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The following is an alphabetical list of topics related to the nation of Belize
Belize
Belize is a constitutional monarchy and the northernmost country in Central America. Belize has a diverse society, comprising many cultures and languages. Even though Kriol and Spanish are spoken among the population, Belize is the only country in Central America where English is the official...

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General

Coat of arms of Belize
Coat of arms of Belize
The Coat of Arms of Belize was adopted upon independence, and is only slightly different from the coat of arms used when Belize was a British colony....
Demographics of Belize
Demographics of Belize
This article is about the demographic features of the population of Belize, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population....
Flag of Belize
Flag of Belize
The flag of Belize is a continued version of the earlier flag of British Honduras .British Honduras obtained a coat of arms on January 28, 1907, which formed the basis of the badge used on British ensigns. The coat of arms recalls the logging industry that first led to British settlement there...
Foreign relations of Belize
Foreign relations of Belize
Belize maintains fourteen embassies to foreign countries, one additional consulate, and three missions to international organizations.-Central and South America:...
Great Blue Hole
Great Blue Hole
The Great Blue Hole is a large submarine 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, over across and deep...
ISO 3166-2:BZ
ISO 3166-2:BZ
ISO 3166-2:BZ is the entry for Belize in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently for Belize, ISO 3166-2 codes are...
Sarstoon River
Sarstoon River
Sarstoon River is a river in the Toledo District of Belize. It forms the country's southern boundary with Guatemala.The river's sources are located in neighbouring Guatemala, where it is known by its Spanish name, Río Sarstún. It flows through the Guatemalan departments of Alta Verapaz and Izabal...
The Scout Association of Belize
The Scout Association of Belize
The Scout Association of Belize, the national Scouting organization of Belize, was founded in 1911, and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1987...

Maya sites

Maya ruins of Belize
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 occupied from the Preclassic until and after the...
Actun Tunichil Muknal
Actun Tunichil Muknal
thumb|200px|The Crystal Maiden.Actun Tunichil Muknal is a cave in Belize, near San Ignacio, Cayo District, notable as a Maya archaeological site that includes skeletons, ceramics, and stoneware. There are several areas of skeletal remains in the main chamber...
Altun Ha
Altun Ha
Altun Ha is the name given ruins of an ancient Maya city in Belize, located in the Belize District about 30 miles north of Belize City and about 6 miles west of the shore of the Caribbean Sea....
Cahal Pech
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 hilltop palacio home for an elite Maya family, and though most major construction dates to the Classic period, evidence of continuous habitation has been dated to as far back as far as 1200...
Caracol
Caracol
Caracol is the name given to a large ancient Maya archaeological site, located in what is now the Cayo District of Belize. It is situated approximately 40 kilometres south of Xunantunich and the town of San Ignacio Cayo, and 15 kilometers away from the Macal River. It rests on the Vaca Plateau at...
Cerros
Cerros
Cerros is a Maya archaeological site in northern Belize that reached its apogee during the Mesoamerican Late Preclassic. At its nadir, it held a population of approximately 1,089 people. The site is strategically located on a peninsula at the mouth of the New River where it empties into Chetumal...
High Temple, Lamanai
High Temple, Lamanai
The High Temple is an ancient Mayan temple at the Lamanai archaeological site in Orange Walk District, Belize.The High Temple's highest exposed height of can be climbed in the presence of a tour guide. The view from the top allows the climber to see over the jungle and to see a large portion of...
Lamanai
Lamanai
Lamanai is a Mesoamerican archaeological site, and was once a considerably sized city of the Maya civilization, located in the north of Belize, in Orange Walk District...
Louisville, Belize
Louisville, Belize
Louisville is a village in the Corozal District of the nation of Belize, located at . According to the 2000 census, it had a population of 655 people....
Lubaantun
Lubaantun
Lubaantun is a pre-Columbian ruined city of the Maya civilization in southern Belize, Central America...
Mask Temple, Lamanai
Mask Temple, Lamanai
The Mask Temple is a Maya civilization structure at the archaeological site of Lamanai, in present-day Orange Walk District, Belize.It is the smallest of three excavated pre-Columbian temples. Mask carving is exposed on the right side wall. Another carving had been covered by a stone wall on the...
Nim Li Punit
Nim Li Punit
Nim Li Punit, is a Maya Classic Period site in the Toledo District of the nation of Belize, located 40 kilometres north of the town of Punta Gorda, at 16° 19' N, 88° 47' 60W...
Xunantunich
Xunantunich
Xunantunich is a Maya archaeological site in western Belize, about 80 miles west of Belize City , in the Cayo District. Xunantunich is located atop a ridge above the Mopan River, within sight of the Guatemala border...

Communications

Communications in Belize
Communications in Belize
Communications in BelizeThis article discusses facts regarding communication in Belize.Telephones - main lines in use: 33,900 country comparison to the world: 176Telephones - mobile cellular: 118,300...
Amandala
Amandala
Amandala is a Belizean tabloid newspaper; published twice weekly, it is considered the "most widely circulated newspaper in Belize." It was established on August 13, 1969 as the chief spreadsheet for the United Black Association for Development...
.bz
.bz
.bz is the Internet country code top-level domain for Belize. It is administered by the University of Belize.At one point, .bz domains were being marketed by an American company as standing for "business", and that company took legal action against ICANN in an attempt to block the .biz domain as...

Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...

country code top-level domain
Country code top-level domain
A country code top-level domain is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, a sovereign state, or a dependent territory....

for Belize
Great Belize Productions
Great Belize Productions
Great Belize Productions is a Belize-based local production company and the parent company of Great Belize Television .-Founding:GBP was formed in 1982 as a video making company specialising in commercials for Belize's then-small television industry...
Great Belize Television
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 of 1991. Channel 5 airs mostly American and Caribbean programs, as well as a variety of locally produced programs...
KREM FM
KREM FM
KREM Radio is a Belize City radio station operating on signals 96.5, 91.1 and 101.1 FM since November 17, 1989. Its headquarters are located at 3304 Partridge Street in Belize City, also the home of the Amandala newspaper and Krem Television...
Krem Television
Krem Television
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 :...
LOVE Belize Television
LOVE Belize Television
LOVE Television is a local cable-only television station broadcasting 24 hours a day from Belize City, Belize. It is a subsidiary of RSV Limited, and has been on the air since the late 1990s.Manager of Love Television is veteran broadcaster Patrick E...
LOVE FM
List of radio stations in Belize
RSV Media Center
RSV Media Center
- History :The Center has been headed by Rene Villanueva Sr. for all of its existence. RSV Limited is the Parent Company of Belize's largest Radio Station LOVE FM. LOVE FM is the only Nationwide broadcasting system in Belize. It operates repeaters in every district town of Belize. It was...
Speed Net
Speed Net
SpeedNet Communications Limited is a Belizean communications company established in 2003. It mostly deals with cellular services under the brand name "SMART" and other landline services.- Part 1: The BTL Monopoly :...
The Belize Times
The Belize Times
The Belize Times is a Belizean newspaper published once a week and the official organ of the People's United Party. It was established in 1956 and sells for BZ$1.00.Its offices are located at the PUP's Belize City headquarters at 3 Queen Street, Belize City...
The Guardian (Belize)
The Guardian (Belize)
The Guardian is a Belizean newspaper and the official print organ of the United Democratic Party.It is published on Thursdays and sells for BZ$1.00.- UDP newspaper history before Guardian :...
The Reporter (Belize)
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...
Tropical Vision Limited
Tropical Vision Limited
Tropical Vision Limited, or as it is locally known, Channel 7, is a Belize City based television station operating since 1981.Its Managing Director is Nestor Vasquez.- Schedule :Weekdays...

Media

Amandala
Amandala
Amandala is a Belizean tabloid newspaper; published twice weekly, it is considered the "most widely circulated newspaper in Belize." It was established on August 13, 1969 as the chief spreadsheet for the United Black Association for Development...
Centaur Cable Network
Centaur Cable Network
Centaur Cable Network, Channel 3, is a television station and multimedia company operating from Orange Walk District, Belize, since 1989.Centaur Cable is the North's most popular cable company, and City-based Channel 5 and Channel 7 often rely on CTV for news from the North.- Companies associated...
Great Belize Productions
Great Belize Productions
Great Belize Productions is a Belize-based local production company and the parent company of Great Belize Television .-Founding:GBP was formed in 1982 as a video making company specialising in commercials for Belize's then-small television industry...
Great Belize Television
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 of 1991. Channel 5 airs mostly American and Caribbean programs, as well as a variety of locally produced programs...
KREM FM
KREM FM
KREM Radio is a Belize City radio station operating on signals 96.5, 91.1 and 101.1 FM since November 17, 1989. Its headquarters are located at 3304 Partridge Street in Belize City, also the home of the Amandala newspaper and Krem Television...
Krem Television
Krem Television
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 :...
LOVE FM
LOVE FM
LOVE FM is a Belize City-based radio station operating since February 14, 1993. It is part of RSV Media Center, whose chairman is Rene Villanueva Sr.It airs family-oriented programs and mature, contemporary style music.- History :...
List of radio stations in Belize
RSV Media Center
RSV Media Center
- History :The Center has been headed by Rene Villanueva Sr. for all of its existence. RSV Limited is the Parent Company of Belize's largest Radio Station LOVE FM. LOVE FM is the only Nationwide broadcasting system in Belize. It operates repeaters in every district town of Belize. It was...
The Belize Times
The Belize Times
The Belize Times is a Belizean newspaper published once a week and the official organ of the People's United Party. It was established in 1956 and sells for BZ$1.00.Its offices are located at the PUP's Belize City headquarters at 3 Queen Street, Belize City...
The Guardian (Belize)
The Guardian (Belize)
The Guardian is a Belizean newspaper and the official print organ of the United Democratic Party.It is published on Thursdays and sells for BZ$1.00.- UDP newspaper history before Guardian :...
The Reporter (Belize)
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...
Tropical Vision Limited
Tropical Vision Limited
Tropical Vision Limited, or as it is locally known, Channel 7, is a Belize City based television station operating since 1981.Its Managing Director is Nestor Vasquez.- Schedule :Weekdays...

Newspapers

Amandala
Amandala
Amandala is a Belizean tabloid newspaper; published twice weekly, it is considered the "most widely circulated newspaper in Belize." It was established on August 13, 1969 as the chief spreadsheet for the United Black Association for Development...
The Belize Times
The Belize Times
The Belize Times is a Belizean newspaper published once a week and the official organ of the People's United Party. It was established in 1956 and sells for BZ$1.00.Its offices are located at the PUP's Belize City headquarters at 3 Queen Street, Belize City...
The Guardian (Belize)
The Guardian (Belize)
The Guardian is a Belizean newspaper and the official print organ of the United Democratic Party.It is published on Thursdays and sells for BZ$1.00.- UDP newspaper history before Guardian :...
The Reporter (Belize)
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...

Radio stations

FM 2000
FM 2000
FM 2000 was a Belizean radio station which operated from 1994 to 2006 in Belize City, Belize and was owned by Gerald Garbutt. Its primary signal was 90.5 FM and secondary signal 102.9 FM.-History:...
KREM FM
KREM FM
KREM Radio is a Belize City radio station operating on signals 96.5, 91.1 and 101.1 FM since November 17, 1989. Its headquarters are located at 3304 Partridge Street in Belize City, also the home of the Amandala newspaper and Krem Television...
LOVE FM
LOVE FM
LOVE FM is a Belize City-based radio station operating since February 14, 1993. It is part of RSV Media Center, whose chairman is Rene Villanueva Sr.It airs family-oriented programs and mature, contemporary style music.- History :...
List of radio stations in Belize
WAVE Radio
WAVE Radio
WAVE Radio, a Belize City radio station operating since 1998, is the radio arm of the United Democratic Party . It is located at the corner of Ebony Street and the Belchina Bridge entrance, at the UDP Headquarters.- History :...

Television stations

Centaur Cable Network
Centaur Cable Network
Centaur Cable Network, Channel 3, is a television station and multimedia company operating from Orange Walk District, Belize, since 1989.Centaur Cable is the North's most popular cable company, and City-based Channel 5 and Channel 7 often rely on CTV for news from the North.- Companies associated...
Great Belize Television
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 of 1991. Channel 5 airs mostly American and Caribbean programs, as well as a variety of locally produced programs...
Krem Television
Krem Television
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 :...
LOVE Belize Television
LOVE Belize Television
LOVE Television is a local cable-only television station broadcasting 24 hours a day from Belize City, Belize. It is a subsidiary of RSV Limited, and has been on the air since the late 1990s.Manager of Love Television is veteran broadcaster Patrick E...
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Tropical Vision Limited
Tropical Vision Limited
Tropical Vision Limited, or as it is locally known, Channel 7, is a Belize City based television station operating since 1981.Its Managing Director is Nestor Vasquez.- Schedule :Weekdays...

Musicians

Andy Palacio
Andy Palacio
Andy Vivian Palacio was a Belizean Punta musician and government official. He was also a leading activist for the Garínagu and their culture.-Biography:...
Bredda David
Gerald Rhaburn
Gerald Rhaburn
Gerald "Lord" Rhaburn is a Belizean calypso, soca, reggae and brukdown musician. He became famous when performing with the Lord Rhaburn Combo in the 1970s and 1980s.Rhaburn has toured frequently abroad promoting Belizean music....
Leroy Young
Leroy Young
Leroy Young, , otherwise known as "The Grandmaster", is a Belizean dub poet.- Biography and arts career :...
Paul Nabor
Paul Nabor
Paul Nabor is a paranda musician from Punta Gorda, southern Belize. His music is included on the showcase album Paranda on Stonetree Records. On a 2004 visit to Tegucigalpa, Honduras, he was declared a distinguished guest of the city....
Wilfred Peters
Wilfred Peters
Wilfred Peters, MBE was a Belizean accordionist and band leader, known as the "King of Brukdown". He toured Europe and North America with his band, the Boom & Chime Band, and was awarded an MBE by Queen Elizabeth in 1997 for his cultural contributions.A Belizean national icon Mr. Peters was one of...
Francis Reneau
Francis Reneau
Francis Reneau is a pianist and composer from Belize. In 1994 he was commissioned by the government to produce a representative compilation of Belizean music, and in 2001 he was awarded an MBE for services to music....
Shyne
Shyne
Moshe Levi Ben-David , better known by his stage name Shyne, is a Belizean rapper.-Background:...
Colville Young
Colville Young
Sir Colville Norbert Young, GCMG, MBE is the Governor General of Belize, and also patron of the Scout Association of Belize. He was appointed Governor-General in 1993, taking office on 17 November of that year, and was knighted in 1994....
Selwyn Walford Young
Selwyn Walford Young
Selwyn Walford Young , usually known as Walford Young, was a Belizean musician and composer. Among his most famous compositions is Belize's national anthem, "Land of the Free", accompanying lyrics written by Samuel Haynes.- See also :...
Yung Fresh

Composers

Francis Reneau
Francis Reneau
Francis Reneau is a pianist and composer from Belize. In 1994 he was commissioned by the government to produce a representative compilation of Belizean music, and in 2001 he was awarded an MBE for services to music....
Errollyn Wallen
Errollyn Wallen
Errollyn Wallen is a Belize born, British composer. She was the first black woman to have a work performed at The Proms She studied composition at Goldsmith's College and at Kings College, London University...
Colville Young
Colville Young
Sir Colville Norbert Young, GCMG, MBE is the Governor General of Belize, and also patron of the Scout Association of Belize. He was appointed Governor-General in 1993, taking office on 17 November of that year, and was knighted in 1994....
Selwyn Walford Young
Selwyn Walford Young
Selwyn Walford Young , usually known as Walford Young, was a Belizean musician and composer. Among his most famous compositions is Belize's national anthem, "Land of the Free", accompanying lyrics written by Samuel Haynes.- See also :...

Sport

Belize Premier Football League
Belize Premier Football League
The Belize Premier Football League is the premier division of football in Belize sanctioned by the Football Federation of Belize...
Belize at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Belize at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Belize was represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. Belize won no medals at the 2006 Games, continuing the no-medal streak, since Belize started competing.-Medals:-Team:*Emma Wade - Women's 200m*Grogory Lovell - Cycling...
Cross Country Cycling Classic
Cross Country Cycling Classic
The Holy Saturday Cross Country Cycling Classic, usually shortened to the Cross Country Cycling Classic or "Cross Country" for short, is a one-day amateur cycling race held in Belize every year during the Easter holidays...
Football Federation of Belize
Football Federation of Belize
The Football Federation of Belize , formerly known as the Belize National Football Association and founded in 1980, is the governing body of football in Belize. It has been a member of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , CONCACAF and Union Centroamericana de Fútbol in 1986.-...

Football

Belize Premier Football League
Belize Premier Football League
The Belize Premier Football League is the premier division of football in Belize sanctioned by the Football Federation of Belize...
Belize national football team
Belize national football team
The Belize national football team is the national team of Belize and is controlled by the Football Federation of Belize. It is affiliated to the Central American Football Union of CONCACAF...
Belmopan United
Belmopan United
Belmopan Blaze is a Belizean football team which competes in the Belize Premier Football League of the Football Federation of Belize. The Team is based in the nation's capital, Belmopan and their home stadiums are Isidoro Beaton Stadium, and FFB Field....
Boca F.C.
Boca F.C.
Boca F.C. is a former Belizean football team that competed in the Belize Premier Football League of the Football Federation of Belize....
Football Federation of Belize
Football Federation of Belize
The Football Federation of Belize , formerly known as the Belize National Football Association and founded in 1980, is the governing body of football in Belize. It has been a member of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , CONCACAF and Union Centroamericana de Fútbol in 1986.-...
Griga United
Griga United
Griga United is a Belizean football team based in Dangriga in Belize. The club was founded in 1994 as the Dangriga Jaguars and is owned by Timothy Flores...
Hankook Verdes
Hankook Verdes
Hankook Verdes are a Belize association football club which competes in the Belize Premier Football League. They are based in Benque Viejo del Carmen, a town situated on the border of Guatemala. The club was established in 1976 as Real Verdes Football Club and changed their name to Hankook Verdes...
Juventus (Belize)
Juventus (Belize)
Juventus is a Belizean football team which currently competes in the Belize Premier Football League of the Football Federation of Belize.The Team is based in Orange Walk. Their home stadium is Orange Walk People's Stadium.-Achievements:...
Kremandala
Kremandala
Kremandala is a Belizian football team which currently competes in the Belize Premier Football League of the Football Federation of Belize.The club based in San Ignacio Cayo in the Cayo District. The team's home stadium is Norman Broaster Stadium....
Kulture Yabra FC
Kulture Yabra FC
Kulture Yabra FC was established as Yabra Sporting Club in 1974 and are the former three time champions of the Belize Premier Football League of the Football Federation of Belize...
New Site Erei
New Site Erei
New Site Erei was a Belizean football team competing in the Belize Premier Football League of the Football Federation of Belize.The Team was based in Dangriga. Their home stadium is Carl Ramos Stadium.-Achievements:*Belize Premier League: 3 ...
San Pedro Seahawks
San Pedro Seahawks
The San Pedro Seahawks, formerly the Turquoise, are a professional football team in Belize based in Belize City. They currently play in and have won the BPFL which is the Belize Premier league. Players include defender Jarbi Alvarez, who represents the country nationally....
Wagiya
Wagiya
Wagiya F.C. is a Belizian football team which currently competes in the Belize Premier Football League of the Football Federation of Belize.The team is based in Dangriga. Their home stadium is the Carl Ramos Stadium.-Current squad:...

Footballers

Jarbi Alvarez
Jarbi Alvarez
Jarbi Álvarez is a Belizean professional football defender. He currently plays for the Guatemalan lower league side CSD Sayaxche.-International career:...
Rudolph Flowers
Rudolph Flowers
Rudolph Flowers is a Belizean soccer player who plays in the position of forward.-Club career:In the 2002-3 season he played for Juventus FC of Orange Walk, Belize, and scored eight goals, making him the leading scorer of that season....
Stanley Reneau
Stanley Reneau
Stanley Reneau is a Belizean professional football goalkeeper. He is currently the second choice goalie for the Belize national football team. he has played as first choice keeper for Griga United based in Dangriga since 2001.-External links:...
Shane Moody-Orio
Shane Moody-Orio
Shane Moody-Orio is a Belizean football goalkeeper, who plays for C.D. Marathón in the Honduras First division.-Club career:After playing for several teams in his native Belize, Moody joined Costa Rican side Puntarenas in 2005....

Football venues

Carl Ramos Stadium
Carl Ramos Stadium
Carl Ramos Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Dangriga, Belize. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium to Griga United in the Belize Premier Football League of the Football Federation of Belize....
Isidoro Beaton Stadium
Michael Ashcroft Stadium
Michael Ashcroft Stadium
Michael Ashcroft Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Independence Village, 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 of the Football Federation of Belize.The stadium holds 2,000...
Norman Broaster Stadium
Norman Broaster Stadium
Norman Broaster Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in San Ignacio, Belize. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium to Belize Defence Force in the Belize Premier Football League of the Football Federation of Belize....
Orange Walk People's Stadium
Orange Walk People's Stadium
Orange Walk People's Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Orange Walk, Belize. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium to San Felipe Barcelona in the Belize Premier Football League of the Football Federation of Belize as well as horse racing and tennis...
Corozal Ricalde Stadium
MCC Grounds

Belize at the Olympics

Belize at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Belize at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Belize competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.-Athletics:Men's Marathon* Eugene Muslar — 2:51.41 Women's Triple Jump* Althea Gilharry...
Belize at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Belize at the 2000 Summer Olympics
-Athletics:Men's 200 m* Jayson Jones*# Round 1 - 22.20 Women's 100 m* Emma Wade*# Round 1 - 12.25 -References:*...
Belize at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Belize at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Belize competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-Athletics:Men's 400 metre hurdles* Michael Aguilar - Round 1: 51.21 s Women's 200 metres...

Trade unions

Christian Workers' Union
Christian Workers' Union
The Christian Workers' Union is a trade union in Belize. It was founded in 1963. As of 2006, CWU claimed a membership of 2,500. It was a member of the International Trade Union Confederation, but withdrew in November 2009....
General Workers' Union (Belize)
General Workers' Union (Belize)
British Honduras Workers and Tradesmen's Union, the first central trade union organization in Belize. Founded in 1939 by Antonio Soberanis Gómez. Registered as a legal trade union in 1943. Shortly thereafter it changed its name to General Workers Union....
National Trade Union Congress of Belize
National Trade Union Congress of Belize
The National Trade Union Congress of Belize is a central trade union federation representing the majority of workers in Belize. The NTUCB is affiliated to the International Trade Union Confederation. It is an umbrella organization for seven unions in Belize...
United General Workers Union
United General Workers Union
United General Workers Union, a central trade union organization in Belize. Founded in 1979 through the merger of Belize General Development Workers' Union and the Southern Christian Union. During the 1980s UGWU was seen as the most leftist trade union organization in the country....

Primary Schools

Grace Primary School
Holy Redeemer Primary School
Holy Redeemer Primary School
Holy Redeemer Primary School is a primary school in Belize City, Belize.Noted alumni include George Price, first prime minister of Belize, and politician Jorge Espat, former Minister of National Security and Economic Development. It is one of the largest schools in Belize since 1869....
Saint Andrew's Primary School
Saint Andrew's Primary School
Saint Andrew's Primary School is a primary school in San Ignacio, Belize.Noted alumni include Prime Minister Said Musa ....
St. John Vianney Roman Catholic Primary School
St. John Vianney Roman Catholic Primary School
St. John Vianney Roman Catholic Primary School is a school in Port Loyola, Belize, established in 1987. In 2005 it had 650 students and had launched a fundraising drive, hoping to raise 600,000 dollars to relieve overcrowding....
St. Joseph Primary School
St. Luke Methodist School
St. Martin Deporres School
St. Mary's Primary School
St. Mary's Primary School
-Australia:*St. Mary's Primary School, Sale, Victoria, Australia*St. Mary's Primary School, Williamstown, Victoria, Australia*St. Mary's Primary School, Dandenong, Victoria, Australia-England:*St...
St. Peter Claver Primary School
Queen Square Primary School
Trinity Methodist School
Louisiana Government School
La Inmaculada Roman Catholic School

High Schools

Canaan High School
Edward P. Yorke High School
Gwen Liz High School
Palotti High School
St. Catherine's Academy
St. John's College
St. John's College High School, Belize
St. John's College, High School Division, is a high school for boys situated in Belize City, Belize. It was founded in 1887. The High School exists to educate academically talented young men in a Jesuit environment of self-discipline, love of learning, and service to others...
St. Michael's High School
St. Michael's High School
St. Michael's High School is a private Catholic junior/senior high school located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the state capital of New Mexico. It is privately run under the auspices of the international Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, better known as the De La Salle Christian...
Wesley College, Belize
San Pedro High school
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. In 2003, the school celebrated its 100th Anniversary....
Muffles College High school
Technical High school
Bishop Martin High School
Bishop Martin High School
Bishop Martin High School is a Diocesan Roman Catholic high school located in Orange Walk Town, Belize. It was established on September 2, 2002 under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Belize, under the episcopacy of Bishop Osmond Peter Martin, at the time Bishop of Belize City and...
New Hope High school
New Hope High School
New Hope High School may refer to:* New Hope High School , New Hope, Alabama* New Hope High School , Columbus, Mississippi...
Sacred Heart College

Universities and Colleges

Muffles Junior College
Muffles Junior College
Muffles Junior College is a college in Orange Walk District, Belize. This Junior college is located in the San Estevan village.Muffles College is named after Father Joseph Muffels who was assigned to Orange Walk in May 1900....
University of Belize
University of Belize
The University of Belize ' is an English-speaking multi-locational institute for higher education, and the National University of the Central American country of Belize...
Galen University
Galen University
Galen University is an independent university in Belize, Central America, with Sustainable Development as one its core values. Its main campus is located on the outskirts of San Ignacio in Belize. The University offers educational programs at undergraduate and graduate levels in business, arts,...
St. John's College Junior College
University of the West Indies
University of the West Indies
The University of the West Indies , is an autonomous regional institution supported by and serving 17 English-speaking countries and territories in the Caribbean: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Dominica,...
Wesley Junior College
Wesley Junior College
Wesley Junior College is a Christian college in Belize. It offers innovative educational programs at the junior college level in business, science....

Ethnic groups

East Indian
Indian people
Indian people or Indisians constitute the Asian nation and pan-ethnic group native to India, which forms the south of Asia, containing 17.31% of the world's population. The Indian nationality is in essence made up of regional nationalities, reflecting the rich and complex history of India...
Garifuna people
Belizean Kriol people
Belizean Kriol people
The Belizean Creoles, locally known as Kriols, are Creole descendants of English and Scottish log cutters, as well as Black African slaves brought to Belize. Other small minorities include Creoles and the Miskito from Nicaragua, Jamaicans, and other West Indians who assisted in the logging...
Maya peoples
Maya peoples
The Maya people constitute a diverse range of the Native American people of southern Mexico and northern Central America. The overarching term "Maya" is a collective designation to include the peoples of the region who share some degree of cultural and linguistic heritage; however, the term...
Mestizo
Mestizo
Mestizo is a term traditionally used in Latin America, Philippines and Spain for people of mixed European and Native American heritage or descent...
Asians
Germans
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
Lebanese
Lebanese
Lebanese may refer to:* A member of the Lebanese people . For more information, see Demographics of Lebanon and Culture of Lebanon. For specific persons, see List of Lebanese people....

Fauna

Agkistrodon bilineatus
Agkistrodon bilineatus
Agkistrodon bilineatus is a venomous pitviper species found in Mexico and Central America as far south as Costa Rica. Four subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.-Description:...
Great Curassow
Great Curassow
The Great Curassow is a large, pheasant-like bird from the Neotropics. At in length and in weight, this is a very large cracid. No other cracid match its maximum weight, but its length is matched by a few other cracids....
Jaguar
Jaguar
The jaguar is a big cat, a feline in the Panthera genus, and is the only Panthera species found in the Americas. The jaguar is the third-largest feline after the tiger and the lion, and the largest in the Western Hemisphere. The jaguar's present range extends from Southern United States and Mexico...
Jaguarundi
Jaguarundi
The jaguarundi is a small-sized wild cat native to Central and South America. In 2002, the IUCN classified the jaguarundi as Least Concern as it is likely that no conservation units, with the probable exception of the mega-reserves of the Amazon basin could sustain long-term viable populations. It...
Ocelot
Ocelot
The ocelot , pronounced /ˈɒsəˌlɒt/, also known as the dwarf leopard or McKenney's wildcat is a wild cat distributed over South and Central America and Mexico, but has been reported as far north as Texas and in Trinidad, in the Caribbean...
Plain Chachalaca
Plain Chachalaca
The Plain Chachalaca, Ortalis vetula, is a large bird in the Cracidae family. It breeds in tropical and subtropical environments from mezquital thickets in the Rio Grande Valley in southernmost Texas, United States to northernmost Costa Rica....

Geography

Geography of Belize
Geography of Belize
Belize is a small Central American nation, located at 17°15' north of the equator and 88°45' west of the Prime Meridian on the Yucatán Peninsula. It borders the Caribbean Sea to the east, with 386 km of coastline. It has a total of 516 km of land borders—Mexico to the north-northwest and...
Adjacent countries:

Albaina
Albaina
Albaina is a small village south of Belmopan on the Hummingbird Highway in the Cayo District of Belize. The population is mostly refugees from Honduras and Guatemala....
Belize Barrier Reef
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...
Big Creek, Belize
Big Creek, Belize
Big Creek is a sea port facility in Belize. Big Creek is a deep-water port on the Caribbean Sea in Belize's Toledo District , constructed in the 1990s. It is the nation's second most important port, after Belize City. Big Creek is the main port for Belize's banana industry; citrus fruit and shrimp...
Blue Hole (park)
Blue Hole (park)
St. Herman's Blue Hole National Park is a national park located just off the Hummingbird Highway in Cayo District of Belize, near Belmopan, the capital city. It is over 500 acres in area, and contains two cave systems , various natural trails, and the cool jungle pool from which the park gets its...
Elridgeville
Elridgeville
Eldridgeville is a small village inhabited by East Indians in southern Belize....
Gales Point
Gales Point
Gales Point is a village in the Belize District in the nation of Belize, Central America. The village is on a peninsula in the Southern Lagoon. In 2000 Gales Point had a population of about 500 people, most of whom subsist on fishing and farming....
Guanacaste National Park (Belize)
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....
Gulf of Honduras
Gulf of Honduras
The Gulf or 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 from Dangriga, Belize, to La Ceiba, Honduras....
Independence and Mango Creek
Independence and Mango Creek
Independence and Mango Creek are adjacent villages in the Stann Creek District of Belize. For the purposes of the census, they are counted as one community. In 2000, Independence and Mango Creek had a combined population of 2,929 people. It is a relatively large village compared to its surrounding...
Peini
Peini
Peini is a small community in southern part of Belize, mostly inhabited by the Garifuna and Indian populations....
Placencia
Placencia
Placencia is a small town located in the Stann Creek District of Belize. It is the most southern town on the largest peninsula of the Gulf of Mexico.-History:...
Port Loyola
Port Loyola
Port Loyola is a parliamentary constituency in Belize City, Belize. It is among the largest constituencies in the city, with over 5,000 voters. As of 2007 its representative to the House of Representatives is the United Democratic Party's Anthony Martinez....
Ports of Belize
Ports of Belize
-Commercial ports:*Big Creek Port, located in the Stann Creek District, is primarily used for banana exports, although some containers are received at this location to better service the southern region of Belize. It is also the port of departure for the oil fields in Spanish Lookout...
Roaring Creek
San Antonio Cayo
San Antonio Cayo
San Antonio or San Antonio Cayo is a village in the Cayo District of Belize. In 2000 the village of San Antonio had a population of 2,124 people. Its population is predominantly Yukatek-speaking Maya....
San Carlos, Belize
San Carlos, Belize
The village of San Carlos is located in the North of Belize, in Orange Walk District, on the northern bank of New River and surrounded by jungle. It is four miles from Indian Church, and can be accessed by road from Orange Walk Town or by boat from the New River.San Carlos is small, with a...
San Joaquin, Corozal
San Joaquin, Corozal
San Joaquin is a village in the Corozal District of Belize. With a population of about 2000 people, it is one of the largest villages in Corozal. The town was formed as a result of Mestizos migrating to escape the 1847–1901 Caste War of Yucatán....
San José, Orange Walk District
San José, Orange Walk District
San José is a village in the Orange Walk District of Belize. In the 2000 census, San José had a population of 2,254 people....
San Pedro Columbia
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 Kekchi Maya with some Mopan Maya. San Pedro Columbia has Belize's largest...
Shipyard, Belize
Shipyard, Belize
Shipyard is a village in the Orange Walk District of Belize. In the 2000 census, Shipyard had a population of 2,385 people. Most of the population are Mennonite. Most residents of Shipyard speak Low German.The Mennonites of Ship yard are a very integrated community most of them work as carpenters,...
Silver Creek, Belize
Silver Creek, Belize
Silver Creek is a village in the Toledo District of Belize. According to the 2000 census, Silver Creek had a population of 1,326 people. There is also a stream named Silver Creek at this same location. Near the village of Silver Creek is an ancient Maya civilization site. Nearby there is a larger...
Spanish Lookout
Spanish Lookout
Spanish Lookout is a town in the Cayo District of Belize, Central America. In 2000, Spanish Lookout had a population of 1,786 people. Spanish Lookout is a community of Mennonites in Belize....
St. Margret's, Belize
St. Margret's, Belize
St. Margaret's is a rural village in the Cayo District of Belize, Central America. The settlement is located at mile 31 on the Hummingbird Highway, in the Maya Mountains. Hondurans, Guatemalans, Salvadorans, and native Belizeans populate the village. It is home to Five Blues Lake National Park. ...
Valley of Peace, Belize
Valley of Peace, Belize
Valley of Peace is a village in the Cayo District of Belize. In 2000 Valley of Peace had a population of 1,809 people. The population in 2007 grew to 2,108....

Cities

Belize City
Belize City
Belize City is the largest city in the Central American nation of Belize. Unofficial estimates place the population of Belize City at 70,000 or more. It is located at the mouth of the Belize River on the coast of the Caribbean. The city is the country's principal port and its financial and...
Belmopan
Belmopan
Belmopan , estimated population 20,000 is the capital city of Belize.Belmopan is located at , at an altitude of 76 metres above sea level. Belmopan was constructed just to the east of Belize River, inland from the former capital, the port of Belize City, after that city's near destruction by...
Benque Viejo del Carmen
Benque Viejo del Carmen
Benque Viejo del Carmen is a town in the Cayo District in the country of Belize.-History:The town was established in the 19th century, mostly by immigrants from Guatemala. During the first years of the 21st century, the town experienced a rapid boom in population...
Carmelita, Belize
Carmelita, Belize
Carmelita is a village in the Orange Walk District of the nation of Belize. According to the 2000 census, it had a population of 1,269 people....
Chunox
Chunox
Chunox is an isolated village in the Corozal District of the nation of Belize.Chunox is located at 18N, 88W, at an altitude of 3 meters above sea level. The village of Chunox is located on the east bank of Laguna Seca towards the south end of the lagoon....
Consejo
Consejo
Consejo is a village in the north of Corozal District of the nation of Belize. Consejo is located on a point of land where the bays of Corozal and Chetumal meet...
Corozal Town
Corozal Town
Corozal Town is a town in the nation of Belize, capital of Corozal District. Corozal Town is located about 84 miles north of Belize City, and 9 miles from the border with Mexico. The population of Corozal Town, according to the main results of the 2010 census, it is 9,871...
Dangriga
Dangriga
Dangriga, formerly known as Stann Creek Town, is a town in southern Belize, located on the Caribbean coast at the mouth of Stann Creek. It is the capital of Belize's Stann Creek District and also the largest town in southern Belize...
Guinea Grass Town
Guinea Grass Town
Guinea Grass is a town in the Orange Walk District of the nation of Belize. Guinea Grass is located at Latitude 17.9500, Longitude -88.5833, at an altitude of 38 meters above sea level...
Hattieville
Hattieville
Hattieville, sometimes also known as Hattieville Village, is a town in the Belize District of the nation of Belize. It is located at 17N 88W, at an elevation of 196 feet above mean sea level, and has a population of about 1,300 people...
Hopkins, Belize
Hopkins, Belize
Hopkins is a coastal town in eastern Belize.Hopkins is a Garifuna village on the coast of the Stann Creek District in Belize. Hopkins is considered by some Belizeans to be the cultural center of the Garifuna population in Belize...
Ladyville
Ladyville
Ladyville is a village in the Belize District and the largest in the nation of Belize, 8 miles to the north west of Belize City. The Northern Highway, one of the main highways that connect the Belize District to the north of the country, runs through the village.-History:Although originally a...
Las Cuevas
Little Belize
Little Belize
Little Belize is a town in the Corozal District of the nation of Belize. Little Belize is located at 18N, 88W, at an elevation of 1 meter above sea level. The population is mostly Mennonite. According to the 2000 census, Little Belize had a population of 2,059 people....
Monkey River Town
Monkey River Town
Monkey River Town is a village in the north of the Toledo District of the Central American nation of Belize. It is on the Caribbean Sea on the southern shore of the mouth of Belize's Monkey River...
Orange Walk Town
Orange Walk Town
Orange Walk Town is the second largest town in the nation of Belize, with a population of about 13,400 . It is the capital of the Orange Walk District...
Patchacan
Patchacan
Patchacan is a town in the Corozal District, in northern Belize. According to the 2000 census, it had a population of 1,142 people....
Progresso, Belize
Progresso, Belize
Progresso is a village in the Corozal District of the nation of Belize, with a population of 1,165 according to the 2000 census....
Punta Gorda, Belize
Punta Gorda, Belize
Punta Gorda, known locally as PG, is the town of the Toledo District in southern Belize. Punta Gorda is the southernmost sizable town in the nation, with a population of about 6,000 people...
San Estevan, Belize
San Estevan, Belize
San Estevan was the first town in the Orange Walk District of the nation of Belize but later became a village due to migration of villagers to other parts of the country during a great epedimic. According to the 2010 census, it had a population of 3,847 people...
San Ignacio Cayo
San Ignacio Cayo
San Ignacio is a town in western Belize that serves as the capital of Cayo District. It got its start from Mahogany and chicle production during British rule...
San Pablo, Belize
San Pablo, Belize
San Pablo is a town in the Orange Walk District of the nation of Belize, with a population of 926 people according to the 2000 census....
San Pedro Town
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 2005 mid-year estimates, the town has a population of about 12,400. It is the second largest city in the Belize District and largest city in the...
Toledo Settlement
Toledo Settlement
Toledo Settlement 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 African American refugees from the United States who had fled during the American Civil War....
Trial Farm, Belize
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....
Xaibe
Xaibe
Xaibe is little rural settlement in the country of Belize. It is located in the Corozal district. The name Xaibe literally means 'crossroads'. This may well account for the village been located en route to other villages and destinations. The people of the Mayan civilization often traversed across...

Districts

Districts of Belize
Districts of Belize
Belize is divided into 6 districts. The districts are listed below, with the capital city and some statistics:-List:-Largest cities and towns by population:Based on 2005 estimate:#Belize City, BZ 70,800#Orange Walk, OW 17,300#San Ignacio, CY 16,800...
Belize District
Belize District
The Belize District is a district of the nation of Belize, with its district capital being the nation's largest city, Belize City.- Settlements :...
Cayo District
Cayo District
Cayo District is a district in the west of the nation of Belize. The District capital is the town of San Ignacio.- Geography :The Cayo District is the largest district in Belize. It is located on the western side of the country which borders Guatemala. The nation's capital, Belmopan, is...
Corozal District
Corozal District
Corozal District is the northernmost district of the nation of Belize. The population was 33,335 as of 2000. The district capital is Corozal Town.-The Villages of Corozal District:...
Orange Walk District
Orange Walk District
Orange Walk District is a district in the northwest of the nation of Belize, with its district capital in Orange Walk Town.- Main settlements :...
Stann Creek District
Stann Creek District
Stann Creek District is a district in the south east region of Belize. According to the 2010 census, the district had a population of 32,166 people...
Toledo District
Toledo District
Toledo District is the southernmost district in Belize, and Punta Gorda the District capital. Although the least developed region in the country, it features some of the most pristine rainforests, extensive cave networks, coastal lowland plains, and offshore cays...

Islands

Islands of Belize
Islands of Belize
The country of Belize has roughly 386 km of coastline, and has many coral reefs, cays, and islands in the Caribbean Sea. Most of these form the Belize Barrier Reef, the longest in the western hemisphere stemming approximately...
Ambergris Caye
Ambergris Caye
Ambergris Caye, pronounced "am-BER-gris", is the largest island of Belize located northeast of the country in the Caribbean Sea. Though administered as part of the Belize District, the closest point on the mainland is part of the Corozal District....
Caye Caulker
Caye Caulker
Caye Caulker is a small limestone coral island off the coast of Belize in the Caribbean Sea measuring about by less than . The town on the island is known by the name Caye Caulker Village...
St. George's Caye
St. George's Caye
St. George's Caye is an island in the Caribbean Sea, eight miles east of Belize City. It is part of the Belize District of Belize, Central America. As of 2000 St. George's Caye had a permanent population of about 20 people....

Parks

Belize Botanic Gardens
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....
Chiquibul National Park
Chiquibul National Park
Chiquibul National Park is Belize's largest national park. It is in size. The park is located in Belize's Cayo District. The national park surrounds Caracol, a Mayan city. Caracol has been designated as an archaeological reserve and is not included within the park's total area...
Cockscomb Wildlife Sanctuary
Guanacaste National Park
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....
Hol Chan Marine Reserve
Hol Chan Marine Reserve
Hol Chan Marine Reserve is a marine reserve close to Ambergris Caye and Caye Caulker, off the coast of Belize. It covers approximately 18 km² of coral reefs, seagrass beds, and mangrove forest...

Rivers

Belize River
Belize River
Belize River is a 180-mile river in Belize that drains more than one-quarter of the country as it winds along the northern edge of the Maya Mountains across the center of the country to the sea just north of Belize City . However, the Belize River/Mopan River Catchment contains over 45 percent of...
Hondo River (Belize)
Hondo River (Belize)
The Rio Hondo is a river of Central America, approximately 150 km in length, which flows in a northeasterly direction to discharge into Chetumal Bay on the Caribbean Sea...
Macal River
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 to the Belize River...
Mopan River
Mopan River
Mopan River is a river in Guatemala and the Cayo district in western Belize near the border with Guatemala. The Mopan River discharges to the Belize River as the Mopan merges with the Macal River; the Belize River in turn terminates at the Caribbean Sea. The Belize River/Mopan River Catchment...
Mullins River
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 Dangriga. At the time of the 1904 census Mullins River had a...

Geography stubs

Actun Tunichil Muknal
Actun Tunichil Muknal
thumb|200px|The Crystal Maiden.Actun Tunichil Muknal is a cave in Belize, near San Ignacio, Cayo District, notable as a Maya archaeological site that includes skeletons, ceramics, and stoneware. There are several areas of skeletal remains in the main chamber...
Albaina
Albaina
Albaina is a small village south of Belmopan on the Hummingbird Highway in the Cayo District of Belize. The population is mostly refugees from Honduras and Guatemala....
Banco Chinchorro
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 that is one of the world's premiere shipwreck diving spots...
Belize Botanic Gardens
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....
Belize City
Belize City
Belize City is the largest city in the Central American nation of Belize. Unofficial estimates place the population of Belize City at 70,000 or more. It is located at the mouth of the Belize River on the coast of the Caribbean. The city is the country's principal port and its financial and...
Belize District
Belize District
The Belize District is a district of the nation of Belize, with its district capital being the nation's largest city, Belize City.- Settlements :...
Belize River
Belize River
Belize River is a 180-mile river in Belize that drains more than one-quarter of the country as it winds along the northern edge of the Maya Mountains across the center of the country to the sea just north of Belize City . However, the Belize River/Mopan River Catchment contains over 45 percent of...
Belize Zoo
Belize Zoo
The Belize Zoo and Tropical Education Center is a zoo in Belize, located some west of Belize City on the Western Highway. Set in , the zoo was founded in 1983 by Sharon Matola. It is home to more than 125 animals of about 48 species, all native to Belize. The natural environment of Belize is left...
Benque Viejo del Carmen
Benque Viejo del Carmen
Benque Viejo del Carmen is a town in the Cayo District in the country of Belize.-History:The town was established in the 19th century, mostly by immigrants from Guatemala. During the first years of the 21st century, the town experienced a rapid boom in population...
Big Creek, Belize
Big Creek, Belize
Big Creek is a sea port facility in Belize. Big Creek is a deep-water port on the Caribbean Sea in Belize's Toledo District , constructed in the 1990s. It is the nation's second most important port, after Belize City. Big Creek is the main port for Belize's banana industry; citrus fruit and shrimp...
Blue Hole (park)
Blue Hole (park)
St. Herman's Blue Hole National Park is a national park located just off the Hummingbird Highway in Cayo District of Belize, near Belmopan, the capital city. It is over 500 acres in area, and contains two cave systems , various natural trails, and the cool jungle pool from which the park gets its...
Cahal Pech
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 hilltop palacio home for an elite Maya family, and though most major construction dates to the Classic period, evidence of continuous habitation has been dated to as far back as far as 1200...
Caracol
Caracol
Caracol is the name given to a large ancient Maya archaeological site, located in what is now the Cayo District of Belize. It is situated approximately 40 kilometres south of Xunantunich and the town of San Ignacio Cayo, and 15 kilometers away from the Macal River. It rests on the Vaca Plateau at...
Caribbean Lowlands
Caribbean Lowlands
The Caribbean Lowlands are a common region in Central American nations. It is the area usually on the Eastern side of a country, bordering the Caribbean Sea....
Carmelita, Belize
Carmelita, Belize
Carmelita is a village in the Orange Walk District of the nation of Belize. According to the 2000 census, it had a population of 1,269 people....
Cayo District
Cayo District
Cayo District is a district in the west of the nation of Belize. The District capital is the town of San Ignacio.- Geography :The Cayo District is the largest district in Belize. It is located on the western side of the country which borders Guatemala. The nation's capital, Belmopan, is...
Chetumal Bay
Chetumal Bay
Chetumal Bay is a large bay in northern Belize and eastern Mexico in the south of the Yucatán Peninsula. On the bay is the major city of Chetumal, in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. The mouth of the bay is redirected southward and buffered by a large Belizean island named Ambergris Caye. The...
Chunox
Chunox
Chunox is an isolated village in the Corozal District of the nation of Belize.Chunox is located at 18N, 88W, at an altitude of 3 meters above sea level. The village of Chunox is located on the east bank of Laguna Seca towards the south end of the lagoon....
Consejo
Consejo
Consejo is a village in the north of Corozal District of the nation of Belize. Consejo is located on a point of land where the bays of Corozal and Chetumal meet...
Corozal District
Corozal District
Corozal District is the northernmost district of the nation of Belize. The population was 33,335 as of 2000. The district capital is Corozal Town.-The Villages of Corozal District:...
Corozal Town
Corozal Town
Corozal Town is a town in the nation of Belize, capital of Corozal District. Corozal Town is located about 84 miles north of Belize City, and 9 miles from the border with Mexico. The population of Corozal Town, according to the main results of the 2010 census, it is 9,871...
Dangriga
Dangriga
Dangriga, formerly known as Stann Creek Town, is a town in southern Belize, located on the Caribbean coast at the mouth of Stann Creek. It is the capital of Belize's Stann Creek District and also the largest town in southern Belize...
Districts of Belize
Districts of Belize
Belize is divided into 6 districts. The districts are listed below, with the capital city and some statistics:-List:-Largest cities and towns by population:Based on 2005 estimate:#Belize City, BZ 70,800#Orange Walk, OW 17,300#San Ignacio, CY 16,800...
Doyle's Delight
Doyle's Delight
Doyle's Delight is the highest peak in Belize . It lies in the Cockscomb Range, a spur of the Maya Mountains in Western Belize.The name Doyle's Delight was first coined in by Sharon Matola in 1989 and based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's book "The Lost World" , which contains the quote "there must...
Elridgeville
Elridgeville
Eldridgeville is a small village inhabited by East Indians in southern Belize....
Gales Point
Gales Point
Gales Point is a village in the Belize District in the nation of Belize, Central America. The village is on a peninsula in the Southern Lagoon. In 2000 Gales Point had a population of about 500 people, most of whom subsist on fishing and farming....
Great Blue Hole
Great Blue Hole
The Great Blue Hole is a large submarine 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, over across and deep...
Guanacaste National Park (Belize)
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....
Guinea Grass Town
Guinea Grass Town
Guinea Grass is a town in the Orange Walk District of the nation of Belize. Guinea Grass is located at Latitude 17.9500, Longitude -88.5833, at an altitude of 38 meters above sea level...
Gulf of Honduras
Gulf of Honduras
The Gulf or 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 from Dangriga, Belize, to La Ceiba, Honduras....
Hattieville
Hattieville
Hattieville, sometimes also known as Hattieville Village, is a town in the Belize District of the nation of Belize. It is located at 17N 88W, at an elevation of 196 feet above mean sea level, and has a population of about 1,300 people...
Hondo River (Belize)
Hondo River (Belize)
The Rio Hondo is a river of Central America, approximately 150 km in length, which flows in a northeasterly direction to discharge into Chetumal Bay on the Caribbean Sea...
Hopkins, Belize
Hopkins, Belize
Hopkins is a coastal town in eastern Belize.Hopkins is a Garifuna village on the coast of the Stann Creek District in Belize. Hopkins is considered by some Belizeans to be the cultural center of the Garifuna population in Belize...
Hummingbird Highway
Hummingbird Highway
The Hummingbird Highway is one of the four major highways in Belize. It connects the Western Highway outside of Belmopan, Cayo District with the Southern Highway outside of Dangriga, Stann Creek District. It partially follows, and sometimes uses the infrastructure of, the former Stann Creek Railway...
Independence and Mango Creek
Independence and Mango Creek
Independence and Mango Creek are adjacent villages in the Stann Creek District of Belize. For the purposes of the census, they are counted as one community. In 2000, Independence and Mango Creek had a combined population of 2,929 people. It is a relatively large village compared to its surrounding...
Islands of Belize
Islands of Belize
The country of Belize has roughly 386 km of coastline, and has many coral reefs, cays, and islands in the Caribbean Sea. Most of these form the Belize Barrier Reef, the longest in the western hemisphere stemming approximately...
Ladyville
Ladyville
Ladyville is a village in the Belize District and the largest in the nation of Belize, 8 miles to the north west of Belize City. The Northern Highway, one of the main highways that connect the Belize District to the north of the country, runs through the village.-History:Although originally a...
Little Belize
Little Belize
Little Belize is a town in the Corozal District of the nation of Belize. Little Belize is located at 18N, 88W, at an elevation of 1 meter above sea level. The population is mostly Mennonite. According to the 2000 census, Little Belize had a population of 2,059 people....
Louisville, Belize
Louisville, Belize
Louisville is a village in the Corozal District of the nation of Belize, located at . According to the 2000 census, it had a population of 655 people....
Macal River
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 to the Belize River...
Maya Mountains
Maya Mountains
The Maya Mountains are a mountain range in Belize and eastern Guatemala. The highest peaks are Doyle's Delight at and Victoria Peak at . The Maya Mountains and associated foothills contain a number of important Mayan ruins including the sites of Lubaantun, Nim Li Punit, Cahal Pech, and Chaa Creek;...
Monkey River Town
Monkey River Town
Monkey River Town is a village in the north of the Toledo District of the Central American nation of Belize. It is on the Caribbean Sea on the southern shore of the mouth of Belize's Monkey River...
Mopan River
Mopan River
Mopan River is a river in Guatemala and the Cayo district in western Belize near the border with Guatemala. The Mopan River discharges to the Belize River as the Mopan merges with the Macal River; the Belize River in turn terminates at the Caribbean Sea. The Belize River/Mopan River Catchment...
Mullins River
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 Dangriga. At the time of the 1904 census Mullins River had a...
Nim Li Punit
Nim Li Punit
Nim Li Punit, is a Maya Classic Period site in the Toledo District of the nation of Belize, located 40 kilometres north of the town of Punta Gorda, at 16° 19' N, 88° 47' 60W...
Orange Walk District
Orange Walk District
Orange Walk District is a district in the northwest of the nation of Belize, with its district capital in Orange Walk Town.- Main settlements :...
Orange Walk Town
Orange Walk Town
Orange Walk Town is the second largest town in the nation of Belize, with a population of about 13,400 . It is the capital of the Orange Walk District...
Patchacan
Patchacan
Patchacan is a town in the Corozal District, in northern Belize. According to the 2000 census, it had a population of 1,142 people....
Peini
Peini
Peini is a small community in southern part of Belize, mostly inhabited by the Garifuna and Indian populations....
Placencia
Placencia
Placencia is a small town located in the Stann Creek District of Belize. It is the most southern town on the largest peninsula of the Gulf of Mexico.-History:...
Port Loyola
Port Loyola
Port Loyola is a parliamentary constituency in Belize City, Belize. It is among the largest constituencies in the city, with over 5,000 voters. As of 2007 its representative to the House of Representatives is the United Democratic Party's Anthony Martinez....
Ports of Belize
Ports of Belize
-Commercial ports:*Big Creek Port, located in the Stann Creek District, is primarily used for banana exports, although some containers are received at this location to better service the southern region of Belize. It is also the port of departure for the oil fields in Spanish Lookout...
Progresso, Belize
Progresso, Belize
Progresso is a village in the Corozal District of the nation of Belize, with a population of 1,165 according to the 2000 census....
Punta Gorda, Belize
Punta Gorda, Belize
Punta Gorda, known locally as PG, is the town of the Toledo District in southern Belize. Punta Gorda is the southernmost sizable town in the nation, with a population of about 6,000 people...
Roaring Creek
San Antonio Cayo
San Antonio Cayo
San Antonio or San Antonio Cayo is a village in the Cayo District of Belize. In 2000 the village of San Antonio had a population of 2,124 people. Its population is predominantly Yukatek-speaking Maya....
San Estevan, Belize
San Estevan, Belize
San Estevan was the first town in the Orange Walk District of the nation of Belize but later became a village due to migration of villagers to other parts of the country during a great epedimic. According to the 2010 census, it had a population of 3,847 people...
San Ignacio Cayo
San Ignacio Cayo
San Ignacio is a town in western Belize that serves as the capital of Cayo District. It got its start from Mahogany and chicle production during British rule...
San Joaquin, Corozal
San Joaquin, Corozal
San Joaquin is a village in the Corozal District of Belize. With a population of about 2000 people, it is one of the largest villages in Corozal. The town was formed as a result of Mestizos migrating to escape the 1847–1901 Caste War of Yucatán....
San José, Orange Walk District
San José, Orange Walk District
San José is a village in the Orange Walk District of Belize. In the 2000 census, San José had a population of 2,254 people....
San Pablo, Belize
San Pablo, Belize
San Pablo is a town in the Orange Walk District of the nation of Belize, with a population of 926 people according to the 2000 census....
San Pedro Town
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 2005 mid-year estimates, the town has a population of about 12,400. It is the second largest city in the Belize District and largest city in the...
Shipyard, Belize
Shipyard, Belize
Shipyard is a village in the Orange Walk District of Belize. In the 2000 census, Shipyard had a population of 2,385 people. Most of the population are Mennonite. Most residents of Shipyard speak Low German.The Mennonites of Ship yard are a very integrated community most of them work as carpenters,...
Silver Creek, Belize
Silver Creek, Belize
Silver Creek is a village in the Toledo District of Belize. According to the 2000 census, Silver Creek had a population of 1,326 people. There is also a stream named Silver Creek at this same location. Near the village of Silver Creek is an ancient Maya civilization site. Nearby there is a larger...
Spanish Lookout
Spanish Lookout
Spanish Lookout is a town in the Cayo District of Belize, Central America. In 2000, Spanish Lookout had a population of 1,786 people. Spanish Lookout is a community of Mennonites in Belize....
St. George's Caye
St. George's Caye
St. George's Caye is an island in the Caribbean Sea, eight miles east of Belize City. It is part of the Belize District of Belize, Central America. As of 2000 St. George's Caye had a permanent population of about 20 people....
St. Margret's, Belize
St. Margret's, Belize
St. Margaret's is a rural village in the Cayo District of Belize, Central America. The settlement is located at mile 31 on the Hummingbird Highway, in the Maya Mountains. Hondurans, Guatemalans, Salvadorans, and native Belizeans populate the village. It is home to Five Blues Lake National Park. ...
Stann Creek District
Stann Creek District
Stann Creek District is a district in the south east region of Belize. According to the 2010 census, the district had a population of 32,166 people...
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Toledo District
Toledo District
Toledo District is the southernmost district in Belize, and Punta Gorda the District capital. Although the least developed region in the country, it features some of the most pristine rainforests, extensive cave networks, coastal lowland plains, and offshore cays...
Toledo Settlement
Toledo Settlement
Toledo Settlement 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 African American refugees from the United States who had fled during the American Civil War....
Trial Farm, Belize
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....
Valley of Peace, Belize
Valley of Peace, Belize
Valley of Peace is a village in the Cayo District of Belize. In 2000 Valley of Peace had a population of 1,809 people. The population in 2007 grew to 2,108....
Xaibe
Xaibe
Xaibe is little rural settlement in the country of Belize. It is located in the Corozal district. The name Xaibe literally means 'crossroads'. This may well account for the village been located en route to other villages and destinations. The people of the Mayan civilization often traversed across...
Xunantunich
Xunantunich
Xunantunich is a Maya archaeological site in western Belize, about 80 miles west of Belize City , in the Cayo District. Xunantunich is located atop a ridge above the Mopan River, within sight of the Guatemala border...

History

History of Belize
History of Belize
The history of Belize dates back thousands of years. The Maya civilization spread into the area of Belize between 1500 BC and AD 200 and flourished until about AD 1200. Several major archeological sites—notably Cahal Pech, Caracol, Lamanai, Lubaantun, Altun Ha, and Xunantunich—reflect the advanced...
2005 Belize unrest
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 :...
Battlefield Park
Battlefield Park
Battlefield Park is a park in the center of Belize City, Belize. The park has served as the preferred meeting place of Belize's inhabitants since 1638. Labour activist Antonio Soberanis Gómez' Labourers and Unemployed Association got its start there, as did the People's United Party and other...
British Honduras
British Honduras
British Honduras was a British colony that is now the independent nation of Belize.First colonised by Spaniards in the 17th century, the territory on the east coast of Central America, south of Mexico, became a British crown colony from 1862 until 1964, when it became self-governing. Belize became...
Captaincy General of Guatemala
Captaincy General of Guatemala
The Captaincy General of Guatemala , also known as the Kingdom of Guatemala , was an administrative division in Spanish America which covered much of Central America, including what are now the nations of Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, and the Mexican state of Chiapas...
Guatemalan claim to Belizean territory
Guatemalan claim to Belizean territory
The Belizean-Guatemalan territorial dispute is an unresolved binational territorial dispute between the states of Belize and Guatemala, neighbours in Central America...
Cross Country Cycling Classic
Cross Country Cycling Classic
The Holy Saturday Cross Country Cycling Classic, usually shortened to the Cross Country Cycling Classic or "Cross Country" for short, is a one-day amateur cycling race held in Belize every year during the Easter holidays...
Dausuva
Dausuva
Dausuva , also known as Atsarginė Lietuva and Žalioji Atžala , is the name of a geopolitical project by Lithuanian thinker Kazys Pakštas to create a Lithuanian colony in a geopolitically safe area...

Elections

Belize legislative election, 1974
Belize legislative election, 1974
A legislative election was held in Belize on October 30, 1974. Belizeans elected 18 members to the House of Representatives for a term of five years.The ruling People's United Party won the largest share of seats in the election....
Belize legislative election, 1979
Belize legislative election, 1979
General elections were held in Belize on 21 November 1979. The result was a victory for the ruling People's United Party, which won 13 of the 18 seats. Voter turnout was 89.9%.-Background:...
Belize legislative election, 1984
Belize legislative election, 1984
General elections were held in Belize on 14 December 1984. The result was a victory for the opposition United Democratic Party, which won 21 of the 28 seats...
Belize legislative election, 1989
Belize legislative election, 1989
General elections were held in Belize on 4 September 1989. The result was a narrow victory for the People's United Party, which won 15 of the 28 seats. Voter turnout was 72.6%.-Background:...
Belize legislative election, 1993
Belize legislative election, 1993
General elections were held in Belize on 30 June 1993. Althouth the People's United Party received the most votes, the United Democratic Party-National Alliance for Belizean Rights alliance won more seats. Voter turnout was 72.1%.-Background:...
Belize legislative election, 1998
Belize legislative election, 1998
General elections were held in Belize on 27 August 1998. The result was a victory for the People's United Party, which won 26 of the 29 seats and Said Musa was elected as Prime Minister for the first time...
Belize legislative election, 2003
Belize legislative election, 2003
A legislative election was held in Belize on 5 March 2003. Belizeans elected 29 members to the House of Representatives for a term of five years.The ruling People's United Party won the largest share of seats in the election.- Background :...
Belize municipal election, 2006
Belize municipal election, 2006
Belize municipal elections, 2006 were a series of local elections held on March 1, 2006 to fill vacancies for town councils in Corozal, Orange Walk, San Pedro, San Ignacio, Benque Viejo, Dangriga, Punta Gorda, Belize City and Belmopan...
British Honduras legislative election, 1954
British Honduras legislative election, 1954
General elections were held in British Honduras on 28 April 1954, the first held under universal suffrage. The new constitution replaced the Legislative Council with a Legislative Assembly, which had nine elected members, three officials and three appointed members...
British Honduras legislative election, 1957
British Honduras legislative election, 1957
A legislative election was held in British Honduras on March 20, 1957.The ruling People's United Party won all nine seats contested. This was the first of two occasions they would sweep the House....
British Honduras legislative election, 1961
British Honduras legislative election, 1961
General elections were held in British Honduras on 26 March 1961. They were the first following a constitutional review, which had increased the number of elected seats from 9 to 18, whilst a further five members would be appointed by the Governor and two would be officials. The result was a...
British Honduras legislative election, 1969
British Honduras legislative election, 1969
A legislative election was held in British Honduras in December 1969. Citizens elected 18 members to the House of Representatives for a term of five years.The ruling People's United Party won the largest share of seats in the election....
Elections and Boundaries Commission
Elections and Boundaries Commission
The Belize Elections and Boundaries Commissision 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:...
Elections and Boundaries Department
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:...
Elections in Belize
Elections in Belize
Elections in Belize are the duly held elections held at various levels of government in the nation of Belize.- The Legislature :Dissolving the National Assembly is the prerogative of the Governor General of Belize, currently Sir Colville Young...

Hurricanes

1934 Central America Hurricane
1934 Central America Hurricane
The 1934 Central America Hurricane is among the deadliest hurricanes on record. Although a weak hurricane, it killed 1,000-3,000 people, mainly from landslides in Central America, and spawned eight tornadoes when it made landfall in Louisiana....
Hurricane Edith
Hurricane Edith
Hurricane Edith was the strongest hurricane to form during the 1971 Atlantic hurricane season. It developed from a tropical wave on September 5 and quickly strengthened into a hurricane in the Caribbean Sea. Edith rapidly intensified on September 9 and made landfall on Cape Gracias a Dios as a...
Hurricane Francelia
Hurricane Francelia
Hurricane Francelia was the second-deadliest hurricane of the 1969 Atlantic hurricane season behind Hurricane Camille, killing 100 people as it made landfall on Central America in Belize...
Hurricane Greta-Olivia
Hurricane Greta-Olivia
Hurricane Greta–Olivia was a Category 4 hurricane that crossed over Central America, changing names upon reaching the Eastern Pacific during the 1978 Atlantic hurricane season and 1978 Pacific hurricane season. Striking Honduras on the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Fifi, the Greta threatened to...
Hurricane Hattie
Hurricane Hattie
Hurricane Hattie was the deadliest tropical cyclone of the 1961 Atlantic hurricane season, as well as the strongest, reaching a peak intensity equivalent to Category 5 hurricane intensity...
Hurricane Iris
Hurricane Iris
Hurricane Iris was a Category 4 hurricane that devastated Belize in October 2001. It was the eleventh tropical cyclone, ninth named storm, fifth hurricane, and third major hurricane of the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the second strongest storm of the season behind Hurricane...
Hurricane Janet
Hurricane Janet
Hurricane Janet was the most powerful hurricane of the 1955 Atlantic hurricane season and one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record. It made landfall as a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, causing catastrophic damage and at least 687 deaths in the Lesser...
Hurricane Keith
Hurricane Keith
Hurricane Keith caused extensive damage in Central America, especially in Mexico and Belize. The fifteenth tropical cyclone, eleventh named storm, and seventh hurricane of the 2000 Atlantic hurricane season, Keith developed as a tropical depression from a tropical wave in the western Caribbean Sea...

Languages

Languages of Belize
Languages of Belize
English is the official language of Belize, a former British colony. Although only 4 percent of the population speaks it as their first language, a majority speak English very well.Kriol is spoken as the first language of 33 percent of Belizeans...
Belizean Kriol language
Belizean Kriol language
Belizean Creole English, known as Kriol by its speakers, is an English-based creole language most closely related to Miskito Coastal Creole, Limón Coastal Creole, Colón Creole, San Andrés and Providencia Creole, Guyanese Creole, Jamaican Patois and English creoles of the Caribbean show similarity...
Garifuna language
Garifuna language
Garifuna is an Arawakan language spoken in Honduras, Guatemala, and Belize by the Garifuna people. The language is also spoken to a lesser extent in Nicaragua's Mosquito Coast. Historically it was referred to as Carib or Black Carib and Igñeri by Europeans. Garifuna has a vocabulary split between...
Guatemala-Belize Language Exchange Project
Mopan language
Mopan language
Mopan is a language that belongs to the Yucatecan branch of the Mayan languages. It is spoken by the Mopan people. It is spoken in Belize and Guatemala.The other Yucatecan languages are Yucatec, Lacandon , and Itza....
Q'eqchi
Q'eqchi
The Q'eqchi' language, also spelled Kekchi, is one of the Mayan languages, natively spoken within Q'eqchi' communities in Guatemala and Belize. In Guatemala, Q'eqchi' is spoken in the departments of Alta Verapaz, Petén, Izabal, Baja Verapaz, and El Quiché...
Spanish language
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

People

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Antonio Soberanis Gómez
Antonio Soberanis Gómez
Antonio Soberanis Gómez was a Belizean labour activist, regarded as the father of the Belizean labour movement. He founded the Labourers and Unemployed Association in 1934 to demand poverty relief work and a minimum wage...
Michael Ashcroft
Michael Ashcroft
Michael Anthony Ashcroft, Baron Ashcroft, KCMG, , is an international businessman, philanthropist and politician. He holds dual British and Belizean nationality, and is a Belonger of the Turks & Caicos Islands. Ennobled as a life peer in 2000, he sits in the House of Lords on the Conservative benches...
John Avery (journalist)
John Avery (journalist)
-Life:In 2005 he became the editor of the Guardian newspaper, the chief media organ of Belize's United Democratic Party. Avery is responsible for the weekly editorial and assorted columns in the newspaper, published on Thursdays....
Baron Bliss
Baron Bliss
Henry Edward Ernest Victor Bliss, commonly known as Baron Bliss , was a British-born traveller who willed some two million U.S...
Abdulai Conteh
Abdulai Conteh
Dr Abdulai Osman Conteh is a lawyer and politician from Sierra Leone.-Early life and education:Dr. Conteh graduated with LLB from King's College London where he won the Harold Porter Prize for Land Law in 1968, and subsequently continued his education at King's College, Cambridge...
Elijio Panti
Elijio Panti
Don Elijio Panti was a Belizean traditional healer who used Mayan herbal medical techniques.-Life:Don Elijio was heir to generations of knowledge about traditional healing and spent his life in service to others...
Thomas Gann
Thomas Gann
Thomas William Francis Gann was a medical doctor by profession, but is best remembered for his work as an amateur archaeologist exploring ruins of the Maya civilization....
George Enrique Herbert
George Enrique Herbert
George Enrique Herbert is a Belizean gang leader and drug trafficker who worked with Mexican and Colombian drug cartels to distribute controlled drugs in Belize and the United States. He was convicted by a jury in Manhattan federal court on December 14, 2004 on multiple cocaine importation charges...
Evan X Hyde
Evan X Hyde
Evan Anthony Hyde is a writer and journalist. He publishes and writes for the nation's largest newspaper, the Amandala, as well as oversee its subsidiaries, KREM Radio and Krem Television...
Marion Jones
Marion Jones
Marion Lois Jones , also known as Marion Jones-Thompson, is a former world champion track and field athlete, and a former professional basketball player for Tulsa Shock in the WNBA...
Chito Martinez
Chito Martinez
Chito Martínez was the first player in the history of Major League Baseball to be born in the country of Belize.Martínez, born in Belize City, spent parts of three seasons with the Baltimore Orioles, hitting 13 home runs in his rookie season, 1991 and posting a slugging percentage of .514 in 216...
Samuel Alfred Haynes
Samuel Alfred Haynes
Samuel Haynes was an African Caribbean Belizean soldier, activist and poet. He was a leader of the 1919 riot by Belizean soldiers who had fought for Great Britain in World War I and refused to accept racial discrimination at home...

People by occupation

Politics

Elections and Boundaries Commission
Elections and Boundaries Commission
The Belize Elections and Boundaries Commissision 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:...
Elections and Boundaries Department
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:...
House of Representatives of Belize
House of Representatives of Belize
The House of Representatives of Belize is one of two chambers of the National Assembly, the other being the Senate. It was created under the 1981 constitution....
Leader of the Opposition, Belize
Leader of the Opposition, Belize
The Leader of the Opposition of Belize is an elected official who, according to the Constitution, "commands the support of those elected officials that do not support the Government." He or she speaks on behalf of the Opposition Members of Belize's House of Representatives.- Leaders of the...
List of political parties in Belize
Monarchy in the Commonwealth Realms
Politics of Belize
Politics of Belize
Politics of Belize takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic monarchy, whereby the Prime Minister is the head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the...
Senate of Belize
Senate of Belize
The Senate is one of the chambers of the National Assembly. It has 12 members appointed for a five year term by the Governor General.- Establishment and appointment :Senators are appointed by the Governor General in the following manner:...

People's United Party politicians

Valdemar Castillo
Valdemar Castillo
Valdemar Castillo is a Belizean politician of Spanish blood and a member of the People's United Party. He has been the representative for Corozal North constituency since 1979 and was Minister of Labour, Local Government and the Sugar Industry from 1999 until 2008.He currently serves as the...
Dolores Balderamos-Garcia
Dolores Balderamos-Garcia
Dolores Balderamos-Garcia is a Belizean lawyer, politician, activist, broadcaster and author.As a member of the People's United Party, she served as Belize's Minister of Human Development, Women and Civil Society, where her emphasis was on improving the condition of women and children and bringing...
Ralph Fonseca
Ralph Fonseca
Ralph Henry Fonseca is 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 attorney and city councillor Dean Barrow...
Godfrey Smith
Godfrey Smith
Godfrey Smith is a Belizean politician and a member of the People's United Party . He became Minister of Foreign Affairs, Defence and National Emergency Management Organization in 2003, after receiving his graduate degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in 2002. Previously he had...
John Briceño
John Briceño
Juan Antonio Briceño, commonly known as "John" or "Johnny" , is a Belizean politician who has been the leader of the People's United Party , as well as the Leader of the Opposition, since 2008. Previously, he was Deputy Prime Minister from 1998 to 2007.-Political career of Briceno:Briceño was born...
Jorge Espat
Jorge Espat
Jorge Espat is a Belizean politician and a member of the People's United Party.- Political career :He was first elected to parliament in 1993. He was reelected in 1998 and became a member of the cabinet until resigning a few years later after alleging corruption within his own party...
Jose Coye
Jose Coye
Jose Coye is a Belizean politician and a member of the People's United Party . He trained as a Chartered Accountant and worked as a customs officer before going into politics....
Marcial Mes
Marcial Mes
Marcial Mes is a Belizean politician and a member of the People's United Party. He was elected to parliament in 1998, representing the Toledo West constituency....
Maxwell Samuels
Maxwell Samuels
Maxwell Ewing Samuels is a Belizean politician and a member of the People's United Party. He represents the Belize Rural North constituency of Belize District in the House of Representatives of Belize....

Prime Ministers

List of Prime Ministers of Belize
Manuel Esquivel
Manuel Esquivel
Sir Manuel Esquivel, KCMG, PC is a Belizean politician. As leader of the United Democratic Party, he served as Prime Minister from 1984 to 1989, and then again from 1993 to 1998.-Biography:...
Said Musa
Said Musa
Said Wilbert Musa is a Belizean lawyer and politician. He was the Prime Minister of Belize from August 28, 1998 to February 8, 2008.-Early life and education:Said Musa was born in San Ignacio, Cayo District, Belize...
George Cadle Price
George Cadle Price
George Cadle Price PC was the first Prime Minister of Belize and is considered to have been one of the principal architects of the country's independence, and is today referred to by many as "the Father of the Nation"....

Political parties

Democratic and Agricultural Labour Party (DALP)
Honduran Independence Party (HIP)
List of political parties in Belize
National Alliance for Belizean Rights (NABR)
National Independence Party (Belize)
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 formation of the new United Democratic Party in...

(NIP)
National Party (Belize) (NP)
National Reform Party (NRP)
People's United Party
People's United Party
The People's United Party is one of two major political parties in Belize, and currently the main opposition party. It is a Christian Democratic party; the current Party Leader is Francis Fonseca....

United Black Association for Development (UBAD)
United Democratic Party (Belize)
United Democratic Party (Belize)
The United Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties in Belize, and currently the ruling party, having won the 2008 general elections. A centre-right conservative party, it is currently led by Dean Barrow.-Founding:...
Vision Inspired by the People (VIP)
We the People Reform Movement (WTP)

Transport

Transport in Belize
Transport in Belize
- Public transportation :Most Belizeans travel the country using public buses as their primary form of transportation. In the larger towns and cities, such as Belize City or Belmopan, there are bus terminals. In smaller places, there are bus stops. However, the most common way of catching a bus is...
Hummingbird Highway
Hummingbird Highway
The Hummingbird Highway is one of the four major highways in Belize. It connects the Western Highway outside of Belmopan, Cayo District with the Southern Highway outside of Dangriga, Stann Creek District. It partially follows, and sometimes uses the infrastructure of, the former Stann Creek Railway...
Rail transport in Belize
Rail transport in Belize
There is currently no active rail transport in Belize, although there were lines in the past.- Overview :Historically, one of the major railroads in Belize was the Stann Creek Railway used by United Fruit, which connected Middlesex Estate with the port of Dangriga. The railway was narrow gauge,...
Southern Highway
Southern Highway
In Belize, the Southern 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 2007-08. The Southern Highway provides important access to a number of Mayan...

Roads

Western Highway, Belize
Western Highway, Belize
The Western Highway is one of four main highways in Belize. It originates in Belize City, runs west through Hattieville, Belize Zoo, the capital city of Belmopan , San Ignacio Cayo, San José Succotz and terminates at the Guatemalan border at Benque Viejo...
Northern Highway, Belize
Northern Highway, Belize
The Northern Highway in Belize joins Belize City through Orange Walk Town and Corozal Town with the Mexican border at the state of Quintana Roo. Crude side-roads suitable only for over-land vehicles connect to such localities as Aguas Turbias, on the corner where Belize, Mexico and Guatemala...
Hummingbird Highway
Hummingbird Highway
The Hummingbird Highway is one of the four major highways in Belize. It connects the Western Highway outside of Belmopan, Cayo District with the Southern Highway outside of Dangriga, Stann Creek District. It partially follows, and sometimes uses the infrastructure of, the former Stann Creek Railway...
Southern Highway
Southern Highway
In Belize, the Southern 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 2007-08. The Southern Highway provides important access to a number of Mayan...

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.bz
.bz is the Internet country code top-level domain for Belize. It is administered by the University of Belize.At one point, .bz domains were being marketed by an American company as standing for "business", and that company took legal action against ICANN in an attempt to block the .biz domain as...
Abdulai Conteh
Abdulai Conteh
Dr Abdulai Osman Conteh is a lawyer and politician from Sierra Leone.-Early life and education:Dr. Conteh graduated with LLB from King's College London where he won the Harold Porter Prize for Land Law in 1968, and subsequently continued his education at King's College, Cambridge...
Andy Palacio
Andy Palacio
Andy Vivian Palacio was a Belizean Punta musician and government official. He was also a leading activist for the Garínagu and their culture.-Biography:...
Antonio Soberanis Gómez
Antonio Soberanis Gómez
Antonio Soberanis Gómez was a Belizean labour activist, regarded as the father of the Belizean labour movement. He founded the Labourers and Unemployed Association in 1934 to demand poverty relief work and a minimum wage...
Baron Bliss
Baron Bliss
Henry Edward Ernest Victor Bliss, commonly known as Baron Bliss , was a British-born traveller who willed some two million U.S...
Battlefield Park
Battlefield Park
Battlefield Park is a park in the center of Belize City, Belize. The park has served as the preferred meeting place of Belize's inhabitants since 1638. Labour activist Antonio Soberanis Gómez' Labourers and Unemployed Association got its start there, as did the People's United Party and other...
Belize Premier Football League
Belize Premier Football League
The Belize Premier Football League is the premier division of football in Belize sanctioned by the Football Federation of Belize...
Belize at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Belize at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Belize competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.-Athletics:Men's Marathon* Eugene Muslar — 2:51.41 Women's Triple Jump* Althea Gilharry...
Belize at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Belize at the 2000 Summer Olympics
-Athletics:Men's 200 m* Jayson Jones*# Round 1 - 22.20 Women's 100 m* Emma Wade*# Round 1 - 12.25 -References:*...
Belize at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Belize at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Belize was represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. Belize won no medals at the 2006 Games, continuing the no-medal streak, since Belize started competing.-Medals:-Team:*Emma Wade - Women's 200m*Grogory Lovell - Cycling...
Belize dollar
Belize dollar
The Belize dollar is the official currency in Belize, formerly known as British Honduras; is normally abbreviated with the dollar sign $, or alternatively BZ$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies. It is divided into 100 cents...
Belizean Kriol people
Belizean Kriol people
The Belizean Creoles, locally known as Kriols, are Creole descendants of English and Scottish log cutters, as well as Black African slaves brought to Belize. Other small minorities include Creoles and the Miskito from Nicaragua, Jamaicans, and other West Indians who assisted in the logging...
Belmopan United
Belmopan United
Belmopan Blaze is a Belizean football team which competes in the Belize Premier Football League of the Football Federation of Belize. The Team is based in the nation's capital, Belmopan and their home stadiums are Isidoro Beaton Stadium, and FFB Field....
British Honduras
British Honduras
British Honduras was a British colony that is now the independent nation of Belize.First colonised by Spaniards in the 17th century, the territory on the east coast of Central America, south of Mexico, became a British crown colony from 1862 until 1964, when it became self-governing. Belize became...
Brukdown
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 and Trinidadian calypso music; the presence of large numbers...
Carl Ramos Stadium
Carl Ramos Stadium
Carl Ramos Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Dangriga, Belize. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium to Griga United in the Belize Premier Football League of the Football Federation of Belize....
Centaur Cable Network
Centaur Cable Network
Centaur Cable Network, Channel 3, is a television station and multimedia company operating from Orange Walk District, Belize, since 1989.Centaur Cable is the North's most popular cable company, and City-based Channel 5 and Channel 7 often rely on CTV for news from the North.- Companies associated...
Chito Martinez
Chito Martinez
Chito Martínez was the first player in the history of Major League Baseball to be born in the country of Belize.Martínez, born in Belize City, spent parts of three seasons with the Baltimore Orioles, hitting 13 home runs in his rookie season, 1991 and posting a slugging percentage of .514 in 216...
Christian Workers' Union
Christian Workers' Union
The Christian Workers' Union is a trade union in Belize. It was founded in 1963. As of 2006, CWU claimed a membership of 2,500. It was a member of the International Trade Union Confederation, but withdrew in November 2009....
Chumba
Coat of arms of Belize
Coat of arms of Belize
The Coat of Arms of Belize was adopted upon independence, and is only slightly different from the coat of arms used when Belize was a British colony....
Communications in Belize
Communications in Belize
Communications in BelizeThis article discusses facts regarding communication in Belize.Telephones - main lines in use: 33,900 country comparison to the world: 176Telephones - mobile cellular: 118,300...
Dausuva
Dausuva
Dausuva , also known as Atsarginė Lietuva and Žalioji Atžala , is the name of a geopolitical project by Lithuanian thinker Kazys Pakštas to create a Lithuanian colony in a geopolitically safe area...
Elijio Panti
Elijio Panti
Don Elijio Panti was a Belizean traditional healer who used Mayan herbal medical techniques.-Life:Don Elijio was heir to generations of knowledge about traditional healing and spent his life in service to others...
Elmira Minita Gordon
Elmira Minita Gordon
Dame Elmira Minita Gordon, GCMG, GCVO was Governor-General of Belize from its independence in 1981 to 1993. She was the first woman in a Commonwealth Realm to assume the position of Governor General. As Governor General she also held the title of Patron to the Scout Association of Belize and the...
Emma Wade
Emma Wade
Emma Warden is a Belizean sprinter, born in 1980. 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.- External links :*...
Evan X Hyde
Evan X Hyde
Evan Anthony Hyde is a writer and journalist. He publishes and writes for the nation's largest newspaper, the Amandala, as well as oversee its subsidiaries, KREM Radio and Krem Television...
FM 2000
FM 2000
FM 2000 was a Belizean radio station which operated from 1994 to 2006 in Belize City, Belize and was owned by Gerald Garbutt. Its primary signal was 90.5 FM and secondary signal 102.9 FM.-History:...
Flag of Belize
Flag of Belize
The flag of Belize is a continued version of the earlier flag of British Honduras .British Honduras obtained a coat of arms on January 28, 1907, which formed the basis of the badge used on British ensigns. The coat of arms recalls the logging industry that first led to British settlement there...
Football Federation of Belize
Football Federation of Belize
The Football Federation of Belize , formerly known as the Belize National Football Association and founded in 1980, is the governing body of football in Belize. It has been a member of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , CONCACAF and Union Centroamericana de Fútbol in 1986.-...
Francis Reneau
Francis Reneau
Francis Reneau is a pianist and composer from Belize. In 1994 he was commissioned by the government to produce a representative compilation of Belizean music, and in 2001 he was awarded an MBE for services to music....
General Workers' Union (Belize)
General Workers' Union (Belize)
British Honduras Workers and Tradesmen's Union, the first central trade union organization in Belize. Founded in 1939 by Antonio Soberanis Gómez. Registered as a legal trade union in 1943. Shortly thereafter it changed its name to General Workers Union....
Gerald Rhaburn
Gerald Rhaburn
Gerald "Lord" Rhaburn is a Belizean calypso, soca, reggae and brukdown musician. He became famous when performing with the Lord Rhaburn Combo in the 1970s and 1980s.Rhaburn has toured frequently abroad promoting Belizean music....
Godfrey Smith
Godfrey Smith
Godfrey Smith is a Belizean politician and a member of the People's United Party . He became Minister of Foreign Affairs, Defence and National Emergency Management Organization in 2003, after receiving his graduate degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in 2002. Previously he had...
Griga United
Griga United
Griga United is a Belizean football team based in Dangriga in Belize. The club was founded in 1994 as the Dangriga Jaguars and is owned by Timothy Flores...
Hankook Verdes
Hankook Verdes
Hankook Verdes are a Belize association football club which competes in the Belize Premier Football League. They are based in Benque Viejo del Carmen, a town situated on the border of Guatemala. The club was established in 1976 as Real Verdes Football Club and changed their name to Hankook Verdes...
High Temple, Lamanai
High Temple, Lamanai
The High Temple is an ancient Mayan temple at the Lamanai archaeological site in Orange Walk District, Belize.The High Temple's highest exposed height of can be climbed in the presence of a tour guide. The view from the top allows the climber to see over the jungle and to see a large portion of...
Holy Redeemer Primary School
Holy Redeemer Primary School
Holy Redeemer Primary School is a primary school in Belize City, Belize.Noted alumni include George Price, first prime minister of Belize, and politician Jorge Espat, former Minister of National Security and Economic Development. It is one of the largest schools in Belize since 1869....
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Isidro Belton Stadium
Isidro Belton Stadium
Isidoro Beaton Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Belmopan, Belize. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium to Belmopan Blaze and Builders Hardware Bandits. It is also the home stadium to Belmopan Blaze in the Belize Premier Football League of the Football...
Islam in Belize
Islam in Belize
The statistics for Islam in Belize estimate a total Muslim population of 2,794, representing 1 percent of the total population. The Muslim community is led by the Islamic Mission of Belize headquartered in Belize City.-Sources:...
Jarbi Alvarez
Jarbi Alvarez
Jarbi Álvarez is a Belizean professional football defender. He currently plays for the Guatemalan lower league side CSD Sayaxche.-International career:...
John Avery (journalist)
John Avery (journalist)
-Life:In 2005 he became the editor of the Guardian newspaper, the chief media organ of Belize's United Democratic Party. Avery is responsible for the weekly editorial and assorted columns in the newspaper, published on Thursdays....
Juventus (Belize)
Juventus (Belize)
Juventus is a Belizean football team which currently competes in the Belize Premier Football League of the Football Federation of Belize.The Team is based in Orange Walk. Their home stadium is Orange Walk People's Stadium.-Achievements:...
Kremandala
Kremandala
Kremandala is a Belizian football team which currently competes in the Belize Premier Football League of the Football Federation of Belize.The club based in San Ignacio Cayo in the Cayo District. The team's home stadium is Norman Broaster Stadium....
Kulture Yabra FC
Kulture Yabra FC
Kulture Yabra FC was established as Yabra Sporting Club in 1974 and are the former three time champions of the Belize Premier Football League of the Football Federation of Belize...
Languages of Belize
Languages of Belize
English is the official language of Belize, a former British colony. Although only 4 percent of the population speaks it as their first language, a majority speak English very well.Kriol is spoken as the first language of 33 percent of Belizeans...
Las Cuevas
Leroy Young
Leroy Young
Leroy Young, , otherwise known as "The Grandmaster", is a Belizean dub poet.- Biography and arts career :...
List of endemic species of Belize
List of people on stamps of Belize
Manuel Esquivel
Manuel Esquivel
Sir Manuel Esquivel, KCMG, PC is a Belizean politician. As leader of the United Democratic Party, he served as Prime Minister from 1984 to 1989, and then again from 1993 to 1998.-Biography:...
Marion Jones Sports Complex
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...
Maya ruins of Belize
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 occupied from the Preclassic until and after the...
Michael Ashcroft Stadium
Michael Ashcroft Stadium
Michael Ashcroft Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Independence Village, 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 of the Football Federation of Belize.The stadium holds 2,000...
Military of Belize
Military of Belize
The Belize Defence Force is the military of Belize, and is responsible for protecting the sovereignty of Belize The BDF, along with the National Forensic Science Service, the National Coast Guard, and the Immigration Department, is a department of the Ministry of National Security, which is...
Milt Palacio
Milt Palacio
Milton Sigmund Palacio , referred to as Milt Palacio, is a Belizean American professional basketball player. He currently plays with the pro club Obradoiro CAB in Spain. He was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, to Belizean parents and is a Belizean citizen.-College career:Palacio attended...
Misuse of Drugs Act (Belize)
Misuse of Drugs Act (Belize)
The Misuse of Drugs Act is a national drug control law of Belize that divides drugs into three classes. There does not seem to be any mechanism for adding, removing, or transferring drugs between classes without amending the statute...
National Alliance for Belizean Rights (NABR)
National Alliance for Belizean Rights (NABR)
-Formation:In September 1991, Guatemala, after nearly two centuries of denying the right of Belize to exist, seemed to recognize Belize as a sovereign nation. As part of the new harmony between the nations, a draft Maritime Areas Bill was introduced in the House in November 1991, limiting Belize's...
National Assembly of Belize
National Assembly of Belize
The National Assembly of is the bicameral legislature of Belize. It is divided into the House of Representatives, with 29 members, and the Senate, with 13 members.- History :...
National Independence Party (Belize)
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 formation of the new United Democratic Party in...
National Trade Union Congress of Belize
National Trade Union Congress of Belize
The National Trade Union Congress of Belize is a central trade union federation representing the majority of workers in Belize. The NTUCB is affiliated to the International Trade Union Confederation. It is an umbrella organization for seven unions in Belize...
New Site Erei
New Site Erei
New Site Erei was a Belizean football team competing in the Belize Premier Football League of the Football Federation of Belize.The Team was based in Dangriga. Their home stadium is Carl Ramos Stadium.-Achievements:*Belize Premier League: 3 ...
Norman Broaster Stadium
Norman Broaster Stadium
Norman Broaster Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in San Ignacio, Belize. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium to Belize Defence Force in the Belize Premier Football League of the Football Federation of Belize....
Orange Walk People's Stadium
Orange Walk People's Stadium
Orange Walk People's Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Orange Walk, Belize. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium to San Felipe Barcelona in the Belize Premier Football League of the Football Federation of Belize as well as horse racing and tennis...
Paul Nabor
Paul Nabor
Paul Nabor is a paranda musician from Punta Gorda, southern Belize. His music is included on the showcase album Paranda on Stonetree Records. On a 2004 visit to Tegucigalpa, Honduras, he was declared a distinguished guest of the city....
Philip Wright (bishop)
Q'eqchi
Q'eqchi
The Q'eqchi' language, also spelled Kekchi, is one of the Mayan languages, natively spoken within Q'eqchi' communities in Guatemala and Belize. In Guatemala, Q'eqchi' is spoken in the departments of Alta Verapaz, Petén, Izabal, Baja Verapaz, and El Quiché...
RSV Media Center
RSV Media Center
- History :The Center has been headed by Rene Villanueva Sr. for all of its existence. RSV Limited is the Parent Company of Belize's largest Radio Station LOVE FM. LOVE FM is the only Nationwide broadcasting system in Belize. It operates repeaters in every district town of Belize. It was...
Rail transport in Belize
Rail transport in Belize
There is currently no active rail transport in Belize, although there were lines in the past.- Overview :Historically, one of the major railroads in Belize was the Stann Creek Railway used by United Fruit, which connected Middlesex Estate with the port of Dangriga. The railway was narrow gauge,...
Roman Catholicism in Belize
Roman Catholicism in Belize
The Roman Catholic Church in Belize is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and Curia in Rome. Bishops in Belize are members of the Antilles Episcopal Conference....
Rudolph Flowers
Rudolph Flowers
Rudolph Flowers is a Belizean soccer player who plays in the position of forward.-Club career:In the 2002-3 season he played for Juventus FC of Orange Walk, Belize, and scored eight goals, making him the leading scorer of that season....
Said Musa
Said Musa
Said Wilbert Musa is a Belizean lawyer and politician. He was the Prime Minister of Belize from August 28, 1998 to February 8, 2008.-Early life and education:Said Musa was born in San Ignacio, Cayo District, Belize...
Saint Andrew's Primary School
Saint Andrew's Primary School
Saint Andrew's Primary School is a primary school in San Ignacio, Belize.Noted alumni include Prime Minister Said Musa ....
Samuel Alfred Haynes
Samuel Alfred Haynes
Samuel Haynes was an African Caribbean Belizean soldier, activist and poet. He was a leader of the 1919 riot by Belizean soldiers who had fought for Great Britain in World War I and refused to accept racial discrimination at home...
San Pedro Seahawks
San Pedro Seahawks
The San Pedro Seahawks, formerly the Turquoise, are a professional football team in Belize based in Belize City. They currently play in and have won the BPFL which is the Belize Premier league. Players include defender Jarbi Alvarez, who represents the country nationally....
Sarstoon River
Sarstoon River
Sarstoon River is a river in the Toledo District of Belize. It forms the country's southern boundary with Guatemala.The river's sources are located in neighbouring Guatemala, where it is known by its Spanish name, Río Sarstún. It flows through the Guatemalan departments of Alta Verapaz and Izabal...
Selwyn Walford Young
Selwyn Walford Young
Selwyn Walford Young , usually known as Walford Young, was a Belizean musician and composer. Among his most famous compositions is Belize's national anthem, "Land of the Free", accompanying lyrics written by Samuel Haynes.- See also :...
Senate of Belize
Senate of Belize
The Senate is one of the chambers of the National Assembly. It has 12 members appointed for a five year term by the Governor General.- Establishment and appointment :Senators are appointed by the Governor General in the following manner:...
Shane Moody-Orio
Shane Moody-Orio
Shane Moody-Orio is a Belizean football goalkeeper, who plays for C.D. Marathón in the Honduras First division.-Club career:After playing for several teams in his native Belize, Moody joined Costa Rican side Puntarenas in 2005....
Southern Highway
Southern Highway
In Belize, the Southern 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 2007-08. The Southern Highway provides important access to a number of Mayan...
St. John Vianney Roman Catholic Primary School
St. John Vianney Roman Catholic Primary School
St. John Vianney Roman Catholic Primary School is a school in Port Loyola, Belize, established in 1987. In 2005 it had 650 students and had launched a fundraising drive, hoping to raise 600,000 dollars to relieve overcrowding....
Stanley Reneau
Stanley Reneau
Stanley Reneau is a Belizean professional football goalkeeper. He is currently the second choice goalie for the Belize national football team. he has played as first choice keeper for Griga United based in Dangriga since 2001.-External links:...
The Reporter (Belize)
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...
Tropic Air
Tropic Air
Founded in 1979 by John Greif III with just a single airplane and two employees, Tropic has steadilygrown to become the largest and most experienced airline in Belize...
Tropical Vision Limited
Tropical Vision Limited
Tropical Vision Limited, or as it is locally known, Channel 7, is a Belize City based television station operating since 1981.Its Managing Director is Nestor Vasquez.- Schedule :Weekdays...
United General Workers Union
United General Workers Union
United General Workers Union, a central trade union organization in Belize. Founded in 1979 through the merger of Belize General Development Workers' Union and the Southern Christian Union. During the 1980s UGWU was seen as the most leftist trade union organization in the country....
WAVE Radio
WAVE Radio
WAVE Radio, a Belize City radio station operating since 1998, is the radio arm of the United Democratic Party . It is located at the corner of Ebony Street and the Belchina Bridge entrance, at the UDP Headquarters.- History :...
Wagiya
Wagiya
Wagiya F.C. is a Belizian football team which currently competes in the Belize Premier Football League of the Football Federation of Belize.The team is based in Dangriga. Their home stadium is the Carl Ramos Stadium.-Current squad:...
Walter Lewis
Western Highway, Belize
Western Highway, Belize
The Western Highway is one of four main highways in Belize. It originates in Belize City, runs west through Hattieville, Belize Zoo, the capital city of Belmopan , San Ignacio Cayo, San José Succotz and terminates at the Guatemalan border at Benque Viejo...
Wilfred Peters
Wilfred Peters
Wilfred Peters, MBE was a Belizean accordionist and band leader, known as the "King of Brukdown". He toured Europe and North America with his band, the Boom & Chime Band, and was awarded an MBE by Queen Elizabeth in 1997 for his cultural contributions.A Belizean national icon Mr. Peters was one of...
Zee Edgell
Zee Edgell
Zelma I. Edgell, better known as Zee Edgell, MBE, is a writer. She has had four of her novels published. She is an associate professor of English at Kent State University.-Biography:...

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