Belize
Capital · Belmopan
Central America's only English-speaking country — Kriol along the coast, Garifuna drumming in the south, and the second-longest barrier reef on earth.
Belize at a glance
- Capital
- Belmopan
- Region
- Central America · Caribbean coast
- Currency
- Belize dollar (BZD)
- Languages
- English · Belizean Kriol · Spanish · Garifuna
- Dialling code
- +501
- Status
- Sovereign nation
The African connection
Africans were brought to cut logwood and mahogany rather than sugar, which shaped a different society. The Garifuna, exiled from Saint Vincent, landed here in 1802 and their arrival is now a national holiday.
Key dates for Belize
The dates this community marks — independence, emancipation, and the festivals that fill a hall wherever its people have settled.
Diaspora meets diaspora
AfricAsia began with Africans in Asia. The same story runs through every entry in this section — people of African descent building a life a long way from where their ancestors started.
If you are from Belize and you are anywhere in Asia — studying, working, playing, passing through — there are people here who will know what you are asking before you finish the question.
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