Belize

1.Map:

2.Absolute Location (find the latitude and longitude):
17 15 N,88 45 W
3.Relative:
(I.) think it’s not the 7th largest country in the world.
(2.)Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Mexico
4.Government:
(1.) Type of government:
parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm
(2.)Conventional long form: none
Conventional short form: Belize
Former: British Honduras
(3.) Major political parties:
National Alliance for Belizean Rights or NABR; National Reform Party or NRP [Cornelius DUECK]; People's National Party or PNP [Wil MAHEIA]; People's United Party or PUP [John BRICENO]; United Democratic Party or UDP [Dean BARROW];
5.Capital:
(1.)name: Belmopan
(2.)geographic coordinates: 17 15 N, 88 46 W
(3.)time difference: UTC-6 (1 hour behind Washington, DC during Standard Time)
6. International Organization participation:
Country code - 501; landing point for the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) fiber-optic telecommunications submarine cable that provides links to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; satellite earth station - 8 (Intelsat - 2, unknown - 6) (2007)

7.Size of armed forces:
Belize Defense Force (BDF): Army, BDF Air Wing, BDF Volunteer Guard (2009)
8. Major exports and imports
Exports: $458 million (2008 est.)
Imports: $740 million (2008 est.)
9. Historical events :
(1.) Territorial disputes between the UK and Guatemala delayed the independence of Belize until 1981.
(2.) Guatemala refused to recognize the new nation until 1992 and the two countries are involved in an ongoing border dispute.

Country ProfilePhysical Geography
1. Official Name of Country (Belize)
2. Climate
tropical; very hot and humid
rainy season (May to November);
dry season (February to May)
3. currency compare with Taiwan
1.00 BZD
=
16.4126 TWD
Belize Dollars

Taiwan New Dollars
1 BZD = 16.4126 TWD

1 TWD = 0.0609288 BZD
Cultural Geography
1. Official language,and other languages spoken
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% (2000 census)
2. ethnic composition
mestizo 48.7%, Creole 24.9%, Maya 10.6%,
Garifuna 6.1%, other 9.7% (2000 census)
3. major religions
Roman Catholic 49.6%, Protestant 27%, none 9.4% (2000)
4. Population
307,899 (July 2009 est.)
5. population growth rate
2.154% (2009 est.)
6. Major cities (Belmopan)

7. Median age
total: 20.4 years
male: 20.3 years
female: 20.6 years (2009 est.)

Economic Geography
1. GNP
$2.536 billion (2008 est.)
2. Percent of arable land used for agriculture
3.05%
3. Agriculture products
bananas, cacao, citrus, sugar
fish, cultured shrimp; lumber; garments
4. Natural resources
arable land potential, timber, fish, hydropower

5. Imports Partners
US 37.7%, Mexico 12.5%, Cuba 7.8% Guatemala 7.3%, Russia 5.1% (2008)

6. Major exports
sugar, bananas, citrus, clothing, fish products, molasses, wood, crude oil
7. Major imports
machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods;fuels, chemicals, pharmaceuticals; food, beverages, tobacco

8. Industries
garment production, food processing, tourism, construction, oil