Politics
Belize - General Information Table
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
Location
Central America, Eastern Coast
Population
Estimated 262,999[1] (256,062 July 2001 est.)[2]
[1] Infoplease.com, World-Countries-Belize, available at http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107333.html (last visited on Oct. 1, 2002).
[2] Central Intelligence Agency-The World Factbook 2001, supra note 1.
Native Language
English (Official)[1]
[1] Spanish, Mayan, Creole and Garifuna are widely spoken in addition to English.
Currency
Belize Dollar/BZD 2.000 BZD per US dollar fixed
Political status
Independent from UK as of […]
Belize - Politics
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008Belize has a democratic, bi-cameral legislature elected by direct popular vote to serve a term of five years. A Prime Minister is appointed by the Governor-General, representative of Queen Elizabeth II. The leader of the majority party is given this appointment. Belize has a legal system based upon common law with a Supreme Court, whose […]