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The mouth of Chetumal Bay is directed southward and buffered by the large Belizean island of Ambergris Caye. Corozal Bay is a smaller inland inlet, that extends to the southwest in the upper region of Chetumal Bay. It is named after the town of Corozal on it. Chetumal is a major city on the bay, located in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo.
Chetumal, or the Province of Chetumal (/ ˌ tʃ ɛ t ʊ ˈ m ɑː l / che-tuu-MAHL, Yucatec Mayan: u kuchkabal Chetumal, Mayan pronunciation: [u kutʃkaˈbal tʃetuˈmal]), was a Postclassic Maya state of the Yucatan Peninsula, in the Maya Lowlands.
Belize (/ b ɪ ˈ l iː z, b ɛ-/ ⓘ, 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 maritime boundary with Honduras to the southeast.
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This map is part of a collection of 216 free country maps, created by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), to be used in print, web or broadcast products. The ReliefWeb Location Maps released here are maps that highlight a country, its capital, major populated places and the surrounding regions.
The 280-acre (113 hectare) island sits between Belize City and the Bacalar Chico National Park and Marine Reserve, home to the largest barrier reef in the northern hemisphere and one of the world ...
Chetumal has become known for its traditional wood buildings, few of which survive. In Pre-Columbian times, a city called Chactemal (sometimes rendered as "Chetumal" in early European sources), probably today's Santa Rita in Belize, [6] [7] was the capital of a Maya state of the same name that roughly controlled the southern quarter of modern Quintana Roo and the northeast portion of Belize.
The main one is located between Subteniente Lopez, Quintana Roo, Mexico, and Santa Elena, Corozal District, Belize. It is about 16 km (10 mi) from Chetumal, which is the capital of Quintana Roo and main city of the region. A new Belize–Mexico bridge located about 5 blocks west of the old bridge was opened to the public on 15 May 2013. [5]