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Belize

sovereign state in Central America
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Belize 
sovereign state in Central America
Topografia de Belize
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Named after
Culture
Location
  • Belize
Capital
Basic form of government
Legislative body
  • National Assembly
Executive body
Official language
Anthem
Currency
Head of state
Head of government
Inception
  • 21 September 1981
Highest point
  • Doyle's Delight (1,124 m)
Population
  • 411,106 (2023)
Area
  • 22,966 ±1 km²
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Top-level Internet domain
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official website
Map17° 04′ 00″ N, 88° 42′ 00″ W
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Wikidata Q242
ISNI: 0000000122862013
VIAF ID: 132456691
GND ID: 4005412-3
Library of Congress authority ID: n79126944
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 119959890, 152385004, 131627681
IdRef ID: 028045564
NDL Authority ID: 00576491
Libraries Australia ID: 35814170
NL CR AUT ID: ge128737
National Library of Israel ID (old): 000977248
National Library of Spain ID: XX453020
U.S. National Archives Identifier: 10044662
BabelNet ID: 00009725n
National Library of Korea ID: KAB202014610
PLWABN ID: 9810678262205606
J9U ID: 987007554790705171
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English: Belize is a country in Central America. The capital is Belmopan.
हिन्दी: बेलीज़ केंद्रीय अमेरिका में एक देश है। इसकी राजधानी बेल्मोपान है।

National emblem

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Flag of Belize
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    Coat of arms of Belize
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    Coat of arms of Belize
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    Flag map of British Honduras (1919 - 1981)
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    Flag map of British Honduras (1950 - 1981)
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    Flag of British Honduras (1870-1919), red variant
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    Coat of arms of British Honduras (1907-1981)
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    Full Arms of British Honduras

Maps

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Selected maps are included in the   Wikimedia Atlas of Belize .
 
Shaded relief map of Belize
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    Location map for Belize
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    Map of Belize from the CIA World Factbook, 2004
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    A map showing the 4 main highways in Belize
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    Satellite image of Belize in March 2002
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    Map of the districts of Belize

History

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Belize City, British Honduras, circa 1914
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    Holy Redeemer cathedral and rectory in Belize City in the 1930s
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    Men with barge-loads of chicle in Belize Harbor.
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    Maya Indians of southern Yucatán and northern British Honduras
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    Squaring mahogany logs, circa 1936
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    Cooking sapodilla latex, circa 1936
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    Kneading Chicle gum into blocks, circa 1936
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    Pioneer aviator Charles Lindbergh at Loyola Park, 1928
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    First aircraft to land in Belize at the Barracks
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    Press conference held by Mr George Price showing members of Peoples United Party 1965
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    Mr George Price, Prime Minister of British Honduras 1965
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    Bishop Joseph A. Murphy entering Maya village in Toledo District 1931
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    Convent in Belize City, after the 1931 Belize hurricane
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    Street scene in Benque Viejo del Carmen, Cayo District 1965
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    Governor Cornelius Alfred Moloney Governor of Belize 1891-1897 and staff with Icaiche General Tamay, circa 1894

Geography

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Districts

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Belize District‎

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    Boody Island
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    San Pedro, Ambergris Caye
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    Fort Street, Belize City
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    Radisson Hotel, Belize City
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    Belize City
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    Bermudian Landing street
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    Fort George's Caye
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    St. George's Caye
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    Caye Caulker
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    Fishermen, Caye Caulker
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    Caye Caulker
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    Caye Caulker

Cayo District

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Independence day parade in San Ignacio
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    Victor Galvez Stadium in San Ignacio
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    Peter's Barber Shop, San Ignacio
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    The Hawkesworth Bridge in San Ignacio
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    Hummingbird Highway

Corozal District

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Corozal Town Hall
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    Sarteneja
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    Corozal Beach
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    Belize

Orange Walk District

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Street, park, and clock tower in Orange Walk Town
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    Orange Walk
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    Blue Creek Village
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    Sugar Mill, Lamanai
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    Visitor center, Lamanai

Stann Creek District

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    Sitter River Village
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    Sitter River Village
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    House in Hopkins
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    Dangriga
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    Dangriga
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    Placencia Independence Day
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    Gap Hill

Toledo District‎

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Punta Gorda Clocktower
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    Punta Gorda Town Market
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    Punta Gorda Town Market
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    Monkey River

Bodies of water

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Wetlands

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Jabiru, Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary
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    Egrets at Belize Bird Rescue
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    Neotropic cormorants, New River, Lamanai
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    Mangrove, Caye Caulker Forest Reserve
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    Limpkin (Aramus guarauna), Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary

Rivers

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Sibun River
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    New River
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    Moho river
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    Macal River
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    Cable ferry on Belize River
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    Hand-cranked cable ferry crossing Mopan River to get to Xunantunich

Lakes

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Labouring Creek
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    Crooked Tree Lagoons
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    Honey Camp Lagoon
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    Green Hills Lake
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    Aguacate Lagoon

Waterfalls

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Falls on Privassion River
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    Big Rock Falls
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    Upper Tiger Fern Double Waterfall, Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary
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    1,000 foot water fall at Mountain Pine Ridge

Geomorphology and landforms

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Beaches

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Silk Caye, Stann Creek
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    Half Moon Caye
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    Half Moon Caye
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    Hunting Caye
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    Silk Caye, Stann Creek

Reefs and corals

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Caye Caulker reefs
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    Great Blue Hole
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    Great Blue Hole
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    Corals in the Great Blue Hole
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    Glover's Reef
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    Glover's Reef
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    Glover's Reef
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    Coral Reefscape
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    Coral Reefscape
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    Coral Reefscape
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    Coral Reefscape

Islands

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Silk Caye, Stann Creek
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    Northern Caye, Lighthouse Reef
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    Glover's Reef
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    Laughing Bird Caye in the Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve
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    Boody Island
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    Boody Island
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    Cayo Espanto
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    Goff's Caye

Caves

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Actun Kabal, part of the Chiquibul Cave System
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    Barton Creek Cave
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    Che Chem Ha Cave
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    Barton Creek Cave
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    Rio Frio Cave
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    Rio Frio Cave
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    Rio Frio Cave
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    Rio Frio Cave
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    Mayan Pottery in Actun Tunichil Muknal cave
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    Skeleton of a teenage girl within the Actun Tunichil Muknal cave
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    Human skull within the Actun Tunichil Muknal cave
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    Actun Tunichil Muknal cave

Protected areas

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Caye Caulker Forest Reserve

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Caye Caulker Forest Reserve

Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary

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Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary
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    Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary
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    Lookout on Tiger Fern Trail
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    Lower Tiger Fern Double Waterfall
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    Along the road to get to the visitor center
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    Chestnut-headed oropendola nests

Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve

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Panorama of the Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve
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    Rio On
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    Caribbean pine
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    Campground

St. Herman's Blue Hole National Park

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The cenote in St. Herman's Blue Hole National Park
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    Trail in the park
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    Stairs in the park
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    The cenote in St. Herman's Blue Hole National Park
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    The cenote in St. Herman's Blue Hole National Park

Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary

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Crooked Tree Lagoon
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    Crooked Tree Lodge
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    Crooked Tree Lodge
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    Crooked Tree Lagoon
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    Pound at Crooked Tree Lodge
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    Sunset at Crooked Tree Lodge
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    Brown Basilisk in the sanctuary
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    Green kingfisher in the sanctuary
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    Jabiru in the sanctuary

Nature

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Forests

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Canopy in Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary
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    Buttress roots in Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary
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    Lookout on Tiger Fern Trail, Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary
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    Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve
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    Stream in understory, Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary
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    Canopy and New River from top of Jaguar Temple, Lamanai
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    Caribbean pines, Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve
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    Scattered Caribbean pines in Payne's Creek National Park
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    Mangrove, Caye Caulker Forest Reserve

Plants

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Black Orchid (Prosthechea cochleata), the national flower of Belize
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    Water snowflake, Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary
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    Fruits of Achiote
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    Trimezia martinicensis
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    On the right, individual mangroves, Caye Caulker
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    Logwood, Crooked Tree Lodge
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    Coconut Tree

Animals

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Crustaceans

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Caribbean spiny lobster (Panulirus argus), Blackbird Caye
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    Spiny lobster (Palinuridae)
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    Forest Crab
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    Caribbean hermit crab (Coenobita clypeatus) in a shell of Cittarium pica
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    Spider Crab (Majoidea)

Spiders

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Female Micrathena sagittata
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    In St. Herman's Cave
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    Net-casting spider (Deinopis longipes), Caves Branch Jungle Lodge
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    Lynx Spider (Oxyopidae), Caves Branch Jungle Lodge
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    In Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary
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    Adult male Corythalia jumping spider, Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary
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    At Caves Branch Jungle Lodge
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    Harvestman (Opiliones), Caves Branch Jungle Lodge
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    Tailless whip scorpion (Amblypygi), Footprint Cave
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    Tailless whip scorpion (Paraphrynus) wity youngs

Insects

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Taeniopoda grasshopper
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    Palm Weavil (Rhynchophorus palmarum), Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary
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    Flea Beetle (maybe Omophoita cyanipennis), Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary
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    Unknown Fulgoridae
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    Turquoise Shield Bugs (Edessa rufomarginata), Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary
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    Lantern Bug (Enchophora sanguinea), Black Rock Lodge, San Ignacio
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    Stingless Bees (Tetragonisca angustula), Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary
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    Geometrid Moth (Pyrochlora rhanis), Black Rock Lodge, San Ignacio
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    Mexican Blue Wing (Mycelia ethusa), Butterfly Farm, San Ignacio
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    Glasswing butterflies (Greta oto), Green Hills Butterfly Ranch, Cay
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    Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides), Butterfly Farm, San Ignacio
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    Lichen Mantis (Liturgusa maya), Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary
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    Grasshopper (Caelifera), Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary
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    Love Bugs (Plecia), Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary

Fishes

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    Spotted Moray Eel (Gymnothorax isingteena)
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    Spotted eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari)
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    Banded Butterflyfish (Chaetodon striatus), Long Cay
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    Queen Triggerfish (Balistes vetula)
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    Lion Fish (Pterois volitans)
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    Yellow Stingray (Urobatis jamaicensis), Hol Chan Marine Reserve
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    French Angel Fish (Pomacanthus paru)
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Amphibians

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Red-eyed treefrog (Agalychnis callidryas)
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    Mexican burrowing toad (Rhinophrynus dorsalis)
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    Triprion petasatus
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    Likely Phrynohyas venulosa
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    Black-backed Thin-toed Frog (Leptodactylus melanonotus), Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary

Reptiles

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Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) off the coast of San Pedro
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    Central American Whiptail (Ameiva festiva), Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary
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    Anole (Norops), Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary
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    Black iguana (Ctenosaura similis), Caye Caulker Forest Reserve
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    Green Iguana (Iguana iguana), Green Iguana Conservation Project, San Ignacio
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    Common basilisk (Basiliscus basiliscus)
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    Mexican parrot snake (Leptophis mexicanus)
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    Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), Hol Chan Marine Reserve
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    American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus), Caye Caulker Forest Reserve

Birds

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Blue-gray tanager (Thraupis episcopus), Crooked Tree Lodge
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    Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata), Chan Chich Lodge
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    Black-headed trogon (Trogon melanocephalus), Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary
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    Ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) on nest
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    White-bellied Emerald (Amazilia candida)
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    Cabot's Tern (Thalasseus acuflavidus), Caye Caulker
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    Willet (Tringa semipalmata)
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    Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)
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    Laughing gull (Leucophaeus atricilla), Caye Caulker
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    Northern jacana (Jacana spinosa), Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary
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    Groove-billed ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris), Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary
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    Great Curassow (Crax rubra)
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    Brown jay (Psilorhinus morio), Lamanai
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    Mangrove swallow (Tachycineta albilinea), New River, Lamanai
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    Tropical mockingbird (Mimus gilvus), Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary
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    Rose-throated Becard (Pachyramphus aglaiae)
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    Tropical kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus), Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary
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    Great kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus), Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary
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    Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus obscurus), Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary
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    Brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), Caye Caulker
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    Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea), Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary
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    Keel-billed toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus)
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    Collared Aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus)
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    Yellow-headed Amazon (Amazona oratrix belizensis)
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    Magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens), Caye Caulker
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    Red Footed Boobies (Sula sula)
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    Slaty-tailed Trogon (Trogon massena)

Mammals

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Geoffroy's spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi) in Belize zoo
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    Baird's Tapir (Tapirus bairdii) in Belize zoo
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    Grey Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)
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    Jaguar (Panthera onca) in Belize zoo
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    Collared Peccary (Pecari tajacu)
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    Common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

Politic

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Belmopan Parliament
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    Belizean Central Bank, Belize City
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    Government house, Belize City
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    Supreme Court of Belize, Belize City
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    Belize City Hall
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    Corozal Town Hall

Military

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Navy Sailor pulls rear security on a rivercraft during joint river operations

Education

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Central Campus of University of Belize

Libraries

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Bliss Institute, Belize City
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    Miss Bertie's Library
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    San Ignacio Public Library
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    Leo Library, Belize City

Museum

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    Museum of Belize
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    Museum of Belize

Illustrious Belizeans

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Dean Oliver Barrow, Prime Minister of Belize
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    Frederick Palgrave Barlee (1827–1884)
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    George Cadle Price and a Peace Corps volunteer, 1976
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    George Cadle Price
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    Felicita Arzú, Miss Belize 2007
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    Charmaine Chinapen, Miss Belize 2008
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    Javier Canul as Ozzy The Clown
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    Bishop David Francis Hickey
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    Bishop Salvatore di Pietro, (1830 – 1898)
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    Verge of Umbra
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    Marie Sharp
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    From left to right :Sr. Yvonne Hunter, R.S.M., Sr. Caritas Lawrence, R.S.M. and Charles M. Woods
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    Wilfred Elrington
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    Lee Mark Chang
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    Luis Torres of Placencia Texmar Assassins
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    Kenneth Medwood, track and field athlete
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    Kaina Martinez, track and field athlete

Economy

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Coins

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Commemorative 1991 ten dollar coin
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    Reverse of modern Belize coins
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    Comparison of British Honduras and Belize one cent coins
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    1974 25 cent coin

Stamps

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Stamps from British Honduras from 1891 to 1898
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    British Honduras stamps, 1962 and earlier
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    1953 and 1961 (overprinted) stamps of British Honduras.
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    British Honduras 5c stamp of 1948, H.M.S. Merlin.
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    British Honduras 15c stamp of 1938, Sergeant's Cay, 1938
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    British Honduras 1c stamp of 1948, St. George's Cay, 1948

Tourism

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Agriculture

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Shipyard Colony, Orange Walk District
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    Corn Field
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    Corn Field
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    Sorting bananas and slicing them from bunches

Industries

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Oil well
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    Sugar Cane Processing Plant, Orange Walk Town
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    Tropic Air Cessna Grand Caravan arriving at Maya Flats Air Park in Cayo District
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    Punta Gorda Market
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    Detailed view of where cane is processed

Marie Sharp's Fine Foods

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A variety of Marie Sharp's hot sauces

Architecture

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Caye Caulker
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    Caye Caulker
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    Caye Caulker
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    Caye Caulker
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    Belize City
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    Belize City
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    Belmopan Civic Center
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    Yim Saam Hotel and Restaurant, Belmopan

Churches

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    St. John's Anglican Church, Belize City
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    Wesley Methodist Church, Belize City
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    St. Andrews Presbyterian church, Belize City
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    Holy Redeemer Cathedral, Belize City
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    Inmaculada Catholic church, Orange Walk
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    Roman Catholic Church, San Antonio
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    Epworth Methodist Church, Dangriga

Culture

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Gastronomy

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    Mestizo Belizean food
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    Belizean food
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    Belizean food
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    Garifuna Hudut Belize
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    Rice and Beans, Stew Chicken and Potato Salad
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    Garnaches (tostadas) at Syd's on Caye Caulker
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    Burrito and garnaches
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    Cocoa Production in San Pedro Columbia, Toledo District
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    Fire Hearth Corn for corn tortilla

Pre-Columbian art

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Incense burner. Exhibit in the Visitors Centre of Cahal Pech, San Ignacio
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    Sculpture called Piedra Chalchihuitl, located in the gardens of the Watercolor Museum, in Coyoacán
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    Effigy censer, AD 900-1200 BC. Exhibit in the Visitors Centre of Cahal Pech, San Ignacio
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    Stela 9, from a tomb in the Structure A1 of the Zopilote Group, a few hundred meters in the periphery of Cahal Pech.
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    Stela 15 from Nim Li Punit, Toledo District
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    The "Monkey Pot" at Actun Tunichil Muknal, San Ignacio

Maya sites

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Cahal Pech
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    Altun Ha
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    Altun Ha
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    Altun Ha
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    Cahal Pech
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    Cahal Pech
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    Cahal Pech
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    Cahal Pech
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    Cahal Pech
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    Cahal Pech
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    Cahal Pech
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    Cahal Pech
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    Cahal Pech
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    Cahal Pech
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    Cahal Pech
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    Cahal Pech
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    Cahal Pech
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    Lamanai
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    Lamanai
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    Nim Li Punit
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    Xunantunich
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    Xunantunich
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    Xunantunich
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    Xunantunich
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    Xunantunich
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    Xunantunich

Music

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Garifuna Drummers
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    Garifuna drummer in Cayos Cochinos
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    Sandy Bradshaw Live in 2014

Sports

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Belize men's national basketball team
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    Underwater diving
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    Brandon Jones, at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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    La Ruta Maya Belize River Challenge
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