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Belize: World Factbook, 2009[1]


22,966 sq km


307,899 (July 2009)


Spanish 46%, Creole 32.9%, Mayan dialects 8.9%, English 3.9% (official), Garifuna 3.4% (Carib), German 3.3%, other 1.4%, unknown 0.2% (2000 census)


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


mestizo 48.7%, Creole 24.9%, Maya 10.6%, Garifuna 6.1%, other 9.7% (2000 census)[2]

Groups Formally Associated with MWC

8 (2006)

Belize is a small Central American country located on the Caribbean Sea, bordered by Guatemala and Mexico. The country has an area of 22,966 square kilometers and a population (July 2009) of 307,899. As a former British colony Belize's official language is English, but a large majority of the population speaks Spanish, Creole, or various Mayan dialects.[3] To learn more about Anabaptist-related groups in the Caribbean, Central and South America click here.

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Anabaptist-Related Groups in Belize

In 2006 there were eight Anabaptist-related groups formally associated with Mennonite World Conference as well as several independent or unaffiliated groups:[4]

Electronic Resources

Annotated Bibliography

External Links

Belize on Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online.


  1. "Belize," CIA World Factbook. (accessed 24 June 2009).
  2. Ibid.
  3. Ibid.
  4. "2006 Mennonite World Conference Directory for Caribbean, Central and South America," Mennonite World Conference. (accessed 22 June 2009).