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Belize is the only officially English speaking country in Central America.
Belize was a British colony for more than a century and was known as British Honduras until 1973.
It became an independent nation within The Commonwealth in 1981.
Belize is a member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Sistema de Integración Centroamericana (SICA)
and considers itself to be culturally both Caribbean and Central American.
With 8,867 square miles (22,960 km²) of territory and only 297,651 people (Belize CSO, 2007 mid year est.),
the population density is the lowest in the Central American region and one of the lowest in the world.
However, the country's growth rate is 3.5% (2006 est.).
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