Belize

Also known as: Bileez (Belizean Creole), Belice (Spanish and Yucatec Mayan), Belize (Q'eqchi' Mayan)

🇧🇪 Belgium

🇧🇯 Benin

Sovereign State of Central America & the Caribbean

Belmopan

Belmopan, Belize WEATHER

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Belize is a small country on the northeastern coast of Central America, characterized by tropical forests, coastal plains, and the Belize Barrier Reef along the Caribbean Sea.

Belize

📍 Belize is a small country located in Central America, along the northeastern coast of the region on the Caribbean Sea. It lies between Mexico to the north and Guatemala to the west and south, with a coastline along the Caribbean Sea to the east.

Belize’s terrain includes coastal plains, tropical forests, and low mountains in the interior. It is home to part of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, one of the largest coral reef systems in the world, which lies just offshore. The country’s location has historically made it a point of cultural interaction between Caribbean and Central American influences, as well as a hub for biodiversity and ecological diversity in the region.

Capital

Belmopan, Cayo

(Belmopan, Cayo)

👥 ~20,000

Largest Places

Belize City, Belize

(Belize City, Belize)

👥~65,000

San Ignacio, Cayo

(San Ignacio, Cayo)

👥~20,000

Orange Walk Town, Orange Walk

(Orange Walk Town, Orange Walk)

👥~15,000

San Pedro, Belize

(San Pedro, Belize)

👥~12,000

Belmopan, Cayo

(Belmopan, Cayo)

👥~20,000

Dangriga, Stann Creek

(Dangriga, Stann Creek)

👥~10,000

Corozal Town, Corozal

(Corozal Town, Corozal)

👥~10,000

Benque Viejo del Carmen, Cayo

(Benque Viejo del Carmen, Cayo)

👥~8,000

Placencia, Stann Creek

(Placencia, Stann Creek)

👥~3,000

Hopkins, Stann Creek

(Hopkins, Stann Creek)

👥~2,000

Punta Gorda, Toledo

(Punta Gorda, Toledo)

👥~6,000

Independence, Stann Creek

(Independence, Stann Creek)

👥~4,000

Santa Elena, Cayo

(Santa Elena, Cayo)

👥~8,000

Ladyville, Belize

(Ladyville, Belize)

👥~6,000

San José Succotz, Cayo

(San José Succotz, Cayo)

👥~3,000

Hattieville, Belize

(Hattieville, Belize)

👥~1,000

Esperanza, Cayo

(Esperanza, Cayo)

👥~2,000

Bullet Tree Falls, Cayo

(Bullet Tree Falls, Cayo)

👥~2,000

San Estevan, Orange Walk

(San Estevan, Orange Walk)

👥~3,000

Shipyard, Orange Walk

(Shipyard, Orange Walk)

👥~3,000

Sarteneja, Corozal

(Sarteneja, Corozal)

👥~3,500

San Narciso, Corozal

(San Narciso, Corozal)

👥~2,000

San Antonio, Toledo

(San Antonio, Toledo)

👥~3,000

Big Falls, Toledo

(Big Falls, Toledo)

👥~2,000

Jalacte, Toledo

(Jalacte, Toledo)

👥~1,000

Road System (Central American Caribbean Coast Infrastructure)

Drives On: Right

Belize follows right-hand traffic regulations.

Electrical System (Central American Standards)

Primary Plug Types: Type A, Type B & Type G

Belize uses a mix of North American and British-style electrical systems.

What is the Internet TLD for Belize?

A top-level domain (TLD) is the last section of a website address that appears after the final dot.

Country-code top-level domains are assigned to countries worldwide.

Examples:

.gt = Guatemala .mx = Mexico .bz = Belize

Belize uses:

.bz

What is the ISO Code for Belize?

ISO country codes come from the international standard ISO 3166 created by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Belize is a country on the Caribbean coast of Central America.

ISO 3166-1 codes are the two-letter country codes such as BZ. These are called Level-1 ISO codes.

Belize is assigned:

BZ

Official ISO country name:

Belize

Subdivision codes do not have flag emojis.

ISO-2 Code: BZ

ISO-3 Code: BLZ

ISO Numeric Code: 084

BZ