Dig straight down through Belize 🇧🇿 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Indian Ocean 🌊, off the coast of Indian Ocean Territories 🇦🇺. Below are Belize's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Capital | Belmopan |
|---|---|
| Population | about 390,000 |
| Area | 22,043 km² (8,511 sq mi) |
| Region | Central America, North America |
| Economy | Developing region |
| Income group | Lower middle income |
| Also written | Belice (es) · Belize (fr) · 伯利兹 (zh) · بليز (ar) · Белиз (ru) · ベリーズ (ja) |
Taken from the middle of Belize, that point sits at 17.3106° S, 91.3009° E. The nearest coast is Indian Ocean Territories 🇦🇺, roughly 824 km (512 miles) south-west.
The closest settlement of any size is Bandar Lampung, Indonesia, about 2,014 km (1,251 miles) from the point.
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