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Belize (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 17 15 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 17.2500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 088 45 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -88.7500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Mayan culture flourished 300 BCE-900 CE; Cortés probably crossed area in 1524, though not settled by Spanish; settled by English seamen in mid-17th century; Africans were brought here as slaves for logging industry; Guatemala claims the territory; official language is English, though Spanish and Mayan dialects are also spoken. |
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| Belize (preferred,C,V,O,English-P,U,N)
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............ | since 1981 |
| Belize (French-P,U,N)
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| Belice (C,V,Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Balize (C,V)
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| Белиз (C,V,Russian-P,U)
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| 伯利兹 (C,V,Chinese-P,U)
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| ب يَز (C,V,Arabic-P,U)
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| BLZ (C,O,ISO3L)
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| BZ (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO084 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| BH00 (C,O,FIPS)
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| British Honduras (H,V)
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............ | 1862-1981 |
| Colony of Belize (H,V)
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| Superintendency of Belize (H,V)
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............ | used from 1786 |
| Belizean (C,O,English,U,A)
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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gained internal self-government 1965, independent from Britain since 1981 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Belmopan .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, North and Central America, Belize, Cayo) [1013040] |
| member of .... |
Commonwealth of Nations .......... (association) |
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(World) [7005615] |
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joined association in 1981 |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1981 |
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