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  • Name: Belize
  • Capital City: Belmopan (21,000 pop.)
  • Belize Population: (2010 est.)
  • World Populations (all countries)
  • Currency: Belizean Dollar (BZD)
    (conversion rates)

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    One Belizean Dollar
  • Ethnicity: Mestizo 48.7%, Creole 24.9%, Maya 10.6%, Garifuna 6.1%, other 9.7%
  • GDP total: $2.575 billion
  • GDP per capita: $7,841
  • Land Sizes
  • Language: Spanish 46%, Creole 32.9%, Mayan dialects 8.9%, English 3.9% (official), Garifuna 3.4% (Carib), German 3.3%, other 1.4%, unknown 0.2%
  • Largest Cities: (by population) Belize City, San Ignacio, Orange Walk, Belmopan
  • Name: formerly British Honduras; the origin of its current name is unknown, however, it's thought to be of African heritage
  • Bermuda Day: September 21
  • Religion: Roman Catholic 49.6%, Protestant 27% (Pentecostal 7.4%, Anglican 5.3%, Seventh-Day Adventist 5.2%, Mennonite 4.1%, Methodist 3.5%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.5%), other 14%, none 9.4%
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Mileage Sign, Belize
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