Belmopan, Belize Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

From Guanacaste Park the Western Highway pushes on towards San Ignacio and the Guatemalan border, while the Hummingbird Highway heads south 2km to the turn-off for BELMOPAN , before continuing to Dangriga. Belmopan was founded in 1970 after Hurricane Hattie swept much of Belize City into the sea. The government decided to use the disaster as a chance to move to higher ground and, in a Brasília-style bid to focus development on the interior, chose a site in the geographical heart of the country. The name of the city combines the words "Belize" and "Mopan", the language spoken by the Maya … more »