Belize Belize * PM calls for calm while Barrow flips out , Belize Times, 19 January 2005. (pro-government paper) ...more on Wikipedia about "2005 Belize unrest"
Altun Ha is the name given ruins of an ancient Maya city in Belize, located in the Belize District about 30 miles (50 km) north of Belize City and about 6 miles (10 km) west of the shore of the Caribbean Sea. ...more on Wikipedia about "Altun Ha"
Belikin is the leading domestically produced beer brand in Belize. ...more on Wikipedia about "Belikin"
Belize is a small nation on the eastern coast of Central America, on the Caribbean Sea bordered by Mexico to the northwest and Guatemala to the west and south. The country is a parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy which recognizes Queen Elizabeth II as Sovereign. The nation of Honduras is a near neighbour, 75 km away (47 miles) across the Gulf of Honduras to the east. The name is derived from the Belize River which Belize City, the former capital and largest city, is also named after. In Spanish it is usually called Belice. Known as British Honduras until 1973, Belize was a British colony for more than a century. It became an independent nation in 1981. Belize is a member of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Sistema de Integracion Centro Americana (SICA) and considers itself to be both Caribbean, and Central American. ...more on Wikipedia about "Belize"
The Belize Zoo and Tropical Education Center was started in 1983 as a last ditch effort to provide a home for a collection of wild animals which had been used in making documentary films about tropical forests. ...more on Wikipedia about "Belize Zoo"
British Honduras was the former name of a British colony on the east coast of Central America, now the independent nation of Belize. Settled by Europeans since the 17th century, it was a crown colony from 1862 through 1964, when it became self-governing. Belize became fully independent in 1981. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Honduras"
Cahal Pech is a Maya site located near the Town of San Ignacio in the Cayo District of Belize. The site was a palacio home for an elite Maya family and dates back to as early as 400 AD. The site rests high near the banks of the Macal River and is a collection of 34 structures, with the tallest being roughly 25 m in height. The site was abandonned in the 9th century AD for unknown reasons. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cahal Pech" Must see www.shortopedia.com
Caracol or El Caracol is the name given to a large ancient Maya site located in the Cayo District of the nation of Belize. Caracol is about 25 miles south of Xunantunich and San Ignacio Cayo, at an elevation of 1500 feet (460 m) above sea-level, in the foothills of the Maya Mountains. The name is Spanish for " The Snail"; the ancient Maya name may have been Oxhuitza. ...more on Wikipedia about "Caracol"
Cerros is a Mayan temple dating from the late formative period (330BC-1AD), located on a peninsula overlooking Chetumal Bay in Belize. It is a good example of early Mayan engineering and architectural capabilities. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cerros"
The Coat of Arms of Belize was adopted upon independence, and is only slightly different from the coat of arms used when Belize was a British colony. ...more on Wikipedia about "Coat of Arms of Belize"
and the 2003 U.S. Department of State website. ...more on Wikipedia about "Demographics of Belize"
The national flag of Belize was adopted on September 21, 1981 upon independence from the United Kingdom. The flag is a continued version of the earlier flag of British Honduras (the name of Belize during the British colonial period). This flag was established in 1950 when British Honduras began winning its independence. The two red stripes at the top and bottom were added to the original design when they had gained independence. At the center of the flag is the Belizean coat of arms. ...more on Wikipedia about "Flag of Belize"
*Much of the material in this article comes from the CIA World Factbook 2000 and the 2003 U.S. Department of State website. ...more on Wikipedia about "Foreign relations of Belize"
The Great Blue Hole is a large underwater cave off of the coast of Belize. It lies at near center of Lighthouse Reef, a small atoll 60 miles from the mainland and Belize City. The hole is almost perfectly circular, over 1,000 feet across and 400 feet deep. It was formed as a limestone cave system during the last ice age when sea levels were much lower. As the ocean began to rise again the caves flooded, forming a giant sinkhole. ...more on Wikipedia about "Great Blue Hole"
The history of Belize dates back thousands of years. The area now comprising Belize ...more on Wikipedia about "History of Belize"
Lamanai ("Submerged Crocodile" in the Maya language) was once a considerably sized city of the Maya civilization, located in the north of Belize, in Orange Walk District. The site's name is Pre-Columbian, recorded by early Spanish missionaries, and documented over a millennium earlier in hieroglyphic texts as Lam'an'ain. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lamanai"
:Land of the free is often a reference to the United States of America, in part because the phrase appears in The Star-Spangled Banner. ...more on Wikipedia about "Land of the Free"
(List of endemic species of Belize) * Citheracanthus meermani ...more on Wikipedia about "List of endemic species of Belize"
This is a list of people on stamps of British Honduras and Belize. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of people on stamps of Belize"
Lubaantun (sometimes spelled Lubaantún) is a Pre-Columbian ruined city of the Maya civilization in southern Belize, Central America. Lubaantun is in Belize's Toledo District, about 26 miles northwest of Punta Gorda, about two miles from the village of San Pedro Columbia, at at an elevation of 200 feet above sea level. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lubaantun"
What is now Belize was part of the heartland of the Pre-Columbian Maya civilization. A number of notable Maya ruins can be found in Belize. ...more on Wikipedia about "Maya ruins of Belize" http://www.shortopedia.com - forget the rest.
Much of the material in this article comes from the CIA World Factbook 2000. ...more on Wikipedia about "Military of Belize"
National Trade Union Congress of Belize, a central trade union federation in Belize. NTUCB is affiliated to the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions. ...more on Wikipedia about "National Trade Union Congress of Belize"
Nim Li Punit, sometimes also known as Big Hat or Top Hat (especially shortly after its discovery) is an ancient Maya site in the Toledo District of the nation of Belize, about 40 km north of the town of Punta Gorda, at 16° 19' N, 88° 47' 60W. The name is Kekchi Maya language for "Big Hat", referring to the large elaborate head-dress worn by a sculpture of one of the site's ancient kings. ...more on Wikipedia about "Nim Li Punit"
Flora and fauna of Belize ...more on Wikipedia about "Plants and animals of Belize"
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