This is Belize 🇧🇿 — what it is, and what sits on the far side of the planet from it. The antipode is the point you would reach by digging straight through the centre of the Earth.
| 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) |
Start near the middle of Belize and dig straight down through the centre of the Earth, and you would surface around 17.3106° S, 91.3009° E, in Indian Ocean 🌊. That spot is open water; 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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