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Belmopan

American  
[bel-moh-pan] / ˌbɛl moʊˈpæn /

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of Belize, in the central part.


Belmopan British  
/ ˌbɛlməˈpæn /

noun

  1. (since 1973) the capital of Belize, about 50 miles inland: founded in 1970. Pop: 10 000 (2005 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Mention Belmopan, Belize’s capital that sits deep in the country’s interior, and many Belizeans will belittle the city as a bastion of pencil-pushing bureaucrats that’s not just dull, but also devoid of nightlife.

From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2024

Belize’s National Assembly building in the capital, Belmopan.

From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2024

“They’ve declared open-season on almost 99 percent of Belize’s marine area,” Janelle Chanona, Oceana’s vice president for the Central American nation, said by phone from the capital, Belmopan.

From Washington Times • May 8, 2015

"They've declared open-season on almost 99 percent of Belize's marine area," Janelle Chanona, Oceana's vice president for the Central American nation, said by phone from the capital, Belmopan.

From US News • May 8, 2015

He works off a dark corridor in a government building in Belmopan, the country’s capital, where security guards wave visitors through a broken metal detector.

From BusinessWeek • Jul. 24, 2014

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