GeoPointe - Belize

Official Name: Belize
Location: Middle America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Mexico.
Capital: Belmopan

Area:	total: 22,966 sq km
	land: 22,806 sq km
	water: 160 sq km

Lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
Highest point: Victoria Peak 1,160 m

Keel Billed Toucan, Belize Zoo, Belize

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Population: 294,385 (July 2007 est.)
Nationality: Belizean(s)
Ethnic groups: Mestizo 48.7%, Creole 24.9%, Maya 10.6%, Garifuna 6.1%, other 9.7%.
Religions: Roman Catholic 49.6%, Protestant 27% (Anglican 5.3%, Methodist 3.5%, Mennonite 4.1%, Seventh-Day Adventist 5.2%, Pentecostal 7.4%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.5%), none 9.4%, other 14%.
Languages: English (official), Spanish, Mayan, Garifuna (Carib), Creole.

Tropical. Very hot and humid. Rainy season from May to November. Dry season from February to May.

Government type: Parliamentary democracy.
Independence: 21 September 1981 (from the United Kingdom).
National holiday: Independence Day, 21 September (1981).