Belize

Belize - the state in Central America (nearby 204  thousand persons) occupies a southeast part of peninsula Yucatan at coast of Caribbean sea, bounding in the north with Mexico, and in the east and the south - with Guatemala. The square - 23  thousand sq. km. Capital - Belmopan. An official language - English.

After the Spanish gain the bulk of modern Belize nominally was a part New of Spain (Mexico). However Spaniards practically were not engaged in colonisation of this deaf and almost deserted edge, and Englishmen (in the core pirates and colonists from island of Jamaica) here began to penetrate. Since 1840 Englishmen began to name Belize British Honduras, and in 1862 declared its colony. Independence has been intoned in 1981.

The Bulk of terrain of the country is occupied vile, with places with boggy plain with assemblage of loches and lagoons. A climate tropical, passatnyj. Average month temperature nearby 26  °C. Almost half of terrain of the country is covered with wet tropical woods.

The Population of Belize in the anthropological and ethnic attitude differs the big diversity. On two third it consists of Negroes and the mulattos, which overwhelming majority - the seasonal workers working on plantations of a sugarcane and citrus or occupied with timber loggings. Indians majja, there is no time everywhere occupying terrain of modern Belize, now compound less than 20 % and live separately in deep-seated regions. Over half of population of Belize uses an aboriginal dialect of the English tongue.

Till 1970 capital was the largest city and country port - Belize. But as a result of numerous affectings of the devastating hurricanes accompanied by inundations, the capital should be tolerated to Belmopan. The majority of the population lives at coast where the basic cities - Belize are had also, Stann-shout, Korosal, Punta-is proud.