Belize

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Cities Belize  
Country information country code: BZ
continent: North America
capital: Belmopan
languages: English

EU membership: no
NATO membership: no

GSM: 1900
GPS: 17 15 N, 88 45 W
electricity: 110/220V/60Hz

currency:
Belize Dollar: BZD
1BZD = 0.508 USD
1BZD = 0.401 EUR

phone code: +501-8

Travel advices and warnings Belize
Tourism The tourism industry is an important part of the economy of Belize, in 2007 contributing to over 25% of all jobs, and making up over 18% of the GDP. This constituted 590 million BZD (295 million USD), according to the Belize government, up 90 million BZD (45 million USD) from the year before. Important tourist attractions in Belize include the natural attractions of land and sea, making the areas important in Ecotourism, as well as the historic ruins of Belize's Pre-Columbian Maya civilization.
The Great Blue Hole, located near Ambergris Caye, Belize.
Ruins of Xunantunich, near San Ignacio Town, Belize.
Tourism is the domain of the Ministry of Tourism, within which the Belize Tourism Board works as a link between the private and public sector.
A combination of natural factors—climate, the Belize Barrier Reef (longest in the Western Hemisphere), 127 offshore Cayes (islands), excellent fishing, safe waters for boating, scuba diving, and snorkeling, numerous rivers for rafting, and kayaking, various jungle and wildlife reserves of fauna and flora, for hiking, bird watching, and helicopter touring, as well as many Maya ruins—support the thriving tourism and ecotourism industry. Development costs are high, but the Government of Belize has designated tourism as its second development priority after agriculture. In 2007, tourist arrivals totaled 251, 655 (more than 210, 000 from the U. S. ) and tourist receipts amounted to $183. 3 million
Culture Belizas kultūra veido ietekmes un cilvēki no Kriol, Maya, ciemos, (pazīstama arī kā Garifuna), metis (maisījums spāņu un Native amerikāņiem), menonīti, kuri ir Vācijas izcelsmes, ar maisījums daudzām citām kultūrām no Ķīnas uz Libānas. Tas ir unikāls maisījums, kas atklājās caur valsts ilgtermiņa un dažkārt vardarbīgas vēsture [1].

Pieklājība ir svarīgi, lai lielākā daļa Belizeans. Tas nav neparasti, Belizeans lai sveicināt viens otram uz ielas, pat ja viņi nekad nav redzējuši viens otru pirms, vai paziņām pavadīt minūšu laikā čatā, esot paviršam pret apkārt notiekošo tiem. Vēl viens kultūras aspekts, ir ideja par mistisko dziedināšanas un Obeah. Tomēr vēl joprojām runājam par ļaunuma šamaņa praksi, piemēram, liekot "Obeah" par dažiem mājas. Tas ir zināms, jāveic, aprakt pudelē ar "ļauno" ar koku tuvumā māja.
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Language English is the official language of Belize, a former British colony. Although only 4 percent of the population speaks it as their first language, a majority speak English very well.
Kriol is spoken as the first language of 33 percent of Belizeans. It is an English-based Creole language with words and syntax from various African languages (namely Akan, Igbo, and Twi), Miskito, Spanish and other languages. Belizean Kriol shares similar phonology and pronunciation with other Caribbean English Creoles. Many of its words and structures are lexically and phonologically similar to English, its superstrate language. It is considered by some linguists to be a dialect of English, as the two are mutually intelligible. About 75 to 80 percent of the population speak some Kriol and English.

Belmopan, Belize

Tuesday 19, March

From wikipedia about Belize

Belize (; formerly British Honduras) is a constitutional monarchy, and the northernmost Central American nation. Belize has a diverse society, comprising many cultures and languages. Even though Kriol and Spanish are spoken among the population, Belize is the only country in Central America where English is the official language. Belize is bordered to the north by Mexico, south and west by Guatemala, and to the east by the Caribbean Sea. Belize’s mainland is about 290 kilometers (180 miles) long and 110 kilometers (68 miles) wide.

With 22, 960 square kilometers (8, 867 square miles) of land and a population of only 333, 200 people (2010 est.), Belize possesses the lowest population density in Central America. The country's population growth rate of 2. 21% (2008 est.), however, is the highest in the region and one of the highest in the western hemisphere. Belize's abundance of terrestrial and marine species, and its diversity of ecosystems give it a key place within the globally significant Mesoamerican Biological Corridor.

Belize is culturally unique among its Central American neighbours; it is the only nation in the region with a British colonial heritage. As a part of the Western Caribbean Zone, however, it also shares a common heritage with the Caribbean portions of other Central American countries. In general, Belize is considered to be a Central American nation with strong ties to both the Caribbean and Latin America. Belize is a member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), and Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana (SICA).
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