The earliest known record of the name "Belize" appears in the journal of the Dominicanpriest Fray José Delgado, dating to 1677. Delgado recorded the names of three major rivers that he crossed while travelling

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Early history
The Maya Civilization emerged at least three millennia ago in the lowland area of the Yucatán Peninsulaand the highlands to the south, in the area of

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Belize is a parliamentary constitutional monarchy. The structure of government is based on the British parliamentary system, and the legal system is modelled on the common law of England.

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Belize has a small, mostly private enterprise economy that is based primarily on agriculture, agro-based industry, and merchandising, with tourism and construction recently assuming greater importance. The country is also a producer of

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Belize's population is estimated to be 419,199 in 2020. Belize's total fertility ratein 2009 was 3.6 children per woman. Its birth rate was 22.9 births/1,000 population (2018 estimate), and the

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In Belizean folklore, there are the legends of Lang Bobi Suzi, La Llorona, La Sucia, Tata Duende, Anansi, Xtabay, Sisimite and the cadejo.
Most of the

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Belize is on the Caribbean coast of northern Central America. It shares a border on the north with the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, on the west with the Guatemalan department of Petén, and on the south with the Guatemalan department of Izabal.

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