";s:4:"text";s:5717:" The Head Office of IMMARBE is located in Belize City and have attained ISO 9002 certification and will participate in the voluntary IMO member State Audit Scheme during March 2011. Its capital is Belmopan and its most populous city is Belize City. It was Price, more than anyone, with the slogans, the flag, the anthem and his persistence in insisting that Belize was Belize, not British Honduras, that gave Belize an identity. Belize's abundance of terrestrial and marine species and its diversity of ecosystems give it a key place in the globally significant The earliest known record of the name "Belize" appears in the journal of the In the 1820s, the Creole elite of Belize invented the legend that the toponym Belize derived from the Spanish pronunciation of the name of a Scottish A profusion of languages and subcultures developed within the Maya core culture. It is a (very dark) blue flag with the city seal centered on it (approx. More about Belize City, Belize Points of Interest. The Maya civilization spread into the area of Belize between 1500 BC to 1200 BC and flourished until about 1000 AD. The flag is royal blue, with a white disc at the center containing the The flag is bordered at top and bottom by two red stripes. The city proper is usually divided into two areas: Northside, bounded by Haulover Creek and ending in the east at the Fort George area, and Southside, extending to the outskirts of the city and the port area including downtown. 13. Most city children in Belize attend high school. Retrieved 24 October 2018.Cherrington, E. A., Ek, E., Cho, P., Howell, B. F., Hernandez, B. E., Anderson, E. R., Flores, A. I., Garcia, B. C., Sempris, E., and D. E. Irwin. Several Maya ruin sites, including Cahal Pech, Caracol, Lamanai, Lubaantun, Altun Ha, and Xunantunich reflect the advanced civilization and much denser population of that period. Through rigorous inspections of its fleet, the Belize registry has improved its Port State Control performance and reduced the average age to 19 years.