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Catastrophic Hurricane<\/h3>

After Hurricane Hattie destroyed around 75% of the houses in the<\/span>\u00a0coast of the then capital, Belize City, the <\/span>Government proposed the building of a new <\/span>capital,\u00a0 located on better terrain and <\/span>far enough inland to avoid a recurrence of disastrous flooding.<\/span><\/p><\/div> <\/div>\n

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Best Possible Locations?<\/h3>
A committee choose the site now known as Belmopan, which would be <\/span>82 Kilometers (51 miles) southeast of the capital of Belize City.<\/span>
Belmopan is 76 metres (250 ft.) above sea level, near the Belize River<\/span>
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The Father of Our Nation<\/h3>

Premiere George Cadle Price led a delegation to London to seek<\/span>
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Getting There...<\/h3>

The first phase of the new city was completed. From the year 1970-2000 Belmopan was governed by the Reconstruction and Development<\/span>
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The City That Is...<\/h3>

Residents voted in a referendum (1999) to switch to direct election of a <\/span>City Council. Belmopan was incorporated as a city (2000) & held its first City Council
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