Belize map quiz
Explore cities and landmarks of Belize!
Quizzes in this pack
Belize: cities, landmarks.
| Cities | 8 questions |
| Landmarks | 8 questions |
Sample questions
- Capital of Belize, one of the smallest capitals in the Americas, built after Hurricane Hattie destroyed the old capital
- Answer: Belmopan
- Largest city and former capital, a Caribbean port at the mouth of Haulover Creek
- Answer: Belize City
- Northern town in the sugarcane region, near the Lamanai Maya ruins
- Answer: Orange Walk
- Western town near the Guatemalan border, gateway to the Cayo District and Xunantunich ruins
- Answer: San Ignacio
- Cultural capital of the Garifuna people on the southern coast
- Answer: Dangriga
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Belmopan
Inland central Belize
Belmopan was built in the 1960s, inland and safe from storms, after Hurricane Hattie wrecked Belize City on the coast in 1961. With about 25,000 people it is one of the smallest capitals in the Americas.
- Founded
- The 1960s
- Did you know?
- The name joins Belize and Mopan, the names of two rivers
Orange Walk
On the New River, northern Belize
Orange Walk is the main town of northern Belize, on the New River in the middle of the country's sugar cane fields. Boats leave from here up the river to Lamanai, a Maya city in the jungle that was lived in for more than 3,000 years.
- Known for
- Sugar cane, the New River, Lamanai
San Pedro
Ambergris Caye
San Pedro is the only town on Ambergris Caye, the largest island of Belize, and most people get around its sandy streets by golf cart. The Belize Barrier Reef, part of the second-largest barrier reef system in the world after Australia's, lies just offshore.
- Known for
- The barrier reef, golf carts, diving
- Rings a bell?
- Madonna's La Isla Bonita, from 1986, opens with “Last night I dreamt of San Pedro”, and the town gladly takes it as its own
Great Blue Hole
Lighthouse Reef
The Great Blue Hole is a round sinkhole in the sea off Belize, about 300 metres across and 125 metres deep. It formed as a cave on land during the last ice age, when the sea was lower, and the sea flooded it as the ice melted.
- Width
- About 300 m
- Depth
- About 125 m
- Rings a bell?
- Jacques Cousteau made it world-famous when he sailed his ship Calypso there in 1971
Belize Barrier Reef
Off the coast of Belize
The Belize Barrier Reef runs about 300 km along the coast of Belize, part of the second-largest barrier reef system in the world after Australia's. Behind it lie hundreds of small islands called cayes, and within it the Great Blue Hole.
- Length
- About 300 km
Caye Caulker
Off Belize City
Caye Caulker is a small coral island off Belize, with sandy streets and the motto “Go slow”. Hurricane Hattie cut a channel through it in 1961, now called the Split, where people swim and snorkel.
- Length
- About 8 km
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