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LOCATION: |
Central & South America |
GOVERNMENT: |
Parliamentary Democracy |
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: |
English (official), Spanish, Mayan, Garifuna (Carib), and Creole are also spoken. |
MAJOR RELIGION(S): |
Roman Catholic 49.6%, Protestant 27% (Pentecostal 7.4%, Anglican 5.3%, Seventh-Day Adventist 5.2%, Mennonite 4.1%, Methodist 3.5%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.5%), other 14%, none 9.4% |
MAJOR ETHNIC GROUPS: |
Mestizo 48.7%, Creole 24.9%, Maya 10.6%, Garifuna 6.1%, other 9.7%. |
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