Belmopan

Belmopan is the capital of , nearer the geographic center of the country than Belize City. It was established following the massive damage that occurred when Hurricane Hattie struck in 1961.
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  • Type: City with 20,800 residents
  • Description: capital of Belize
  • Also known as: City of Promise”, “Hattieville”, “Mopan”, “The Garden City”, and “The Planned City

Places of Interest

Highlights include Belmopan Hector Silva Airport and FFB Stadium.

Aerodrome
Hector Silva airstrip is an airport located in serving Belmopan, the capital city of . The runway is on the northern edge of the city off the George Price Highway, and has a small terminal building.

Pitch
is a football stadium in Belmopan, . It has a capacity of 5,000 spectators. It is the home stadium for the Belize national football team, and is also used by the Premier League of Belize team Police United.

Government office
The is the home of 's two houses of Parliament - the House of Representatives and the Senate of Belize. It is located in Belmopan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Roaring Creek and Camalote.

Village
is a small in the of , just north-west of Belmopan. Its name is derived from the creek waterfalls which flow into the next to the Guanacaste Park area.

Village
is a village located along the George Price Highway in , . It lies approximately five kilometers west of Belmopan.

Belmopan

Latitude
17.2502° or 17° 15′ 1″ north
Longitude
-88.77° or 88° 46′ 12″ west
Population
20,800
Elevation
184 feet (56 metres)
Named after
Mopan River
IATA airport code
BCV
United Nations Location Code
BZ BMP
Open location code
769H762H+3X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 282294082
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3582672
Wiki­data ID
Q3043
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Zulu—“Belmopan” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: Bèlmopan
  • Afrikaans: Belmopan
  • Albanian: Belmopan
  • Amharic: ቤልሞፓን
  • Arabic: بلموبان
  • Aragonese: Belmopan
  • Armenian: Բելմոպան
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  • Bengali: পরিকল্পিত শহর
  • Bengali: প্রতিশ্রুতির শহর
  • Bengali: বাগানের শহর
  • Bengali: বেলমোপান
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  • Chinese: 貝爾莫潘
  • Chinese: 貝爾墨潘
  • Chinese: 貝爾墨邦
  • Chinese: 贝尔莫潘 / 貝爾墨潘
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  • Georgian: ბელმოპანი
  • German: Belmopan
  • Greek: Μπελμοπάν
  • Gujarati: બેલમોપાન
  • Haitian: Bèlmopan
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  • Hebrew: בלמופן
  • Hindi: बेल्मोपान
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  • Japanese: ベルモパン
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  • Kannada: ಬೆಲ್ಮೋಪಾನ್
  • Kazakh: Бельмопан
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  • Korean: 벨모판
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  • Latin: Belmopanum
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  • Marathi: बेल्मोपान
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  • Mingrelian: ბელმოპანი
  • Moksha: Бэльмопан
  • Moroccan Arabic: بيلموپان
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  • Occitan (post 1500): Belmopán
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Bælmōpan
  • Ossetian: Бельмопан
  • Panjabi: ਬੈਲਮੋਪਾਨ
  • Papiamento: Belmopan
  • Persian: بلموپان
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  • Sakizaya: Payl-mu-pang
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  • Sindhi: بيلموپان
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  • Tajik: Белмопан
  • Talysh: Belmopan
  • Tamil: பெல்மோப்பான்
  • Telugu: బెల్మోపాన్
  • Thai: เบลโมแพน
  • Tibetan: པེར་མོ་ཕན།
  • Tornedalen Finnish: Belmopan
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  • Western Panjabi: بیلموپان
  • Wu Chinese: 贝尔莫潘
  • Yakut: Белмопан
  • Yiddish: בעלמאפאן
  • Yoruba: Belmopan
  • Yue Chinese: 貝爾莫潘
  • Zulu: i-Belmopan
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