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General

* Coat of arms of Belize * Demographics of Belize *
Flag of Belize The flag of Belize was adopted on 21 September 1981, the day Belize became independent. It consists of the Coat of Arms on a blue field with red stripes at the top and bottom. British Honduras obtained a coat of arms on 28 January 1907, which ...
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Foreign relations of Belize Belize maintains 14 embassies to foreign countries, one consulate, and three missions to international organizations. In 1990, Belize became a member of the Organization of American States, and the Commonwealth of Nations in 1981. To strengthen i ...
* Great Blue Hole * ISO 3166-2:BZ * Sarstoon River *
The Scout Association of Belize The Scout Association of Belize, a national Scouting organization in Belize was formed in 1987 as a successor to The Scout Association of the United Kingdom's Belize branch. The association became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Mo ...


Buildings and structures


Archaeological sites


Maya sites

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Maya ruins of Belize The Maya ruins of Belize include a number of well-known and historically important pre-Columbian Maya archaeological sites. Belize is considered part of the southern Maya lowlands of the Mesoamerican culture area, and the sites found there were ...
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Actun Tunichil Muknal Actun Tunichil Muknal (the Cave of the Crystal Sepulchre), also known locally as ATM, is a cave in Belize, near San Ignacio, Cayo District, notable as a Maya archaeological site that includes skeletons, ceramics, and stoneware. There are seve ...
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Altun Ha Altun Ha is the name given to the ruins of an ancient Mayan city in Belize, located in the Belize District about north of Belize City and about west of the shore of the Caribbean Sea. The site covers an area of about . Stones from the ruins of ...
* Cahal Pech * Caracol * Cerros *
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 cannot be climbed even in the presence of a tour guide, due to an incident in which a woma ...
* Lamanai * Louisville, Belize *
Lubaantun Lubaantun (pronounced /lubaːnˈtun/; also Lubaantún in Spanish orthography) is a pre-Columbian ruined city of the Maya civilization in southern Belize, Central America. Lubaantun is in Belize's Toledo District, about 42 kilometres (26 mi) n ...
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Mask Temple, Lamanai The Mask Temple (officially known as Lamanai Structure N9-56) 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 at La ...
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Nim Li Punit Nim Li Punit () is a Maya Classic Period site in the Toledo District of the nation of Belize, located 50 kilometres north of the town of Punta Gorda, and directly adjacent to the village of Indian Creek. Nim Li Punit is sometimes known as Big Hat ...
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Xunantunich Xunantunich () is an Ancient Maya archaeological site in western Belize, about 70 miles (110 km) west of Belize City, in the Cayo District. Xunantunich is located atop a ridge above the Mopan River, well within sight of the Guatemala border ...


Houses


Zoos

* Belize Zoo


Cable television stations

* Krem Television * LOVE Belize Television


Communications

* Communications in Belize * Amandala *
.bz .bz is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) 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 ...
Internet country code top-level domain for Belize *
Great Belize Productions {{Short description, Belize-based local production company Great Belize Productions is a Belize-based local production company and the parent company of Great Belize Television (Channel 5). Founding GBP was formed in 1982 as a video making company ...
* Great Belize Television *
KREM FM KREM Radio (call-sign VPM-FM) is a Belize City radio station operating on the F.M. band at 96.5, 91.1 and 101.1 MHz since November 17, 1989. Its headquarters are located at 3304 Partridge Street in Belize City, also the home of the ''Amanda ...
* Krem Television * LOVE Belize Television * LOVE FM *
List of radio stations in Belize The following is a list of Belizean radio stations currently in operation. National (operating in all districts) * Positive Vibes FM (90.5, 102.9 FM) * LOVE FM (95.1, 88.9, 98.1, 98.5 FM) * KREM FM (96.5, 91.1, 101.1 FM) * WAVE Radio (105.9, 99 ...
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RSV Media Center ''RSV Media Center'' is a broadcasting company in Belize established on February 14, 1993. 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 ...
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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. Background The BTL monopoly Prior to Speednet, Belizeans ...
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The Belize Times ''The Belize Times'' is a Belizean newspaper published once a week and the official organ of the People's United Party (PUP). It was established in 1956 and sells for BZ$1 Its offices are located at the PUP's Belize City headquarters at 3 Queen S ...
* The Guardian (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. ''The Reporters tagline is "Independently Servi ...
* Tropical Vision Limited


Media

* Amandala * Centaur Cable Network *
Great Belize Productions {{Short description, Belize-based local production company Great Belize Productions is a Belize-based local production company and the parent company of Great Belize Television (Channel 5). Founding GBP was formed in 1982 as a video making company ...
* Great Belize Television *
KREM FM KREM Radio (call-sign VPM-FM) is a Belize City radio station operating on the F.M. band at 96.5, 91.1 and 101.1 MHz since November 17, 1989. Its headquarters are located at 3304 Partridge Street in Belize City, also the home of the ''Amanda ...
* Krem Television * LOVE FM *
List of radio stations in Belize The following is a list of Belizean radio stations currently in operation. National (operating in all districts) * Positive Vibes FM (90.5, 102.9 FM) * LOVE FM (95.1, 88.9, 98.1, 98.5 FM) * KREM FM (96.5, 91.1, 101.1 FM) * WAVE Radio (105.9, 99 ...
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RSV Media Center ''RSV Media Center'' is a broadcasting company in Belize established on February 14, 1993. 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 ...
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The Belize Times ''The Belize Times'' is a Belizean newspaper published once a week and the official organ of the People's United Party (PUP). It was established in 1956 and sells for BZ$1 Its offices are located at the PUP's Belize City headquarters at 3 Queen S ...
* The Guardian (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. ''The Reporters tagline is "Independently Servi ...
* Tropical Vision Limited


Newspapers

* '' Amandala'' * ''
The Belize Times ''The Belize Times'' is a Belizean newspaper published once a week and the official organ of the People's United Party (PUP). It was established in 1956 and sells for BZ$1 Its offices are located at the PUP's Belize City headquarters at 3 Queen S ...
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The Reporter (Belize) ''The Reporter'' is one of the chief newspapers of Belize. It was established in 1967 by publisher Harry Lawrence, who has authored every issue since. It is published weekly and sells for BZ $1.00. ''The Reporters tagline is "Independently Servi ...
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Radio stations

* FM 2000 *
KREM FM KREM Radio (call-sign VPM-FM) is a Belize City radio station operating on the F.M. band at 96.5, 91.1 and 101.1 MHz since November 17, 1989. Its headquarters are located at 3304 Partridge Street in Belize City, also the home of the ''Amanda ...
* LOVE FM *
List of radio stations in Belize The following is a list of Belizean radio stations currently in operation. National (operating in all districts) * Positive Vibes FM (90.5, 102.9 FM) * LOVE FM (95.1, 88.9, 98.1, 98.5 FM) * KREM FM (96.5, 91.1, 101.1 FM) * WAVE Radio (105.9, 99 ...
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WAVE Radio : ''For other radio stations which may use "Wave" as a brand name, see Wave (disambiguation).'' WAVE Radio (call-sign VPW-FM), a Belize City radio station operating since 1998, is the radio arm of the United Democratic Party (UDP). It is locat ...


Television stations

* Centaur Cable Network * Great Belize Television * Krem Television * LOVE Belize Television * Template:Television in Belize * Tropical Vision Limited


Conservation


Culture


Music

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Brukdown Brukdown is a genre of Belizean music. Its best-known performer and innovator, Wilfred Peters is regarded as a Belizean national icon. The word ''brukdown'' may come from ''broken down calypso'', referring to the similarities between brukdown a ...
* Garifuna music * Music of Belize * Punta


Garifuna music

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Chumba Chumba is a traditional form of music and dance performed by the Garifuna people in several Central American countries. Like punta (another type of Garifuna music), chumba songs are highly polyrhythmic, but have a slower tempo. The chumba dance i ...
* Garifuna music * Punta rock


=Punta

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Musicians

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Andy Palacio Andy Vivian Palacio (December 2, 1960 – January 19, 2008) was a Belizean punta musician and government official. He was also a leading activist for the Garifuna people and their culture. Biography Palacio was born and raised in the coastal ...
* Gerald Rhaburn *
Leroy Young Leroy Young, (born August 7, 1967 in Belize City, Belize), otherwise known as "The Grandmaster", is a Belizean dub poet. Biography and arts career Young was born to Bernadean Young and attended St. Mary's Primary and the former St. Michael's Co ...
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Paul Nabor Paul Nabor (26 January 1928 – 22 October 2014), born Alfonso Palacio, was a Garifuna singer and musician from Punta Gorda, Belize. He is often credited with popularizing paranda, a style of traditional Garifuna music, and is considered to have ...
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Wilfred Peters Wilfred Peters (Sr.) MBE (April 15, 1931 – June 9, 2010), better known as Mista Peetaz, was and will always be the King of Brukdown Music (Brukdong Myoozik in Belize Creole) in Belize. He was a pioneer of the music of Belize's Creole (Kriol) pe ...
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Francis Reneau Francis Reneau (or Frankie 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 Mbe may refer to: * Mbé, a tow ...
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Shyne Moses Michael Levi Barrow (born Jamal Michael Barrow, best known by his stage name Shyne; November 8, 1978) is a Belizean rapper and politician.
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Colville Young Sir Colville Norbert Young (born 20 November 1932) is a Belizeans, Belizean politician who served as the 2nd Governor-General of Belize. He is also a patron of the Scouting, Scout Association of Belize. He was appointed as the Governor-General ...
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Selwyn Walford Young Selwyn Walford Young (February 25, 1899 – 1977), usually known as ''Walford Young'', was a Belizean musician and composer. Among his most famous compositions is the music to Belize's national anthem, " Land of the Free". Life and Career He ...
* Yung Fresh


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Francis Reneau Francis Reneau (or Frankie 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 Mbe may refer to: * Mbé, a tow ...
* Errollyn Wallen *
Colville Young Sir Colville Norbert Young (born 20 November 1932) is a Belizeans, Belizean politician who served as the 2nd Governor-General of Belize. He is also a patron of the Scouting, Scout Association of Belize. He was appointed as the Governor-General ...
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Selwyn Walford Young Selwyn Walford Young (February 25, 1899 – 1977), usually known as ''Walford Young'', was a Belizean musician and composer. Among his most famous compositions is the music to Belize's national anthem, " Land of the Free". Life and Career He ...


Sport

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Belize Premier Football League The Belize Premier Football League (BPFL) (Caribbean Motors Cup) was the premier division of association football in Belize sanctioned by the Football Federation of Belize. The league disbanded in 2011 after the merger with the Super League o ...
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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. Team *Emma Wade - Women's 200m *Grogory Lovell - Cycling *Ian Smith - Cyc ...
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Cross Country Cycling Classic The Holy Saturday Cross Country Cycling Classic is a one-day amateur cycling race held in Belize every year during the Easter holidays. It is Belize's biggest cycling event and has begun to be recognized internationally. Format of the race The rac ...
* Football Federation of Belize


Football

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Belize Premier Football League The Belize Premier Football League (BPFL) (Caribbean Motors Cup) was the premier division of association football in Belize sanctioned by the Football Federation of Belize. The league disbanded in 2011 after the merger with the Super League o ...
* Belize national football team *
Belmopan United Belmopan Blaze is a Belizean football team which competes in the Belize Premier Football League (BPFL) of the Football Federation of Belize. The Team is based in the nation's capital, Belmopan Belmopan () is the capital city of Belize. Its pop ...
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Boca F.C. Boca F.C. is a former Belizean football team that competed in the Belize Premier Football League (BPFL) of the Football Federation of Belize. The team was based in Independence Village. Their home stadium was Michael Ashcroft Stadium. They h ...
* Football Federation of Belize *
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 founded by Timothy Flores and co owner Frank Castillo. The team play at the Carl Ramos Stadium The Premier L ...
* Hankook Verdes *
Juventus (Belize) Juventus F.C. was a Belizean football team, based in Orange Walk, which currently competes in the Belize Premier Football League (BPFL) of the Football Federation of Belize. Their home stadium is Orange Walk People's Stadium. Achievements T ...
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Kremandala Kremandala is a Belizean football team which currently competes in the Belize Premier Football League (BPFL) of the Football Federation of Belize. The club based in San Ignacio Cayo San Ignacio and Santa Elena are towns in western Belize. San ...
* Kulture Yabra FC * New Site Erei *
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 Belize Premier Football League, which was formerly the top tier league in the country. Players ...
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Wagiya The Premier League of Belize is the highest competitive football league in Belize. It was founded on 28 December 2011 after the merger between the Belize Premier Football League and the Super League of Belize. History The formation of the lea ...


=Footballers

= * Jarbi Alvarez *
Rudolph Flowers Rudolph or Rudolf may refer to: People * Rudolph (name), the given name including a list of people with the name Religious figures * Rudolf of Fulda (died 865), 9th century monk, writer and theologian * Rudolf von Habsburg-Lothringen (1788 ...
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Stanley Reneau Stanley Reneau (born February 5, 1968) is a Belizean former professional football goalkeeper. He played as for Griga United based in Dangriga Dangriga, formerly known as Stann Creek Town, is a town in southern Belize, located on the Caribbe ...
* Shane Moody-Orio


=Football venues

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Carl Ramos Stadium The Premier League of Belize is the highest competitive football league in Belize. It was founded on 28 December 2011 after the merger between the Belize Premier Football League and the Super League of Belize. History The formation of the lea ...
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Isidoro Beaton Stadium Isidoro Beaton Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Belmopan, Belize. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of the Belizean football clubs Belmopan Blaze and Belmopan Bandits. The stadium is able to hold 2,500 people. ...
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Michael Ashcroft Stadium Michael Ashcroft Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Independence, Belize. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was the home stadium to Boca F.C. and Sagitun Football Club in the Belize Premier Football League (BPFL) of the Fo ...
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Norman Broaster Stadium Norman Broaster Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in San Ignacio, Cayo, Belize. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium to Verdes FC in the Premier League of Belize (PLB) of the Football Federation of Belize ...
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Orange Walk People's Stadium Orange Walk People's Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Orange Walk, Belize Belize (; bzj, Bileez) is a Caribbean and Central American country on the northeastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Carib ...
* MCC Grounds


Belize at the Olympics

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Belize at the 1996 Summer Olympics Belize competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists ...
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Belize at the 2000 Summer Olympics Belize sent a delegation to compete at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia from 15 September to 1 October 2000. This was Belize's eighth appearance at a Summer Olympic Games. The delegation sent by Belize consisted of two track and ...
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Belize at the 2004 Summer Olympics Belize sent a delegation to compete at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13–29 August 2004. This was the Central American country's ninth appearance at a Summer Olympic Games. The delegation consisted of two track and field a ...


Economy

* Economy of Belize * Belize dollar


Airlines

* Maya Airways * Maya Island Air * Tropic Air


Companies

* Maya Island Air * Tropic Air


RSV Media Center

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RSV Media Center ''RSV Media Center'' is a broadcasting company in Belize established on February 14, 1993. 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 Belize Television * LOVE FM


Trade unions

* Public Service Union * Belize National Teachers Union *
Christian Workers' Union The Christian Workers' Union is a trade union in Belize. The union was founded in 1962 by Nicholas Pollard, bringing together former members of the Christian Democratic Union (Belize), Christian Democratic Union based in Belize City. In Septembe ...
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General Workers' Union (Belize) British Honduras Workers and Tradesmen's Union, the first central trade union organization in the Central American country Belize. Founded in 1939 by Antonio Soberanis Gómez Antonio Soberanis Gómez ( – ) was an activist in the Belizean lab ...
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National Trade Union Congress of Belize The National Trade Union Congress of Belize is a central trade union representing workers in Belize. The NTUCB is affiliated to the International Trade Union Confederation and the Caribbean Congress of Labor. The NTUCB is an umbrella organizatio ...
* United General Workers Union


Education

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


Primary schools

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Grace Primary School Grace may refer to: Places United States * Grace, Idaho, a city * Grace (CTA station), Chicago Transit Authority's Howard Line, Illinois * Little Goose Creek (Kentucky), location of Grace post office * Grace, Carroll County, Missouri, an uninco ...
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Holy Redeemer Primary School Holy Redeemer Primary School is a Catholic, parish primary school located in the heart of Belize City, Belize. History Located at the Cathedral parish in Belize City, it began operation in 1869. In 1883 the Sisters of Mercy arrived in Belize and m ...
* Saint Andrew's Primary School * St. John Vianney Roman Catholic Primary School *
St. Joseph Primary School ST, St, or St. may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Stanza, in poetry * Suicidal Tendencies, an American heavy metal/hardcore punk band * Star Trek, a science-fiction media franchise * Summa Theologica, a compendium of Catholic philosophy ...
* St. Luke Methodist School * St. Martin Deporres School * St. Mary's Primary School * St. Peter Claver Primary School * Queen Square Primary School *
Trinity Methodist School The Christian doctrine of the Trinity (, from 'threefold') is the central dogma concerning the nature of God in most Christian churches, which defines one God existing in three coequal, coeternal, consubstantial divine persons: God the F ...
* Louisiana Government School *
La Inmaculada Roman Catholic School LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure ...
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Sarteneja Sarteneja is the largest fishing community and the second largest village in Belize. It recorded a population of 3,500 according to a 2016 estimate. The name ''Sarteneja'' is a Castilian distortion of its original Mayan name ''Tza-ten-a-ha'', whic ...
Nazarene Primary School


High schools

* Belmopan Comprehensive High School *
Canaan High School Canaan (; Phoenician language, Phoenician: 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍 – ; he, כְּנַעַן – , in pausa – ; grc-bib, Χανααν – ;The current scholarly edition of the Septuagint, Greek Old Testament spells the word without any accents, c ...
* Edward P. Yorke High School * Gwen Liz High School * Palotti High School * St. Catherine's Academy * St. John's College *
St. Michael's High School St. Michael's High School is a private Catholic junior/senior high school located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It is privately run under the auspices of the international Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, better known as the De ...
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Wesley College, Belize Wesley College is a public coeducational high school located in Yarborough area of Belize City, Belize Belize (; bzj, Bileez) is a Caribbean and Central American country on the northeastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mex ...
* San Pedro High School * Muffles College High school *
Technical High school Technical may refer to: * Technical (vehicle), an improvised fighting vehicle * Technical analysis, a discipline for forecasting the future direction of prices through the study of past market data * Technical drawing, showing how something is co ...
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Bishop Martin High School Bishop Martin High School (BMHS) is a diocesan Roman Catholic high school located in Orange Walk Town, Belize. History BMHS was established on September 2, 2002, by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Belize City-Belmopan, under Bishop Osmond P. Martin ...
* New Hope High School * Our Lady of Mount Carmel High School * Mopan Technical High School * Corozal Community College * Sacred Heart College (Belize) * Sarteneja Baptist High school *
Our Lady of Guadalupe High School Our or OUR may refer to: * The possessive form of " we" * Our (river), in Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany * Our, Belgium, a village in Belgium * Our, Jura, a commune in France * Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR), a government utility regulato ...


Universities and colleges

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Muffles Junior College Muffles Junior College is a Catholic junior university college, located in Orange Walk District, Belize. Established in 1954 by the Society of Jesus, the college has been administered by the Sisters of Mercy since 1967. History In 1954 Jesuit Fr. ...
* St. John's College Junior College *
Sacred Heart Junior College Sacred Heart Junior College was established in 1999 to offer tertiary-level education opportunities in the Cayo District, Belize. When it was first established, it offered Network Administration, International Business, Biology, Environmental Sci ...
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Belize Adventist Junior College Belize Adventist Junior College is a Christian Junior college in the Calcutta Village of the Corozal District in Belize. The Belize Adventist Junior College provides students with an education in a Christian setting. It is a part of the Seven ...
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Stann Creek Ecumenical Junior College Stann Creek Ecumenical Junior College is a college in Dangriga, Belize. History Stann Creek Ecumenical High School first opened its doors in September 1974. This ended denominational separation in secondary education, for Stann Creek Ecumenical H ...
* Centro Escolar Mexico Junior College *
Corozal Junior College Corozal Junior College is a college in Belize Belize (; bzj, Bileez) is a Caribbean and Central American country on the northeastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatem ...
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Independence Junior College Independence Junior College was established in 2007 to offer tertiary-level education opportunities in Independence Village, Stann Creek District, Belize Belize (; bzj, Bileez) is a Caribbean and Central American country on the northeas ...
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San Pedro Junior College San Pedro Junior College was established in 2000 to offer tertiary-level education opportunities in San Pedro, Belize. The motto for the school is "Anchor In Success". Programs * Business Administration w/c Accounting * Business Management * Gen ...
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University of the West Indies The University of the West Indies (UWI), originally University College of the West Indies, is a public university system established to serve the higher education needs of the residents of 17 English-speaking countries and territories in th ...
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Wesley Junior College Wesley Junior College (WJC) is a Christian college in Belize Belize (; bzj, Bileez) is a Caribbean and Central American country on the northeastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the e ...
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University of Belize The University of Belize (UB) is an English-speaking multi-locational institute for higher education, and the national university of Belize. The institution offers certificates, diplomas, associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, and a graduate degre ...
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Galen University Galen University is an independent university in Belize, Central America, with sustainable development as one of its core values. Its main campus is in Central Farm at mile 64 George Price Highway, in the Cayo District. The university is chartere ...
* Lynam Agricultural College 1953-1971


University

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University of Belize The University of Belize (UB) is an English-speaking multi-locational institute for higher education, and the national university of Belize. The institution offers certificates, diplomas, associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, and a graduate degre ...
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University of the West Indies The University of the West Indies (UWI), originally University College of the West Indies, is a public university system established to serve the higher education needs of the residents of 17 English-speaking countries and territories in th ...
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Galen University Galen University is an independent university in Belize, Central America, with sustainable development as one of its core values. Its main campus is in Central Farm at mile 64 George Price Highway, in the Cayo District. The university is chartere ...


Ethnic groups

* Belizean Kriol people * Garifuna people *
Mestizo (; ; fem. ) is a term used for racial classification to refer to a person of mixed Ethnic groups in Europe, European and Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous American ancestry. In certain regions such as Latin America, it may also r ...
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Maya peoples The Maya peoples () are an ethnolinguistic group of Indigenous peoples of the Americas, indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica. The ancient Maya civilization was formed by members of this group, and today's Maya are generally descended from people ...
* German Mennonites * East Indian *
Asians Asian people (or Asians, sometimes referred to as Asiatic people)United States National Library of Medicine. Medical Subject Headings. 2004. November 17, 200Nlm.nih.gov: ''Asian Continental Ancestry Group'' is also used for categorical purpos ...
* Lebanese


Fauna

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Agkistrodon bilineatus :Common names: ''cantil, Mexican cantil, Mexican ground pit viper, Gloyd HK, Conant R. 1990. ''Snakes of the Agkistrodon Complex: A Monographic Review''. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. 614 pp. 52 plates. LCCN 89-50342. . canti ...
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Great curassow The great curassow (''Crax rubra'') is a large, pheasant-like bird from the Neotropical rainforests, its range extending from eastern Mexico, through Central America to western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. Male birds are black with curly cr ...
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Jaguar The jaguar (''Panthera onca'') is a large cat species and the only living member of the genus '' Panthera'' native to the Americas. With a body length of up to and a weight of up to , it is the largest cat species in the Americas and the th ...
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Jaguarundi The jaguarundi (''Herpailurus yagouaroundi'') is a wild cat native to the Americas. Its range extends from central Argentina in the south to northern Mexico, through Central and South America east of the Andes. The jaguarundi is a medium-sized ...
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Ocelot The ocelot (''Leopardus pardalis'') is a medium-sized spotted wild cat that reaches at the shoulders and weighs between on average. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. Two subspecies are recognized. It is native to the southwes ...
* Plain chachalaca


Flora


Geography

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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 542&nb ...
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Armenia, Belize Armenia is a village in the Cayo District of Belize, along the nation's Hummingbird Highway south of the capitol, Belmopan Belmopan () is the capital city of Belize. Its population in 2010 was 16,451. In addition to being the smallest capital ...
* Belize Barrier Reef *
Big Creek, Belize Big Creek or Cala Grande is a deep-water port facility on the Caribbean Sea in Belize's Toledo District (just south of the boundary with Stann Creek District), constructed in the 1990s. It is the nation's second largest port, after Belize City. Big ...
* Blue Hole (park) * Elridgeville *
Gales Point Gales Point is a village in 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. M ...
* Guanacaste National Park (Belize) * Gulf of Honduras *
Independence and Mango Creek Independence and Mango Creek are adjacent villages in the Stann Creek District of Belize Belize (; bzj, Bileez) is a Caribbean and Central American country on the northeastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the nor ...
* Peini *
Placencia Placencia is a small village located in the Stann Creek District of Belize. History Prior to the European colonization of the Americas, the Placencia Peninsula was inhabited by the Maya. Archaeological evidence suggests that the Maya in this area ...
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Port Loyola Port Loyola is an electoral constituency in the Belize District represented in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belize since 2020 by Gilroy Usher of the People's United Party The People's United Party (PUP) is one o ...
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Ports of Belize There are several ports of Belize through which boats enter. Commercial ports *Port of Big Creek, is a deep water sea port facility in southern Belize. It is situated in Big Creek, Stann Creek District and is primarily used for banana exports. ...
* Roaring Creek *
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 ...
* San Joaquin, Corozal * San José, Orange Walk District *
San Pedro Columbia San Pedro Columbia is a village in Toledo District, Belize, located about two miles from the ancient Maya ruins of Lubaantun. In 2000 San Pedro Columbia had a population of about 700 people. The population is mostly Kekchi Maya with some Mopan ...
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Shipyard, Belize Shipyard, also called Shipyard Colony, is a Mennonite settlement that is also an administrative village in the Orange Walk District of Belize. Shipyard was founded in 1958 by Old Colony Mennonites from Chihuahua and Durango states in Mexico. ...
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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 a ...
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Spanish Lookout Spanish Lookout is a settlement in the Cayo District of Belize in Central America. According to the 2010 census, Spanish Lookout had a population of 2,253 people in 482 households. Spanish Lookout is a community of Mennonites. The Mennonite commu ...
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St. Margret's, Belize St. Margaret (sometimes called 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 The Maya Mountains are a mountain ra ...
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Valley of Peace, Belize Valley of Peace (''Valle de Paz'' in original Spanish) is a village in the Cayo District of Belize that was founded on March 12, 1982. In 2000 Valley of Peace had a population of 1,809 people. The population in 2007 grew to 2,108. Valley of Peac ...


Bays

* Chetumal Bay * Corozal Bay *
Sarteneja Sarteneja is the largest fishing community and the second largest village in Belize. It recorded a population of 3,500 according to a 2016 estimate. The name ''Sarteneja'' is a Castilian distortion of its original Mayan name ''Tza-ten-a-ha'', whic ...
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Caves

* Actun Box Ch'iich' *
Actun Tunichil Muknal Actun Tunichil Muknal (the Cave of the Crystal Sepulchre), also known locally as ATM, is a cave in Belize, near San Ignacio, Cayo District, notable as a Maya archaeological site that includes skeletons, ceramics, and stoneware. There are seve ...


Cities and towns

* Belize City * Belmopan * Benque Viejo del Carmen *
Bullet Tree Falls Bullet Tree Falls is a village located along the Mopan River in Cayo District, Belize. It lies approximately five kilometers (three miles) northwest of San Ignacio. According to the 2010 census, Bullet Tree Falls has a population of 2,124 people i ...
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Burrell Boom Burrell Boom is on the Belize River twenty miles above Belize City, Belize. Tourists pass through this historic village on their way to the Community Baboon Sanctuary, where the population of black howler monkeys has grown to over 2,000. Histor ...
* Carmelita, Belize *
Chunox Chunox is a village located in the Corozal District of Belize, with a population of 1,143 people. It is primarily an agricultural community surrounded by sugar cane fields, and is located on the east bank of Laguna Seca. The official language is ...
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Consejo Consejo is a village in the north of Corozal District, Belize. Consejo is located on a point of land where the bays of Corozal and Chetumal meet. Consejo is about 8 miles (12.9 km) from the district capital of Corozal Town, and across the wate ...
* Corozal Town * Dangriga *
Guinea Grass Town Guinea Grass is a village in the Orange Walk District of the nation of Belize. It is 38 metres (127 feet) above sea level. According to the 2000 census, Guinea Grass had a population of 2,510 people; by 2010 the census figures showed a populat ...
* Hattieville * Hopkins, Belize * Ladyville * Las Cuevas *
Little Belize Little Belize is a colony of conservative Plautdietsch-speaking "Russian" Mennonites, known as "Old Colony Mennonites", in the Corozal District of Belize. It is part of the Corozal South East constituency. Little Belize is located east of Prog ...
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Monkey River Town Monkey River Town (or Monkey River) is a village in the north of the Toledo District of Belize. It is on the Caribbean Sea on the southern shore of the mouth of Belize's Monkey River. In 2011 the estimated population was 200 people. The village ...
* Orange Walk Town * Patchacan *
Progresso, Belize Progreso is a village in the Corozal District of the nation of Belize. Demographics At the time of the 2010 census, Progreso had a population of 1,356. Of these, 87.8% were Mestizo, 4.9% Creole, 1.7% Mixed, 1.6% Mennonite, 1.3% East Indian, 0. ...
* Punta Gorda, Belize * San Antonio, Cayo * San Antonio, Toledo *
San Estevan, Belize San Estevan was the first town in the Orange Walk District of the nation of Belize Belize (; bzj, Bileez) is a Caribbean and Central American country on the northeastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the ...
* San Ignacio Cayo *
San Pablo, Orange Walk San Pablo is a village in the Orange Walk District of the nation of Belize. At the 2000 census the population was 926. The people of the village are mainly of Yucatec Maya(Maya Mestizo) Descent. Most of the villagers of San Pablo speak Spanish in ...
* San Pedro Town *
Toledo Settlement ''Forest Home'' is a town in Belize's Toledo District. Forest Home is located at , at an elevation of 37 meters above sea level. It was originally settled by Caucasian American refugees from the United States who had fled during the American Civi ...
* Trial Farm, Belize * Xaibe *
Sarteneja Sarteneja is the largest fishing community and the second largest village in Belize. It recorded a population of 3,500 according to a 2016 estimate. The name ''Sarteneja'' is a Castilian distortion of its original Mayan name ''Tza-ten-a-ha'', whic ...


Districts

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Districts of Belize Belize is divided into six districts. __NOTOC__ List See also *Constituencies of Belize *List of municipalities in Belize *List of West Indian First-level Subdivisions *ISO 3166-2:BZ *Commonwealth Local Government Forum, Commonwealth Local Go ...
* Belize District *
Cayo District Cayo District is a district located in the west part of Belize. It is the most extensive, second-most populous and third-most densely populated of the six districts of Belize. The district's capital is the town of San Ignacio. Geography Being ...
* Corozal District * Orange Walk 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. Its capital is the town of Dangriga, formerly known as "Stann Creek Town." Stann comes from "stan ...
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Toledo District Toledo District is the southernmost district in Belize, and Punta Gorda is the District capital. It is the second most developed region in the country (according to the Human Development Index (HDI)). The district has a diverse topography whic ...
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Islands District The Islands District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is part of the New Territories. It had a population of 170,900 in 2018. Hong Kong consists of a peninsula and 263 islands. The Islands District consists of some twenty large an ...


Islands

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Islands of Belize The country of Belize has roughly 386 km of coastline, and has many coral reefs, cayes, and islands in the Caribbean Sea. Most of these form the Belize Barrier Reef, the longest in the western hemisphere stemming approximately . The reef and ...
* Ambergris Caye * Caye Caulker *
St. George's Caye St. George's Caye (Spanish: Cayo San Jorge) is an island in the Caribbean Sea, eight miles east of Belize City. It is part of the Belize District of Belize, Central America. The village on the island is also known as St. George's Caye. As of 200 ...


Mountains

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Doyle's Delight Doyle's Delight is the highest peak in Belize at . It lies on the Maya Divide, the main ridge line of the Maya Mountains in southwestern Belize. The name Doyle's Delight was first coined by Sharon Matola in a 1989 report. The name is based on S ...
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Maya Mountains The Maya Mountains are a mountain range located in Belize and eastern Guatemala, in Central America. Etymology The Maya Mountains were known as the ''Cockscomb'' or ''Coxcomb Mountains'' to Baymen and later Belizeans at least until the mid-2 ...
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Victoria Peak (Belize) Victoria Peak within the Maya Mountains is the second highest mountain in Belize. The highest peak in the country, Doyle's Delight, at a height of , is located southwest of Victoria Peak. Victoria Peak is situated in the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife ...


Parks

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Belize Botanic Gardens Belize Botanic Gardens (BBG) is of native and exotic plants growing in the Cayo district of western Belize. The garden is in a valley on the banks of the Macal River, surrounded by the Maya Mountain foothills. The main focus of BBG is encouraging ...
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Chiquibul National Park Chiquibul National Park is Belize's largest national park.Riley, Laura, Riley, William, 2005''Nature's Strongholds: The World's Great Wildlife Reserves'' Princeton University Press, p. 333, . It is in size. The park is located in Belize's Cayo Di ...
* Cockscomb Wildlife Sanctuary * Guanacaste National Park * Hol Chan Marine Reserve


Rivers

* Belize River * Hondo River (Belize) *
Macal River The Macal River is a river running through Cayo District in western Belize. Sites along the river include the ancient Maya civilization, Mayan town of Cahal Pech and the Belize Botanic Gardens. The Macal River discharges to the Belize River. The ...
* Mopan 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 Dangri ...


Subdivisions


Geography stubs

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Actun Tunichil Muknal Actun Tunichil Muknal (the Cave of the Crystal Sepulchre), also known locally as ATM, is a cave in Belize, near San Ignacio, Cayo District, notable as a Maya archaeological site that includes skeletons, ceramics, and stoneware. There are seve ...
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Armenia, Belize Armenia is a village in the Cayo District of Belize, along the nation's Hummingbird Highway south of the capitol, Belmopan Belmopan () is the capital city of Belize. Its population in 2010 was 16,451. In addition to being the smallest capital ...
* Banco Chinchorro *
Belize Botanic Gardens Belize Botanic Gardens (BBG) is of native and exotic plants growing in the Cayo district of western Belize. The garden is in a valley on the banks of the Macal River, surrounded by the Maya Mountain foothills. The main focus of BBG is encouraging ...
* Belize City * Belize District * Belize River * Belize Zoo * Benque Viejo del Carmen *
Big Creek, Belize Big Creek or Cala Grande is a deep-water port facility on the Caribbean Sea in Belize's Toledo District (just south of the boundary with Stann Creek District), constructed in the 1990s. It is the nation's second largest port, after Belize City. Big ...
* Blue Hole (park) * Cahal Pech * Caracol *
Caribbean Lowlands The Caribbean Lowlands are a plains region along eastern areas of Central American nations. The area is usually between mountain ranges and the coastlines of the Caribbean Sea. Geography The lowlands are mainly between the major American Cordille ...
* Carmelita, Belize *
Cayo District Cayo District is a district located in the west part of Belize. It is the most extensive, second-most populous and third-most densely populated of the six districts of Belize. The district's capital is the town of San Ignacio. Geography Being ...
* Chetumal Bay *
Chunox Chunox is a village located in the Corozal District of Belize, with a population of 1,143 people. It is primarily an agricultural community surrounded by sugar cane fields, and is located on the east bank of Laguna Seca. The official language is ...
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Consejo Consejo is a village in the north of Corozal District, Belize. Consejo is located on a point of land where the bays of Corozal and Chetumal meet. Consejo is about 8 miles (12.9 km) from the district capital of Corozal Town, and across the wate ...
* Corozal District * Corozal Town * Dangriga *
Districts of Belize Belize is divided into six districts. __NOTOC__ List See also *Constituencies of Belize *List of municipalities in Belize *List of West Indian First-level Subdivisions *ISO 3166-2:BZ *Commonwealth Local Government Forum, Commonwealth Local Go ...
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Doyle's Delight Doyle's Delight is the highest peak in Belize at . It lies on the Maya Divide, the main ridge line of the Maya Mountains in southwestern Belize. The name Doyle's Delight was first coined by Sharon Matola in a 1989 report. The name is based on S ...
* Elridgeville *
Gales Point Gales Point is a village in 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. M ...
* Great Blue Hole * Guanacaste National Park (Belize) *
Guinea Grass Town Guinea Grass is a village in the Orange Walk District of the nation of Belize. It is 38 metres (127 feet) above sea level. According to the 2000 census, Guinea Grass had a population of 2,510 people; by 2010 the census figures showed a populat ...
* Gulf of Honduras * Hattieville * Hondo River (Belize) * Hopkins, Belize * Hummingbird Highway *
Independence and Mango Creek Independence and Mango Creek are adjacent villages in the Stann Creek District of Belize Belize (; bzj, Bileez) is a Caribbean and Central American country on the northeastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the nor ...
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Islands of Belize The country of Belize has roughly 386 km of coastline, and has many coral reefs, cayes, and islands in the Caribbean Sea. Most of these form the Belize Barrier Reef, the longest in the western hemisphere stemming approximately . The reef and ...
* Ladyville *
Little Belize Little Belize is a colony of conservative Plautdietsch-speaking "Russian" Mennonites, known as "Old Colony Mennonites", in the Corozal District of Belize. It is part of the Corozal South East constituency. Little Belize is located east of Prog ...
* Louisville, Belize *
Macal River The Macal River is a river running through Cayo District in western Belize. Sites along the river include the ancient Maya civilization, Mayan town of Cahal Pech and the Belize Botanic Gardens. The Macal River discharges to the Belize River. The ...
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Maya Mountains The Maya Mountains are a mountain range located in Belize and eastern Guatemala, in Central America. Etymology The Maya Mountains were known as the ''Cockscomb'' or ''Coxcomb Mountains'' to Baymen and later Belizeans at least until the mid-2 ...
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Monkey River Town Monkey River Town (or Monkey River) is a village in the north of the Toledo District of Belize. It is on the Caribbean Sea on the southern shore of the mouth of Belize's Monkey River. In 2011 the estimated population was 200 people. The village ...
* Mopan 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 Dangri ...
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Nim Li Punit Nim Li Punit () is a Maya Classic Period site in the Toledo District of the nation of Belize, located 50 kilometres north of the town of Punta Gorda, and directly adjacent to the village of Indian Creek. Nim Li Punit is sometimes known as Big Hat ...
* Orange Walk District * Orange Walk Town * Patchacan * Peini *
Placencia Placencia is a small village located in the Stann Creek District of Belize. History Prior to the European colonization of the Americas, the Placencia Peninsula was inhabited by the Maya. Archaeological evidence suggests that the Maya in this area ...
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Port Loyola Port Loyola is an electoral constituency in the Belize District represented in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belize since 2020 by Gilroy Usher of the People's United Party The People's United Party (PUP) is one o ...
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Ports of Belize There are several ports of Belize through which boats enter. Commercial ports *Port of Big Creek, is a deep water sea port facility in southern Belize. It is situated in Big Creek, Stann Creek District and is primarily used for banana exports. ...
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Progresso, Belize Progreso is a village in the Corozal District of the nation of Belize. Demographics At the time of the 2010 census, Progreso had a population of 1,356. Of these, 87.8% were Mestizo, 4.9% Creole, 1.7% Mixed, 1.6% Mennonite, 1.3% East Indian, 0. ...
* Punta Gorda, Belize * Roaring Creek *
San Estevan, Belize San Estevan was the first town in the Orange Walk District of the nation of Belize Belize (; bzj, Bileez) is a Caribbean and Central American country on the northeastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the ...
* San Ignacio Cayo * San Joaquin, Corozal * San José, Orange Walk District *
San Pablo, Orange Walk San Pablo is a village in the Orange Walk District of the nation of Belize. At the 2000 census the population was 926. The people of the village are mainly of Yucatec Maya(Maya Mestizo) Descent. Most of the villagers of San Pablo speak Spanish in ...
* San Pedro Town *
Sarteneja Sarteneja is the largest fishing community and the second largest village in Belize. It recorded a population of 3,500 according to a 2016 estimate. The name ''Sarteneja'' is a Castilian distortion of its original Mayan name ''Tza-ten-a-ha'', whic ...
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Shipyard, Belize Shipyard, also called Shipyard Colony, is a Mennonite settlement that is also an administrative village in the Orange Walk District of Belize. Shipyard was founded in 1958 by Old Colony Mennonites from Chihuahua and Durango states in Mexico. ...
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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 a ...
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Spanish Lookout Spanish Lookout is a settlement in the Cayo District of Belize in Central America. According to the 2010 census, Spanish Lookout had a population of 2,253 people in 482 households. Spanish Lookout is a community of Mennonites. The Mennonite commu ...
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St. George's Caye St. George's Caye (Spanish: Cayo San Jorge) is an island in the Caribbean Sea, eight miles east of Belize City. It is part of the Belize District of Belize, Central America. The village on the island is also known as St. George's Caye. As of 200 ...
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St. Margret's, Belize St. Margaret (sometimes called 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 The Maya Mountains are a mountain ra ...
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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. Its capital is the town of Dangriga, formerly known as "Stann Creek Town." Stann comes from "stan ...
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Toledo District Toledo District is the southernmost district in Belize, and Punta Gorda is the District capital. It is the second most developed region in the country (according to the Human Development Index (HDI)). The district has a diverse topography whic ...
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Toledo Settlement ''Forest Home'' is a town in Belize's Toledo District. Forest Home is located at , at an elevation of 37 meters above sea level. It was originally settled by Caucasian American refugees from the United States who had fled during the American Civi ...
* Trial Farm, Belize *
Valley of Peace, Belize Valley of Peace (''Valle de Paz'' in original Spanish) is a village in the Cayo District of Belize that was founded on March 12, 1982. In 2000 Valley of Peace had a population of 1,809 people. The population in 2007 grew to 2,108. Valley of Peac ...
* Xaibe *
Xunantunich Xunantunich () is an Ancient Maya archaeological site in western Belize, about 70 miles (110 km) west of Belize City, in the Cayo District. Xunantunich is located atop a ridge above the Mopan River, well within sight of the Guatemala border ...


Government

* Senate of Belize


Official residences

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


History

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History of Belize The History of Belize dates back thousands of years. The Maya civilization spread into the area of Belize between 1500 BC to 1200 BC and flourished until about 1000 AD. Several Maya ruin sites, including Cahal Pech, Caracol, Lamanai, Lubaantun, ...
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2005 Belize unrest The 2005 protests in Belize are two separate but related incidents of civil unrest in the Central American nation, occurring in January and April. January 2005 budget protests Civil unrest broke out in the capital city of Belmopan in Belize ...
* Battlefield Park * British Honduras * Captaincy General of Guatemala * Guatemalan claim to Belizean territory *
Cross Country Cycling Classic The Holy Saturday Cross Country Cycling Classic is a one-day amateur cycling race held in Belize every year during the Easter holidays. It is Belize's biggest cycling event and has begun to be recognized internationally. Format of the race The rac ...
* Dausuva


Elections

* Belize legislative election, 1974 * Belize legislative election, 1979 *
Belize legislative election, 1984 General elections were held in Belize on 14 December 1984.Nohlen, D (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p104 The result was a victory for the opposition United Democratic Party, which won 21 of the 28 seats. Vot ...
* Belize legislative election, 1989 *
Belize legislative election, 1993 General elections were held in Belize on 30 June 1993.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p104 Although the People's United Party received the most votes, the United Democratic Party–National Allian ...
* Belize legislative election, 1998 * Belize legislative election, 2003 *
Belize municipal election, 2006 A series of local elections were 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. All the councils except Belize City ele ...
* British Honduras legislative election, 1954 * British Honduras legislative election, 1957 *
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 ...
* British Honduras legislative election, 1969 * Elections and Boundaries Commission * Elections and Boundaries Department * Elections in Belize


Municipal elections

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Belize municipal election, 2006 A series of local elections were 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. All the councils except Belize City ele ...


Hurricanes

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1934 Central America Hurricane The 1934 Central America hurricane (called the El Salvador hurricane by meteorologist Ivan Ray Tannehill) was a deadly tropical cyclone during the 1934 Atlantic hurricane season which caused at least 506 fatalities in Central America. Its pe ...
* Hurricane Edith *
Hurricane Francelia Hurricane Francelia was the deadliest hurricane of the 1969 Atlantic hurricane season after causing significant flooding to Central America, especially Belize and Guatemala. The sixth named storm and fourth hurricane of the season, Francelia deve ...
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Hurricane Greta-Olivia A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depend ...
* Hurricane Hattie * Hurricane Iris *
Hurricane Janet Hurricane Janet was the most powerful tropical cyclone of the 1955 Atlantic hurricane season and one of the strongest North Atlantic tropical cyclone, Atlantic hurricanes on record. Janet was also the first named storm to have 1,000 deaths and th ...
* Hurricane Keith


Languages

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Languages of Belize According to the 2010 census, the major languages spoken in Belize include English, Spanish and Kriol, all three spoken by more than 40% of the population. Mayan languages are also spoken in certain areas, as well as German. English is the offic ...
* Belizean Kriol language * Garifuna language * Guatemala-Belize Language Exchange Project * Mopan language * Q'eqchi * Spanish language


People

* :Belizean people * :Roman Catholic bishops in Belize *
Antonio Soberanis Gómez Antonio Soberanis Gómez ( – ) was an activist in the Belizean labour movement. He found the Labour and Unemployed Association in 1934 to demand poverty relief work and a minimum wage. He was jailed for sedition in 1935. Personal life Anto ...
* Michael Ashcroft * John Avery (journalist) *
Baron Bliss Henry Edward Ernest Victor Bliss, 4th Baron Bliss, commonly known as Baron Bliss (16 February 1869 – 9 March 1926), was a British-born traveller who willed nearly two million Belize dollars to a trust fund for the benefit of the citizens of w ...
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Abdulai Conteh Abdulai Osman Conteh (born 5 August 1945) is a lawyer and politician from Sierra Leone. He is a former vice president of Sierra Leone, who served under President Joseph Saidu Momoh before he was ousted by the military junta in 1992. Conteh later ...
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Elijio Panti Don Eligio Panti (1893 – February 4, 1996) was a Guatemala-born Mayan Belizean traditional healer who used Mayan herbal medical techniques. Life Beginning in 1931 he practiced his art of healing in San Antonio, a village of Mopan and Yucat ...
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Thomas Gann Thomas William Francis Gann (13 May 1867 – 24 February 1938) was a medical doctor by profession, but is best remembered for his work as an amateur archaeologist exploring ruins of the Maya civilization. Personal history Thomas Gann was bo ...
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Marion M. Ganey Fr. Marion M. Ganey, S.J., (1904–1984) was a Catholic priest, member of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), and missionary to British Honduras, Central America, from 1937 to 1953, where he was instigator of the credit union and cooperatives movement ...
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Alice Gibson Alice Gibson (3 September 1923 – 16 January 2021) was a chief librarian from Belize active in development of the country's library system. Beginning her career as a social worker, she became interested in fostering libraries throughout the count ...
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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 Decemb ...
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Evan X Hyde Evan Anthony Hyde (better known as Evan X Hyde; born 30 April 1947) is a Belizean writer, journalist, media executive and former politician. He publishes and writes for the nation's largest newspaper, ''Amandala'', and oversees its subsidiaries, ...
* Marion Jones *
Chito Martínez Reyenaldo Ignacio "Chito" Martínez, (born December 19, 1965) is a former Major League Baseball player and the first in MLB history to be born in the country of Belize. Born in Belize City, he spent parts of three seasons (1991 to 1993) with the ...
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Samuel Alfred Haynes Samuel Haynes (1899 - 1971) was a Belizean soldier, activist and poet best known for writing the national anthem of Belize, '' Land of the Free''. Life and career He was a leader of the 1919 riot by Belizean soldiers who had fought in the First ...


People by occupation


Sportspeople


=Athletes

= * Emma Wade


=Basketball players

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


Musicians

* Moses Michael Levi Barrow (born Jamal Michael Barrow; 1978), better known by his stage name Shyne, rapper and politician


Writers

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Evan X Hyde Evan Anthony Hyde (better known as Evan X Hyde; born 30 April 1947) is a Belizean writer, journalist, media executive and former politician. He publishes and writes for the nation's largest newspaper, ''Amandala'', and oversees its subsidiaries, ...
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Colville Young Sir Colville Norbert Young (born 20 November 1932) is a Belizeans, Belizean politician who served as the 2nd Governor-General of Belize. He is also a patron of the Scouting, Scout Association of Belize. He was appointed as the Governor-General ...


=Novelists

= * Zee Edgell *
Colville Young Sir Colville Norbert Young (born 20 November 1932) is a Belizeans, Belizean politician who served as the 2nd Governor-General of Belize. He is also a patron of the Scouting, Scout Association of Belize. He was appointed as the Governor-General ...


=Short story writers

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Colville Young Sir Colville Norbert Young (born 20 November 1932) is a Belizeans, Belizean politician who served as the 2nd Governor-General of Belize. He is also a patron of the Scouting, Scout Association of Belize. He was appointed as the Governor-General ...


=Nurses

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Cleopatra White Cleopatra White (28 June 1898 – 1987) was a Belizean nurse, social worker and community leader. She was the second matron of the Black Cross Nurses Association. She was one of the first formally trained nurses in Belize and was the first rural ...


Politics

* Elections and Boundaries Commission * Elections and Boundaries Department * House of Representatives of Belize *
Leader of the Opposition, Belize The Leader of the Opposition (officially the Leader of His Majesty's Most Loyal 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." ...
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List of political parties in Belize This article lists political parties in the country of Belize. Belize has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties. It is difficult to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party. Political ...
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Politics of Belize Politics of Belize takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic monarchy, whereby King Charles III serves as head of state and the prime minister is the head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power i ...
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Politicians

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Dean Barrow Dean Oliver Barrow, SC PC (born March 2, 1951) is a politician from Belize who served as prime minister of Belize from 2008 until 2020 and as leader of Belize's United Democratic Party. An attorney by profession, Barrow served as Belize's ...
* Moses Michael Levi Barrow (born Jamal Michael Barrow; 1978), better known by his stage name Shyne * Adolfo Lizarraga * Gwendolyn Lizarraga * Said Musa *
Lisa Shoman Lisa Shoman, SC (born 1964) is a Belizean lawyer and politician and the Foreign Minister of Belize from 2007 to 2008. She was previously the Permanent Representative of Belize to the Organisation of American States and served concurrently as A ...
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Valdemar Castillo Valdemar Isidro Castillo (born 22 May 1946, Corozal Town) is a Belizean politician of Mestizo descent and a member of the People's United Party. He was the representative for the Corozal North constituency from 1979 to 2008. He served as Minister ...
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Dolores Balderamos-Garcia Dolores, Spanish for "pain; grief", most commonly refers to: * Our Lady of Sorrows or La Virgen María de los Dolores * Dolores (given name) Dolores may also refer to: Film * ''Dolores'' (2017 film), an American documentary by Peter Bratt * ' ...
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Ralph Fonseca Ralph Henry Fonseca (born 9 August 1949) 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 ci ...
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John Briceño John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ...
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Jorge Espat Jorge Luis Espat (born September 10, 1959) is a Belizean academic and politician. Espat is a former member People's United Party area representative in the Belize House of Representatives. He served on the faculty of St. John's College in Belize ...
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Jose Coye Jose Coye (born 1942) is a Belizean politician and a member of the People's United Party (PUP). He trained as a Chartered Accountant and worked as a customs officer before going into politics. Coye was mayor of Belize City from 1995 until 1998, ...
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Marcial Mes Marcial Mes ( – May 26, 2014) was a Belizean politician and a member of the People's United Party. He was elected to parliament in 1998, representing the Toledo West Toledo West is an electoral constituency in the Toledo District represented in ...
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Maxwell Samuels Maxwell Ewing Samuels (born 18 September 1940 in Belize City) is a Belizean politician and a member of the People's United Party. He represented the Belize Rural North constituency of Belize District in the House of Representatives of Belize from ...


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Manuel Esquivel Sir Manuel Amadeo Esquivel (2 May 1940 – 10 February 2022) was a Belizean politician. As leader of the United Democratic Party, he served as Prime Minister from 1984 to 1989, and then again from 1993 to 1998. His party's victory in 1984 was ...
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Political parties

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List of political parties in Belize This article lists political parties in the country of Belize. Belize has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties. It is difficult to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party. Political ...
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National Alliance for Belizean Rights The National Alliance for Belizean Rights (NABR), formed as the Patriotic Alliance for Territorial Integrity, was a political party in Belize in the 1990s. The party colour was forest green.
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Vision Inspired by the People Vision Inspired by the People (VIP) is a political party established in December 2005 in the Cayo District of Belize. It first contested municipal elections in the capital city of Belmopan on 1 March 2006, receiving 20 percent of votes cast but ...
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We the People Reform Movement The We the People Reform Movement is a Belizean political party established in 2003. Leaders National Coordinator: Hipolito Bautista, Lucilo Teck Participation in local elections It was established sometime in early 2003 and contested its f ...
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Religion


Churches (communities and buildings)

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Holy Redeemer Cathedral Holy Redeemer Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the city of Belize City, Belize. It is canonically the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Belize City-Belmopan. It shares the role with Our Lady of Guadalupe Co-Cathedral in ...
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Port Loyola Calvary Chapel Port Loyola Calvary Chapel is a Calvary Chapel Fellowship in Belize City, Belize Belize (; bzj, Bileez) is a Caribbean and Central American country on the northeastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Cari ...
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Sacred Heart Church, Dangriga Sacred Heart Church, in Dangriga, Belize, is a Roman Catholic Parish (Catholic Church), parish. Early contacts The Garifuna people, Garifuna migrated to the southern shore of Belize in the late 18th century. Their womenfolk cultivated the rich al ...
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St. Andrew's Anglican Church (San Ignacio) Founded in 1905, St. Andrew's Church is an active Anglican congregation located on Burns Avenue in San Ignacio, Belize. History St. Andrew's Church, a part of the Anglican Diocese of Belize, has played an influential role in San Ignacio's ri ...
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St. John's Cathedral (Belize City) The Cathedral Church of St. John the Baptist is the primary cathedral of the Anglican Diocese of Belize. Based in Belize City, Belize, and built from 1812 to 1820 with bricks that had been used as ballast aboard ships, it was the first church to ...
* St. Peter Claver, Punta Gorda U * Unity Presbyterian Church


History

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Belize Evangelical Mennonite Church Belize Evangelical Mennonite Church is a church denomination of the Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches in Belize. History Anabaptist-Mennonite groups began arriving in Belize in the 1950s from Mexico, Canada, and the United States. Hurric ...
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Mennonites in Belize Mennonites in Belize form different religious bodies and come from different ethnic backgrounds. There are groups of Mennonites living in Belize who are quite traditional and conservative (e. g. in Shipyard and Upper Barton Creek), while others ...


Personages

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Salvatore di Pietro Salvatore di Pietro, (15 June 1830 – 23 August 1898) was an Italian Bishop in the Catholic Church. He served as the first Vicar Apostolic of Belize from 1893-1898. He is widely regarded as the most important figure in consolidating the Catholic ...
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Frederick C. Hopkins Frederick Charles Hopkins was an England, English Society of Jesus, Jesuit and Catholic bishop in British Honduras, Central America, at the turn of the 20th century. Missionary bishop Frederick C. Hopkins was born 12 December 1844 in Birmingham, ...
** Bishop Joseph Anthony Murphy ** Bishop William A. Rice ** Bishop
David Francis Hickey David Francis Hickey, S.J. (December 3, 1882 – August 24, 1973) was an American-born bishop of the Catholic Church. He served as the Vicar Apostolic and then the first Bishop of Belize, from 1948 to 1957. Early life Born in St. Louis, Missouri ...
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Robert Louis Hodapp Robert Louis Hodapp, S.J. (October 1, 1910 – October 26, 1989) was an American-born bishop of the Catholic Church. He served as the second Bishop of Belize from 1958-1983. Early life Robert Hodapp was born in Mankato, Minnesota, to George J. ...
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Osmond P. Martin Osmond Peter Martin, (December 4, 1930 – February 16, 2017) served from 1983 to 2006 as the third bishop of the Catholic Church for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Belize City-Belmopan. Early life Osmond Peter Martin was born on December 4, 1930 ...
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Dorick M. Wright Dorick McGowan Wright (November 15, 1945 – April 15, 2020) was a Belizean prelate. From 2006 to 2017, he has served as the fourth bishop of the Catholic Church for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Belize City-Belmopan. Pope Francis accepted his r ...
** Bishop Christopher Glancy **
Marion M. Ganey Fr. Marion M. Ganey, S.J., (1904–1984) was a Catholic priest, member of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), and missionary to British Honduras, Central America, from 1937 to 1953, where he was instigator of the credit union and cooperatives movement ...
, SJ ** Caritas Gloria Lawrence, RSM ** William “Buck” Stanton, SJ


Transport

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Rail transport in Belize There is no active Rail transport in Belize, although there were lines in the past. Overview Historically, one of the major railways in Belize was the Stann Creek Railway used by United Fruit, which connected Middlesex Estate with the port of D ...
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Southern Highway In Belize, the TV Ramos Highway takes up where the Hummingbird Highway ends and runs from Dangriga to Punta Gorda, Belize, Punta Gorda. It is entirely paved, with the completion of a 10-mile segment between Golden Stream and Big Falls circa 2008 ...


Airports

* List of airports in Belize *
Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport is an airport that serves the nation of Belize's largest city, Belize City along the eastern coast of Central America. It was named after politician Philip S. W. Goldson, who died in 2001. The airp ...


Roads

* George Price Highway * Northern Highway, Belize * Hummingbird Highway *
Southern Highway In Belize, the TV Ramos Highway takes up where the Hummingbird Highway ends and runs from Dangriga to Punta Gorda, Belize, Punta Gorda. It is entirely paved, with the completion of a 10-mile segment between Golden Stream and Big Falls circa 2008 ...


Visitor attractions


Stub articles

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.bz .bz is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) 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 ...
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Abdulai Conteh Abdulai Osman Conteh (born 5 August 1945) is a lawyer and politician from Sierra Leone. He is a former vice president of Sierra Leone, who served under President Joseph Saidu Momoh before he was ousted by the military junta in 1992. Conteh later ...
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Andy Palacio Andy Vivian Palacio (December 2, 1960 – January 19, 2008) was a Belizean punta musician and government official. He was also a leading activist for the Garifuna people and their culture. Biography Palacio was born and raised in the coastal ...
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Antonio Soberanis Gómez Antonio Soberanis Gómez ( – ) was an activist in the Belizean labour movement. He found the Labour and Unemployed Association in 1934 to demand poverty relief work and a minimum wage. He was jailed for sedition in 1935. Personal life Anto ...
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Baron Bliss Henry Edward Ernest Victor Bliss, 4th Baron Bliss, commonly known as Baron Bliss (16 February 1869 – 9 March 1926), was a British-born traveller who willed nearly two million Belize dollars to a trust fund for the benefit of the citizens of w ...
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Belize Premier Football League The Belize Premier Football League (BPFL) (Caribbean Motors Cup) was the premier division of association football in Belize sanctioned by the Football Federation of Belize. The league disbanded in 2011 after the merger with the Super League o ...
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Belize at the 1996 Summer Olympics Belize competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists ...
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Belize at the 2000 Summer Olympics Belize sent a delegation to compete at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia from 15 September to 1 October 2000. This was Belize's eighth appearance at a Summer Olympic Games. The delegation sent by Belize consisted of two track and ...
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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. Team *Emma Wade - Women's 200m *Grogory Lovell - Cycling *Ian Smith - Cyc ...
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Belmopan United Belmopan Blaze is a Belizean football team which competes in the Belize Premier Football League (BPFL) of the Football Federation of Belize. The Team is based in the nation's capital, Belmopan Belmopan () is the capital city of Belize. Its pop ...
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Brukdown Brukdown is a genre of Belizean music. Its best-known performer and innovator, Wilfred Peters is regarded as a Belizean national icon. The word ''brukdown'' may come from ''broken down calypso'', referring to the similarities between brukdown a ...
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Carl Ramos Stadium The Premier League of Belize is the highest competitive football league in Belize. It was founded on 28 December 2011 after the merger between the Belize Premier Football League and the Super League of Belize. History The formation of the lea ...
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Chito Martínez Reyenaldo Ignacio "Chito" Martínez, (born December 19, 1965) is a former Major League Baseball player and the first in MLB history to be born in the country of Belize. Born in Belize City, he spent parts of three seasons (1991 to 1993) with the ...
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Christian Workers' Union The Christian Workers' Union is a trade union in Belize. The union was founded in 1962 by Nicholas Pollard, bringing together former members of the Christian Democratic Union (Belize), Christian Democratic Union based in Belize City. In Septembe ...
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Chumba Chumba is a traditional form of music and dance performed by the Garifuna people in several Central American countries. Like punta (another type of Garifuna music), chumba songs are highly polyrhythmic, but have a slower tempo. The chumba dance i ...
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Elijio Panti Don Eligio Panti (1893 – February 4, 1996) was a Guatemala-born Mayan Belizean traditional healer who used Mayan herbal medical techniques. Life Beginning in 1931 he practiced his art of healing in San Antonio, a village of Mopan and Yucat ...
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Evan X Hyde Evan Anthony Hyde (better known as Evan X Hyde; born 30 April 1947) is a Belizean writer, journalist, media executive and former politician. He publishes and writes for the nation's largest newspaper, ''Amandala'', and oversees its subsidiaries, ...
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Flag of Belize The flag of Belize was adopted on 21 September 1981, the day Belize became independent. It consists of the Coat of Arms on a blue field with red stripes at the top and bottom. British Honduras obtained a coat of arms on 28 January 1907, which ...
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Francis Reneau Francis Reneau (or Frankie 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 Mbe may refer to: * Mbé, a tow ...
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General Workers' Union (Belize) British Honduras Workers and Tradesmen's Union, the first central trade union organization in the Central American country Belize. Founded in 1939 by Antonio Soberanis Gómez Antonio Soberanis Gómez ( – ) was an activist in the Belizean lab ...
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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 founded by Timothy Flores and co owner Frank Castillo. The team play at the Carl Ramos Stadium The Premier L ...
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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 cannot be climbed even in the presence of a tour guide, due to an incident in which a woma ...
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Holy Redeemer Primary School Holy Redeemer Primary School is a Catholic, parish primary school located in the heart of Belize City, Belize. History Located at the Cathedral parish in Belize City, it began operation in 1869. In 1883 the Sisters of Mercy arrived in Belize and m ...
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Islam in Belize Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God (or '' Allah'') as it was revealed to Muhammad, the mai ...
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Juventus (Belize) Juventus F.C. was a Belizean football team, based in Orange Walk, which currently competes in the Belize Premier Football League (BPFL) of the Football Federation of Belize. Their home stadium is Orange Walk People's Stadium. Achievements T ...
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Kremandala Kremandala is a Belizean football team which currently competes in the Belize Premier Football League (BPFL) of the Football Federation of Belize. The club based in San Ignacio Cayo San Ignacio and Santa Elena are towns in western Belize. San ...
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Languages of Belize According to the 2010 census, the major languages spoken in Belize include English, Spanish and Kriol, all three spoken by more than 40% of the population. Mayan languages are also spoken in certain areas, as well as German. English is the offic ...
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Leroy Young Leroy Young, (born August 7, 1967 in Belize City, Belize), otherwise known as "The Grandmaster", is a Belizean dub poet. Biography and arts career Young was born to Bernadean Young and attended St. Mary's Primary and the former St. Michael's Co ...
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Manuel Esquivel Sir Manuel Amadeo Esquivel (2 May 1940 – 10 February 2022) was a Belizean politician. As leader of the United Democratic Party, he served as Prime Minister from 1984 to 1989, and then again from 1993 to 1998. His party's victory in 1984 was ...
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Marion Jones Sports Complex The Marion Jones Sports Complex, previously the National Stadium, is a multi-use stadium in Belize City, Belize. It is used mostly for football matches, track and field and cycling. The stadium holds 7,500. It is named after former track athlete ...
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Maya ruins of Belize The Maya ruins of Belize include a number of well-known and historically important pre-Columbian Maya archaeological sites. Belize is considered part of the southern Maya lowlands of the Mesoamerican culture area, and the sites found there were ...
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Michael Ashcroft Stadium Michael Ashcroft Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Independence, Belize. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was the home stadium to Boca F.C. and Sagitun Football Club in the Belize Premier Football League (BPFL) of the Fo ...
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Military of Belize The Belize Defence Force (BDF) is the military of Belize, and is responsible for protecting the sovereignty of the country. The BDF is under the Ministry of National Defence and Border Security, which is currently headed by Hon. Florencio Marin Jr ...
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Milt Palacio Milton Sigmund Palacio (born February 7, 1978) is a Belizean American professional basketball coach and former player. Early life Palacio, a Belizean citizen, was born and raised in Los Angeles, California by Belizean parents. College career P ...
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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. Like the Misus ...
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National Assembly of Belize The National Assembly is the bicameral legislature of the nation of Belize. It is divided into the House of Representatives, with 31 members, elected by universal suffrage, and the Senate, with 13 members, appointed by the Governor-General in ...
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National Trade Union Congress of Belize The National Trade Union Congress of Belize is a central trade union representing workers in Belize. The NTUCB is affiliated to the International Trade Union Confederation and the Caribbean Congress of Labor. The NTUCB is an umbrella organizatio ...
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Norman Broaster Stadium Norman Broaster Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in San Ignacio, Cayo, Belize. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium to Verdes FC in the Premier League of Belize (PLB) of the Football Federation of Belize ...
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Orange Walk People's Stadium Orange Walk People's Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Orange Walk, Belize Belize (; bzj, Bileez) is a Caribbean and Central American country on the northeastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Carib ...
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Paul Nabor Paul Nabor (26 January 1928 – 22 October 2014), born Alfonso Palacio, was a Garifuna singer and musician from Punta Gorda, Belize. He is often credited with popularizing paranda, a style of traditional Garifuna music, and is considered to have ...
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Philip S. Wright Philip Wright (born 1967, Belize City) was appointed the bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Belize in 2005. He attended Wesley College and Belize Technical College before teaching at Nazareen High School and at the Belize Technical College. After st ...
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RSV Media Center ''RSV Media Center'' is a broadcasting company in Belize established on February 14, 1993. 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 ...
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Rail transport in Belize There is no active Rail transport in Belize, although there were lines in the past. Overview Historically, one of the major railways in Belize was the Stann Creek Railway used by United Fruit, which connected Middlesex Estate with the port of D ...
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Rudolph Flowers Rudolph or Rudolf may refer to: People * Rudolph (name), the given name including a list of people with the name Religious figures * Rudolf of Fulda (died 865), 9th century monk, writer and theologian * Rudolf von Habsburg-Lothringen (1788 ...
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Samuel Alfred Haynes Samuel Haynes (1899 - 1971) was a Belizean soldier, activist and poet best known for writing the national anthem of Belize, '' Land of the Free''. Life and career He was a leader of the 1919 riot by Belizean soldiers who had fought in the First ...
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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 Belize Premier Football League, which was formerly the top tier league in the country. Players ...
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Selwyn Walford Young Selwyn Walford Young (February 25, 1899 – 1977), usually known as ''Walford Young'', was a Belizean musician and composer. Among his most famous compositions is the music to Belize's national anthem, " Land of the Free". Life and Career He ...
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Southern Highway In Belize, the TV Ramos Highway takes up where the Hummingbird Highway ends and runs from Dangriga to Punta Gorda, Belize, Punta Gorda. It is entirely paved, with the completion of a 10-mile segment between Golden Stream and Big Falls circa 2008 ...
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Stanley Reneau Stanley Reneau (born February 5, 1968) is a Belizean former professional football goalkeeper. He played as for Griga United based in Dangriga Dangriga, formerly known as Stann Creek Town, is a town in southern Belize, located on the Caribbe ...
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The Reporter (Belize) ''The Reporter'' is one of the chief newspapers of Belize. It was established in 1967 by publisher Harry Lawrence, who has authored every issue since. It is published weekly and sells for BZ $1.00. ''The Reporters tagline is "Independently Servi ...
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WAVE Radio : ''For other radio stations which may use "Wave" as a brand name, see Wave (disambiguation).'' WAVE Radio (call-sign VPW-FM), a Belize City radio station operating since 1998, is the radio arm of the United Democratic Party (UDP). It is locat ...
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Wagiya The Premier League of Belize is the highest competitive football league in Belize. It was founded on 28 December 2011 after the merger between the Belize Premier Football League and the Super League of Belize. History The formation of the lea ...
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Walter Lewis Walter Lewis may refer to: *Walter Lewis (judge) (1849–1930), advocate and chief justice of British Honduras *Wally Lewis (born 1959), Australian rugby league footballer * Walter Lewis (rower) (1885–1956), Canadian Olympic rower *Walter Lewis ( ...
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Wilfred Peters Wilfred Peters (Sr.) MBE (April 15, 1931 – June 9, 2010), better known as Mista Peetaz, was and will always be the King of Brukdown Music (Brukdong Myoozik in Belize Creole) in Belize. He was a pioneer of the music of Belize's Creole (Kriol) pe ...
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See also

* * * Commonwealth of Nations *List of Belize-related topics *
List of Central America-related topics A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
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Lists of country-related topics Each entry below presents a list of topics about a specific nation or state (country), followed by a link to the main article for that country. ''Entries for nations are in bold type, while those for subnational entities are in normal (unbolded) ty ...
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Outline of geography The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to geography: Geography – study of earth and its people. Nature of geography Geography as * an academic discipline – a body of knowledge given to − ...
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Outline of North America The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to North America. North America is a continent in the Earth's Northern and Western Hemispheres. It is bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North At ...
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