Belize

The area on which finds itself puts into effect it them be of the Belize originally was inhabited from groups Amerindian (Caribi, Arawak and Mayan), the Mayan, original civilization of the peninsula of Yucatán it is diffused in the Belize between XVI century AC and DC.

The discovery

The region was crossed gives Hernán Cortés in , but true and own European takeovers go back to , when you one was settled down English community, guided they give P. Wallace.
It came therefore created the colony ofBritish Honduras.

British Honduras

The vicinity with the Spanish carried to long fights, momentarily placate from Peace of Paris ().
In devastò British Honduras, without however succeeding to drive away English.
English brought back one important Victoria in it battles of St. George' s Cay. At the moment of the abandonment of the Spanish of the colonies Americans, and rivendicarono the possession of the colony.
In it came signed a treaty with the Guatemala that sanctioned the borders, but did not place term to the rivendicazioni. In 1862 it becomes colony British, trained from vice-governor of Giamaica.
1° January the autonomy of the colony came declared, as a result of that the Guatemala broke off the relations with .

Belize and independence

In it changes its denomination from British Honduras to Belize.
independence comes proclama.

Geography

The Belize is mostly pianeggiante.
The northern part is formed from low lands in wide part marshy, while that meridional is dominated from i Mounts Mayan.
In the northern part the rivers are numerous and slide some in direction. The coasts are generally low and importuose, accompanied from number islands and isolette.

Physical geography

Morphology

Hydrography

Climate

The climate is of subtropicale, warmth-humid type; the precipitations increase as are moved to us towards south.

Temperature and precipitations

Belize

Temperatures and precipitations salaries

Human geography

Population

Density: 12 for km²

Etnie

The population is composed gives: mestizos 44%, Creoles 30%, amerindian (Mayan) 24%, garifuna (caraibici black) 7%, Asian Indians us 4%, others 4%.

Religion

Christian (catholic and protestan

Political geography

Districts of the Belize (data of 2000)
	District	Capoluogo	Inhabitants	Surface km²
1	Belize	Belize	68.197	4,204
2	Cayo	Belmopan	52,564	5.338
3	Corozal	Corozal	32.708	1.860
4	Orange Walk	Orange Walk	38.890	4.737
5	Stann Creek	Dangriga	24,548	2.176
6	Toledo	Gorda Tip	23.297	4.649

Economic geography

Gross National Product: 2.570$ per capita (162° place of classify world-wide).
Balance of payments: -40 million $.
Inflation: 1,0%.
Unemployment: 13,00%. Points of force. Agriculture, industry you weave them and tourism. Sostenibile public debit. Points of weakness. The alimentary products work to you must be import to you. Bad management of fodi the publics.

Resources

Production of electric power: 23.000 kw.
Peach: 2.179 tons.
Oil: not producing.
Breeding: bovines 60.000, suini 23.000. horses 5.000.
Minerals: nobody. Agriculture The economy is based nearly exclusively on the exploitation of the forest, that it covers 44% of the national territory: cedar, mahogany, pine, rosewood, etc. Agriculture, that it interests 3% of the national territory alone, produces citruses and sugar cane it assigns you to the export and maize, , fagioli, potatoes, bananas, cacao and ortaggi assign you to the inner consumption. Breeding Peach Mining resources Nobody. Some companies are executing prospectings for oil and gas in the river basin of the Corozal. Industry

Transports

Guide to right. Street net: 1.419 km.
Highway net: nobody.
Railway net: nobody.
Navigable net: 825 km. To Stanley Field an international airport operates, the main port is that one of Belize.

Tourism

1 visitor the every year 1,4 inhabitants. Origin: 38%, USA 29%, 13%, others 20%.

Exports

USA 47%, 30%, 7%, 3%, 3%, others 10%.

Imports

USA 52%, 13%, 9%, 5%, 3%, others 18%.

Culture

Schooling

Rate schooling: 75%.
University students: 9.457.

Instruction

Obligation scholastic until 14 years.

Health

A public sanitary system does not exist.

Atmosphere

5.0% of the territory partially are protect.

Flora

Fauna

Art

Architecture

Painting and sculpture

Literature

Poetry

Novel

Theatre

Music

Politics

The Belize is one democracy parliamentarian in the within of Commonwealth.
Head of the state is the monarch of (Elisabetta II), represented from a general governor (Colville Young). The first minister guides the government. The National Assembly is bicameral:

House of representative (29 members)
- elect to suffragio universal for 5 years
Senate (8 members)
- 5 chosen ones from the first minister
- 2 chosen ones from the leader of the opposition
- 1 chosen from the general governor.

Political inner

It is looked at also: Disorders in Belize of 2005

Foreign politics

Bibliography

Other voices

City

Mountains

Rivers

Seas

Mar of the Caribbeanses

Islands

Ambergris Cay
Islands Turneffe

External connections

Government of Belize - Situated official of the government (in English)
Belize.Net - portale of the Belize (in English)

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