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Belizei
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Belize | Country |
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Area:
22,966 km2
Type:
Largest Settlements:
| Place | Population |
|---|---|
| Belize City | 61,461 (2013) |
| San Ignacio | 16,812 (2016) |
| Orange Walk | 15,298 (2017) |
| Belmopan | 13,381 (2012) |
| Dangriga | 10,750 (2014) |
| Corozal | 9,871 (2013) |
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
British Honduras
Other Languages:
French:
Belize
German:
Belize
Italian:
Belize
Russian:
Белиз
Simplified Chinese:
伯利兹
Spanish:
Belice
Achinese:
Belize
Adyghe:
Белиз
Afrikaans:
Belize
Akan:
Beliz
Albanian:
Beliza
Alemannic:
Belize
Amharic:
ቤሊዝ
Anglo-Saxon:
Belīs
Arabic:
بليز
Aragonese:
Belize
Armenian:
Բելիզ
Aromanian:
Belize
Asturian:
Belize
Aymara:
Wilisi
Azeri:
Beliz
Bambara:
Belize
Bashkir:
Белиз
Basque:
Belize
Bavarian:
Belize
Belarusian:
Беліз
Belarusian (Tarashkevitsa):
Бэліз
Bengali:
বেলিজ
Bishnupriya Manipuri:
বেলিজ
Bosnian:
Beliz
Breton:
Belize
Bulgarian:
Белиз
Burmese:
ဘလိဇ်
Catalan:
Belize
Cebuano:
Belize
Central Bikol:
Belisa
Central Kurdish/Sorani:
بەلیز
Chavacano:
Belice
Chechen:
Белиз
Cherokee:
ᏇᎵᏍ
Chuvash:
Белиз
Classical Chinese:
伯利茲
Cornish:
Belisa
Crimean Tatar (Latin):
Beliz
Croatian:
Belize
Czech:
Belize
Danish:
Belize
Doteli:
बेलिज
Dutch:
Belize
Dzongkha:
བེ་ལིཛ
Egyptian Arabic:
بيليز
Erzya:
Белиз
Esperanto:
Belizo
Estonian:
Belize
Ewe:
Belize
Extremaduran:
Belici
Faroese:
Belis
Farsi/Persian:
بلیز
Fiji Hindi:
Belize
Finnish:
Belize
Franco-Provençal:
Belize
Fula:
Beliise
Gagauz:
Beliz
Galician:
Belice
Georgian:
ბელიზი
Greek:
Μπελίζ
Guarani:
Velíse
Gujarati:
બેલીઝ
Haitian:
Beliz
Hakka:
Belize
Hausa:
Beliz
Hebrew:
בליז
Hill Mari:
Белиз
Hindi:
बेलीज़
Hungarian:
Belize
Icelandic:
Belís
Ido:
Belize
Iloko:
Belis
Indonesian:
Belize
Interlingua:
Belize
Interlingue:
Belize
Irish Gaelic:
An Bheilís
Jamaican Patois:
Biliiz
Japanese:
ベリーズ
Javanese:
Belize
Judaeo-Spanish:
Belize
Kabiye:
Peliizi
Kabyle:
Belize
Kalmyk:
Белсин
Kannada:
ಬೆಲೀಜ್
Kapampangan:
Belize
Karakalpak:
Beliz
Kashmiri:
بیلِج
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Белиз
Khmer:
បេលីហ្ស
Kinyarwanda:
Belize
Konkani:
बेलिझ
Korean:
벨리즈
Kurdish (Latin Script):
Belîze
Kyrgyz:
Белиз
Lao:
ເບຊີວ
Latin:
Beliza
Latvian:
Beliza
Ligurian:
Belize
Limburgian:
Belize
Lingala:
Belize
Lingua Franca Nova:
Beliz
Lithuanian:
Belizas
Livvi-Karelian:
Beliz
Lojban:
beliz
Lombard:
Belize
Low Saxon/Low German:
Belize
Lower Sorbian:
Belize
Luxembourgish:
Belize
Macedonian:
Белизе
Maithili:
बेलिज
Malagasy:
Belizy
Malay:
Belize
Malayalam:
ബെലീസ്
Maltese:
Beliże
Manx:
Yn Veleesh
Marathi:
बेलीझ
Mazanderani:
بلیز
Meadow Mari:
Белиз
Min Dong Chinese:
Belize
Mingrelian:
ბელიზი
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Belize
Mongolian:
Белиз
Nahuatl:
Belice
Nauruan:
Berij
Nepali:
बेलिज
Newar / Nepal Bhasa:
बेलिज
Norfolk:
Beles
Northern Frisian:
Belize
Northern Sami:
Belize
Norwegian:
Belize
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Belize
Novial:
Beliz
Occitan:
Belize
Odia:
ବେଲିଜ
Ossetian:
Белиз
Pali:
बेलीज
Papiamento:
Belize
Pashto:
بېلیز
Piedmontese:
Belize
Polish:
Belize
Portuguese:
Belize
Punjabi:
ਬੇਲੀਜ਼
Quechua:
Bilisi
Romanian:
Belize
Romansh:
Belize
Russia Buriat:
Белиз
Rusyn:
Беліз
Samoan:
Pelisi
Samogitian:
Belėzos
Sango:
Belîzi
Sanskrit:
बेलीज
Sardinian:
Belize
Saterland Frisian:
Belize
Scots:
Belize
Scottish Gaelic:
Beilise
Serbian:
Белизе
Serbo-Croatian:
Belize
Shona:
Belize
Sicilian:
Belizi
Silesian:
Belize
Sinhalese:
බෙලීස්
Slovak:
Belize
Slovenian:
Belize
Somali:
Belise
South Azerbaijani:
بلیز
Sundanese:
Bélis
Swahili:
Belize
Swati:
IBhelizi
Swedish:
Belize
Tagalog:
Belise
Tajik (Cyrillic Script):
Белиз
Tamil:
பெலீசு
Tatar:
Белиз
Telugu:
బెలిజ్
Tetum:
Belize
Thai:
เบลีซ
Tibetan (Standard):
བེ་ལི་ཛི།
Tigrinya:
ቤሊዘ
Tongan:
Pelise
Traditional Chinese:
貝里斯
Turkish:
Belize
Turkmen:
Belize
Ukrainian:
Беліз
Upper Sorbian:
Belize
Urdu:
بیلیز
Uyghur:
بېلىز
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Beliz
Venetian:
Belize
Veps:
Beliz
Vietnamese:
Belize
Volapük:
Belisän
Võro:
Belize
Waray:
Belize
Welsh:
Belize
West Frisian:
Belize
Western Punjabi:
بیلیز
Wolof:
Beliis
Wu Chinese:
伯利茲
Yakut:
Белиз
Yiddish:
בעליז
Yoruba:
Bẹ̀lísè
Zazaki:
Beliz
Zeelandic:
Belize
Zhuang:
Belize
Zulu:
Belize
Belize, formerly known as British Honduras, is a Caribbean country located on the northeastern coast of Central America. Belize is bordered on the northwest by Mexico, on the east by the Caribbean Sea, and on the south and west by Guatemala. It has an area of 22,970 square kilometres (8,867 sq mi). Its mainland is about 290 km (180 mi) long and 110 km (68 mi) wide.
Belize is divided into six districts: Belize, Cayo, Corozal, Orange Walk, Stann Creek, and Toledo.
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This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded from this region.Mineral List
Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities9 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ 'Apatite' Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| ⓘ Baryte Formula: BaSO4 |
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ 'Clay minerals' |
| ⓘ Dolomite Formula: CaMg(CO3)2 |
| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
| ⓘ 'K Feldspar' |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Pyrolusite Formula: Mn4+O2 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Quartz var. Amethyst Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony Formula: SiO2 References: |
| ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz var. Amethyst | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | var. Chalcedony | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 | |
| ⓘ | Pyrolusite | 4.DB.05 | Mn4+O2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Clay minerals' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'K Feldspar' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Apatite' | - | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Quartz var. Amethyst | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| O | ⓘ Pyrolusite | Mn4+O2 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| F | Fluorine | |
| F | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Amethyst | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| P | Phosphorus | |
| P | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Cl | Chlorine | |
| Cl | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Ca | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| Mn | Manganese | |
| Mn | ⓘ Pyrolusite | Mn4+O2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Ba | Barium | |
| Ba | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
Fossils
There are 97 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.
| Occurrences | 97 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Youngest Fossil Listed | 0.01 Ma (Pleistocene) | ||||||
| Oldest Fossil Listed | 145 Ma (Late Jurassic) | ||||||
| Stratigraphic Units |
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| Fossils from Region | Click here to show the list. | ||||||
| Fossil Localities | Click to show 2 fossil localities |
Other Databases
| Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belize |
|---|---|
| Wikidata ID: | Q242 |
| GeoNames ID: | 3582678 |
Localities in this Region
- Cayo District
- Mountain Pine Ridge Reserve
- ⭔San Ignacio
- Xunantunich
- ⭔Corozal District
- ⭔Orange Walk District
- ⭔Stann Creek District
- ⭔Toledo District
Other Regions, Features and Areas that Intersect
Central America
- Maya MountainsMountain Range
- Sierra Madre de Chiapas
North America
- Central AmericaSubregion
- Chiquibul Cave SystemGroup of Caves
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Maya TerranePassive Margin
- Mayan HighlandsVolcanic Arc
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San Ignacio, Cayo District, Belize