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    When a hurricane nearly destroyed its capital city in the 1960s which country's government found a new capital 50 miles inland away from hurricane danger?

    Question #43905. Asked by heathergod. (Jan 31 04 5:23 PM)


    Baloo55th

    		That would be Belize, who founded a new capital, Belmopan, when Belize City was wrecked. The country was formerly called British Honduras.

    Jan 31 04, 5:33 PM

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