British Honduras
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British Honduras was a Crown colony on the east coast of Central America, south of Mexico, from 1783 to 1964, then a self-governing colony, renamed Belize in June 1973, until September 1981, when it gained full independence as Belize. British Honduras was the last continental possession of the United Kingdom in the Americas.
Share of the British Honduras Company Ltd., issued 8 November 1860
Destruction from the 1931 Belize hurricane
The Queen on $5-British Honduras stamp, 1953
Belmopan
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Belmopan is the capital city of Belize. Its population in 2010 was 16,451. In addition to being the smallest capital city in the continental Americas by population, Belmopan is the third-largest settlement in Belize, behind Belize City and San Ignacio. Founded as a planned community in 1970, Belmopan is one of the newest national capital cities in the world. Since 2000, Belmopan has been one of two settlements in Belize to hold official city status, along with Belize City.
Image: Green House, Belmopan, Belize
Image: Belmopan Independence Plaza
Image: H Rruben From East fixed
Image: Belmopan market