operator, ...
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United General Workers Union United General Workers Union is a central trade union organization in Belize Belize is a country on the north-eastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west ...
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WAVE Radio : ''For other radio stations which may use "Wave" as a brand name, see Wave (disambiguation).'' WAVE Radio (call-sign VPW-FM), a Belize City radio station operating since 1998, is the radio arm of the United Democratic Party (UDP). It is loca ...
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Zee Edgell Zelma Inez Edgell MBE, better known as Zee Edgell (21 October 1940 – 20 December 2020), was a Belizean-born American writer who published four novels. She retired as a full, tenured professor of English at Kent State University. Biography Ze ...


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Commonwealth of Nations The Commonwealth of Nations, often referred to as the British Commonwealth or simply the Commonwealth, is an International organization, international association of member states of the Commonwealth of Nations, 56 member states, the vast majo ...
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