After Hurricane Hattiein 1961 destroyed approximately 75% of the houses and business places in low-lying and coastal Belize City, the government proposed to encourage and promote the building of a new capital city. This new

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The city layout centers around the Ring Road which is just under 4 km in circumference. The majority of government buildings are situated either within or around the Ring Road, and a large area within the Ring Road is also given to parkland.

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Belmopan is 50 miles (80 km) inland from the Caribbean Seaand 76 meters (249 feet) above sea level, located near the Belize River Valley with a view of

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Belmopan features a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen climate classification. The city has a lengthy wet season that runs from May through January and a short dry seasoncovering the remaining three months. As is the characteristic of many

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Ethnic composition
The population of Belmopan proper (an estimated 20,000 people in 2009) is of various ethnicities, including Kriols, Garifuna, Mestizo, Maya, and recent immigrants from such Asian countries as the

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Government
At its inception and afterward, Belmopan was governed by the corporation RECONDEV (Reconstruction and Development

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The city of Belmopan has three pre-schools, four primary schools and four secondary schools as well as a modern Regional Language Centre (RLC) on the central campus of the University of Belize, where students from neighbouring Spanish-speaking

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