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Coat of Arms | |
Motto | Sub Umbra Floreo (Latin) "Under the Shade I Flourish" |
Anthem | "Land of the Free" |
Royal Anthem | "God Save the Queen" |
Capital | Belmopan |
Largest City | Belize City |
Official Languages | English |
Government | Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Governor General | Colville Young |
Prime Minister | Dean Barrow |
Legislature | National Assembly |
Upper House | Senate |
Lower House | House of Representatives |
Independence - from the United Kingdom |
21 September 1981 |
Currency | Belize Dollar (BZD) |
Belize is a country on the northeastern coast of Central America. It is one of the seventeen British Commonwealth Realms.