Belize
Basic Information
Official name: Belize
Native name: Belize
Population: 417,634
Area: 22,966 km²
Region: Americas
Sub Region: Central America
Capital: Belmopan
Coordinates: 17.25°, -88.75°
Landlocked: No
Political & Administrative
UN Member: Yes
Independent: Yes
Status: officially-assigned
ISO Code (Alpha-2): BZ
ISO Code (Alpha-3): BLZ
Olympic Code: BIZ
FIFA Code: BLZ
Top level domain: .bz
Start of week: monday
Currencies
Belize dollar ($) - BZD
Languages
Belizean Creole (bjz)English (eng)Spanish (spa)
Timezones
UTC-06:00
Continents
North America
Demonyms
eng: Belizean/Belizeanfra: Bélizien/Bélizienne
GINI Index
1999: 53.3
Driving
Side: rightSign: BH
International Dialing
+501
Coat of Arms
