Flag of Belize
What the flag looks like
A royal blue field with a narrow red stripe along the top and bottom edges and a white disc in the center holding the coat of arms: two woodcutters beside a mahogany tree, ringed by a wreath of 50 leaves.
What it means
Blue and red are the colors of the two main political parties, joined in a symbol of unity; the woodcutters and mahogany recall the logging trade, and the 50 leaves mark 1950, when the independence movement began.
How to remember it
Belize
puts two woodcutters under a mahogany tree in a white disc on blue, with thin red stripes at the top and bottom.
Fun facts
- Belize is one of very few national flags to show human figures, the two woodcutters in its coat of arms.
- The motto on the coat of arms, "Sub Umbra Floreo", means "Under the shade I flourish" in Latin.
- The Belize Barrier Reef is the largest barrier reef in the Northern Hemisphere and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Belize at a glance
- Capital
- Belmopan
- Region
- Central America
- Population
- 417,072
- Area
- 22,966 km²
- Languages
- Belizean Creole, English, Spanish
- Currency
- Belize dollar ($)
- Flag adopted
- 1981