What the records say
- When
- 1981
- Kind
- Territorial change
- Where
- Belize
- Coordinates
- 17.20° N, 88.71° W
- Process
- unknown
- Type
- Unknown process (often independences)
- Pop
- 148300
- Area km2
- 22800
- Losing
- United Kingdom
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Belize
Country in Central America
Belize is a country on the north-eastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west and south. It also shares a maritime boundary with Honduras to the southeast. Part of the Caribbean region, Belize is a member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Commonwealth Caribbean, the historical British West Indies.
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The source
- COW Territorial Change v6Correlates of War ProjectCorrelates of War: free use with citation
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