British Honduras
UK possession in Central America between 1798 and 1981, today Belize / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
British Honduras was a British Crown colony on the east coast of Central America, south of Mexico, from 1749 to 1964, then a self-governing colony, renamed Belize in June 1973, until September 1981, when it gained full independence as Belize.
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Status | British colony | ||||||||||
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Common languages | English, Spanish, Belizean Creole, Garifuna, Mayan languages | ||||||||||
Government | Crown colony | ||||||||||
Monarch | |||||||||||
• 1749–1760 | George II of Great Britain | ||||||||||
• 1952–1981 | Elizabeth II | ||||||||||
Governor | |||||||||||
• 1749–1758 | Robert Hodgson Sr | ||||||||||
• 1980–1981 | James Hennessy | ||||||||||
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• Superintendent appointed by Great Britain | 1749 | ||||||||||
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• Self-governing | 1 January 1964 | ||||||||||
• Renamed | 1 June 1973 | ||||||||||
• Independence | 21 September 1981 | ||||||||||
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22,966 km2 (8,867 sq mi) | |||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||
• 1861[1] | 25,635 | ||||||||||
Currency | British Honduran dollar | ||||||||||
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