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Map of Central America with Belize highlighted. Belize has 247 recognized municipalities, consisting of 2 cities, 7 towns, and 238 villages. [1] [2] [3] Each type of municipality has a different form of government as defined by Title VIII of the Laws of Belize. [1] The largest municipality by population in Belize is Belize City with a ...
It has a total of 542 km of land borders—Mexico to the north-northwest (272 km) and Guatemala to the south-southwest (266 km). Belize's total size is 22,966 km 2 (8,867 sq mi), of which 22,806 km 2 (8,805 sq mi) is land and 160 km 2 (62 sq mi) is water. Belize is the only country in Central America without a Pacific coastline.
Belize (/ b ɪ ˈ l iː z, b ɛ-/ ⓘ, bih-LEEZ, beh-; Belize Kriol English: Bileez) is a country on the north-eastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west and south.
Belize (/ b ɪ ˈ l iː z, b ɛ-/ ⓘ, bih-LEEZ, beh-; Belize Kriol English: Bileez) is a country on the north-eastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west and south. It also shares a maritime boundary with Honduras to the southeast.
Belize is divided into six districts: Belize, ... Belize: Belize City: 4,310 km 2 (1,663 sq mi) 124,096 ... List of West Indian first-level country subdivisions;
San Pedro is a town on the southern part of the island of Ambergris Caye in the Belize District of the nation of Belize, in Central America. According to the 2015 mid-year estimates, the town has a population of about 16,444. [4] It is the second-largest town in the Belize District and largest in the Belize Rural South constituency. The once ...
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Belize City was founded as "Belize Town" in 1638 [2] by English lumber harvesters.It had been a small Maya settlement called Holzuz. [a] [5] Belize Town was ideal for the English as a central post because it was on the sea and a natural outlet for local rivers and creeks down which the British shipped logwood and mahogany.