BELIZE
(Central America)

Capital: Belmopan

Flag: national flag consists of the coat of arms of Belize on the white disk aligned in the blue rectangular field with a narrow red strip from above and from below.

MOTTO: Svoboda's earth.

MONETARY BYULLET: The dollar of Belize ($ b) which is earlier tied to the British pound sterling and tied to US dollar is paper currency in 100 cents. There are coins 1, 5, 10, 25, 50 cents and 1 dollar and also banknotes of 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 dollars. b of $1 = us of $0.50000 (or us of $1 = b of $2) as of 2005.

WEIGHT AND MEASURES: are used imperial the weight and a measure. An exception is measurement of oil products for which the gallon of the USA is standard.

HOLIDAYS: New year, on January 1; Day of the baron Blazhenstva, on March 9; Labor Day, on May 1; Day of the Commonwealth, on May 24; National day, on September 10; Independence Day, on September 21; Day of Columbus, on October 12; Put Garifun, on November 19; Christmas, on December 25; Day of gifts, on December 26. Mobile vacation - Good Friday and Easter Monday.

TIME: 6th mornings = midday of GMT.

ARRANGEMENT, SIZE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Belize (the former British Honduras) on the Caribbean coast of Central America has the area of 22 966 sq.km (8 867 quarter. Miles), 280 km long (174 miles) nanosecond and 109 km (68 miles) an hour. Rather, the area occupied with Belize is a little less than State of Massachusetts. In Belize limited on Mexico on the bank of the Caribbean Sea and also on Guatemala and Belize, the total length of border is 516 km (320 miles).

Capital: Belize, Belmopan, it is located in the center of the country.

TOPOGRAPHY

The country to the north from Belmopan is the generally flat earth interrupted only with hills Manatei. In the south the earth sharply rises to mountain internal space from the flat and marshy coastline which is strongly receding from many lagoons. Mountains Maya and Kokskomb (which reach a high point of 1,122 m / 3,681 feet at peak Victoria, in Cockscombs) form frame of the country which is exhausted by 17 rivers. Coastal waters are covered with the line of reeves behind which there are numerous islands and gulfs, in particular Ambergris Kay, Ostrova to Terneffa, Columbus Rif and Glover Rif.

CLIMATE

Climate subtropical and damp, constrained the prevailing northeast trade winds which maintain temperature within 16-32 °C (61-90 °F) in a coastal zone; internal temperatures are a little higher. Seasons differ in bigger humidity, than temperature. Average annual values of rainfall vary from 127 cm (50 inches) to more than 380 cm (150 inches) in the south in the north. A dry season from February to May and more one dry spell in August. Hurricanes occur from July to October.

FLORA AND FAUNA

The most part of a forest cover consists of the mixed deciduous breeds - mainly mahogany, a cedar and a sapodilla (a source I cut). In flat areas there is extensive solid pine. The coastal earth and gulfs are covered with mangrove trees. The radical fauna includes армадильо, an opossum, a deer and monkeys.