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Disputed territory between Belize and Guatemala. The Belizean–Guatemalan territorial dispute is an unresolved territorial dispute between the states of Belize (formerly known as British Honduras) and Guatemala, neighbours in Central America. During the late 1600s and throughout the 1700s, Britain and Spain signed several treaties regarding ...
97,119. 100.00%. Registered voters/turnout. 148,500. 65.4%. A referendum on the territorial dispute with Guatemala was held in Belize on 8 May 2019. [1] Voters were asked whether the territorial dispute with neighbouring Guatemala should be referred to the International Court of Justice. The vote had originally been scheduled for 10 April but ...
The border between Belize and Guatemala is defined in Article I of the Wyke–Aycinena Treaty of 1859: [1] [2]. Beginning at the mouth of the River Sarstoon in the Bay of Honduras, and proceeding up the mid-channel thereof to Gracias a Dios Falls; then turning to the right and continuing by a line drawn direct from Gracias a Dios Falls to Garbutt's Falls on the River Belize, and from Garbutt's ...
A map of the Belize–Mexico border. The Belize–Mexico border is an international border between Belize and Mexico. It is 250 km (160 mi) long and almost exclusively follows the course of the Hondo River. [1] It separates Belize from the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. The modern boundary was agreed to in 1893, and finalized in 1897.
Geography of Belize. Belize is a small Central American nation, located at 17°15' north of the equator and 88°45' west of the Prime Meridian on the Yucatán Peninsula. It borders the Caribbean Sea to the east, with 386 km of coastline. It has a total of 542 km of land borders— Mexico to the north-northwest (272 km) and Guatemala to the ...
British Honduras. 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, [2] until September 1981, when it gained full independence as Belize.
Belize (/ bɪˈliːz, bɛ -/ ⓘ, bih-LEEZ, beh-; Belize Kriol English: Bileez) 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 water boundary with Honduras to the southeast.
B. Belize–Guatemala border. Belize–Mexico border. Categories: Borders by country. Foreign relations of Belize. Geography of Belize. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.