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Belize is known to many by many names such as: Balise, Balice, Balece, Baleze, Balize, Beleze, Belise, Belese, Beleez, Beleeze, Belitze, baliese, and others. Ambergris Caye is ... called by many names by many people such as: Ambergrease, Amberges, Ambergrese, Ambergris Cay, Ambergris Key, Ambergras, Ambergras. Caye Caulker is also sometimes called, Key Caulker, Key Calker, Caye Calker, and Cay Caulker. Placencia is also referred to as Placentia, Placensia, Plasencia.
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Belize is situated on the Caribbean Sea, south of Mexico and east and north of Guatemala in Central America. In area, it is about the size of New Hampshire. Most of the country is heavily forested with various hardwoods. Mangrove swamps and cays along the coast give way to hills and mountains in the interior. The highest point is Victoria Peak, 3,681 ft (1,122 m).
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Taking advantage of Spain’s inability to establish control over present-day Belize, Englishmen began to cut logwood, a dyewood greatly valued in Europe as the principal dyestuff for the expanding wool industry. By the 1770s, a second tropical exotic timber, mahogany, replaced logwood as the main export from Belize. The economy of Belize remained based on the extraction of mahogany until the early 1900s when the cultivation of export crops such as citrus fruits, sugar cane, and bananas came to dominate the economy.
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The Mina Mar Group www.minamargroup.com was ... singled out as being of great assistance in structuring the deal, and helping set up the Belize based SPC and other US filings in a very efficient manner. Their consulting assistance on the regulatory requirements was pivotal to the success of this merger.
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Belize's proximity to Reef & Rain Forest is what makes Belize so unique, and no vacation to Belize is complete without visiting them both. To do it right, consider spending a few days offshore on the Cayes and a few days exploring the mainland.
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BHI’s share of the net income of Belize Telecommunications increased 8% to $1.6m (1996 - $1.5m). BTL’s revenues were up 3% and BTL continues to experience good revenue growth in new services reflecting increased use of cellular, paging and Internet services as well as expansion of pay phone and telecard services.
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