Little Belize

Little Belize is a colony of conservative Plautdietsch-speaking "Russian" Mennonites, known as "Old Colony Mennonites", in the Corozal District of Belize. It is part of the Corozal South East constituency.<ref>Elections & Boundaries Department</ref> Little Belize is located east of Progresso at an elevation of 1 meter above sea level. Because the Mennonite colony is close to Progresso, it is sometimes called "Progresso".

According to the 2000 census, the population of Little Belize was 2,059 people. In 2010 the population had grown to 2,650 people in 427 households.<ref>Belize Population and Housing Census - Country Report 2010 Template:Webarchive</ref> Of these, 98.8% were Mennonite, 0.8% Mestizo, 0.2% Mixed, 0.1% Yucatec Maya and 0.1% Ketchi Maya.

In terms of languages spoken (multiple answers allowed), 98.3% spoke German, 19.5% Spanish, 4.5% English and 0.2% Garifuna; 0.3% could not speak.<ref>Population & Housing Census 2010</ref>

In 2017 population has reached 2,830 people. Little Belize is the second most populous Mennonite settlement in the country, after Shipyard.

See also

• Mennonites in Belize

External links

• A Simple Life | Mennonites living in Belize exist apart from the government, with limited technology and surrounded by farmable land. The New York Times, Eve Lyons, 15.09.2018

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