International Domain Registration

Belize International domain names Belize (.bz):

Restrictions: Belizian domains, None

.bz is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Belize. It is administered by the University of Belize.

At one point, .bz domains were being marketed by an American company as standing for "business", and that company took legal action against ICANN in an attempt to block the .biz domain as "unfair competition". Currently, the registry is in Belize, but is still marketing the domain outside the country as "meaning business". Internationalized domains with a wide assortment of non-ASCII characters are also available.

A lot of websites in Italy use this domain, because the abbreviation of Bolzano (de. Bozen) and the official abbreviation of the province of Bolzano-Bozen is BZ. Many websites use the Italian subdomain .bz.it. Servers for the Open Source game BZFlag often use names ending in .bz.

There are some second-level domains in use, however these are not required:com.bz (commercial)edu.bz (educational)gov.bz (government)net.bz (networking)org.bz (organizations)

Background Information :

Population

2008 estimate 320,000 (174thÙ) - Density 13/km2 (202ndÙ) 34/sq mi

GDP

(PPP) 2007 estimate - Total $2.399 billion (163rd) - Per capita $7,720 (76th)

National Anthem

"Land of the Free" Royal anthem: "God Save the Queen"

Area

Total 22,966 km2 (150th) 8,867 sq mi - Water (%) 0.7

International Dialling Code

501

Currency

Belize dollar (BZD)

Population type

Mestizo, Kriol, Spanish, Maya, Garinagu, Mennonite, East Indian

Government

Parliamentary democracy and Constitutional monarchy - Monarch Elizabeth II - Governor-General Sir Colville Young - Prime Minister Dean Barrow

Language

English Recognised regional languages Kriol (the lingua franca), Spanish

Motto

: Sub Umbra Floreo (Latin) "Under the Shade I Flourish"

Time Zone

central time (UTC-6)Belize, formerly British Honduras, is a country in Central America. Once part of the Mayan, and very briefly the Spanish Empire, it was most recently affiliated with the British Empire, prior to gaining its independence in 1981. The country is bordered to the south and west by Guatemala, to the north by Mexico, and to the east by the Caribbean Sea.

Belize has a diverse society, composed of many cultures and speaking many languages. It is the only country in Central America where English is an official language, although Kriol and Spanish are also widely spoken. With 8,867 square miles (22,960 mÙ) of territory and 320,000 people (2008 est.), the population density is the lowest in the Central American region and one of the lowest in the world. The country's population growth rate, 2.21% (2008 est.), is the highest in the region and one of the highest in the western hemisphere. It remains a Commonwealth realm.


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