Capital : Belmopan

Land Area : 22,966 sq km

Head of Government : Prime Minister Dean Barrow (since February 2008)

Population : 307,899 (2009 estimate)

Major Languages : English, Creole, Spanish, Garifuna, Maya, Plautdietsch

Major Religion(s) : Roman Catholic 49.6%, Protestant 27% (Anglican 5.3%, Methodist 3.5%, Mennonite 4.1%, Seventh-Day Adventist 5.2%, Pentecostal 7.4%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.5%), none 9.4%, other 14% (2000)

Date of Joining : 1966

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E-Magazine:

• About a Police Force: Belize, CHRI, Commonwealth Police Watch E-Magazine, Vol. 1, December 2004.