Editing Orange Walk District (section)

==Demographics==
===Main settlements===
The Orange Walk District, with an area of 1,829 square miles (4,636 square km), is located north-northwest of the [[Belize District]]. This is the second largest district in terms of total area in comparison to other districts in Belize, and lies between the Belize and [[Corozal District|Corozal]] districts to the east, Mexico to the north and Guatemala to the west. Villages in Orange Walk District include [[August Pine Ridge]], [[Blue Creek (Belize)|Blue Creek]], [[Carmelita, Belize|Carmelita]], Chan Pine Ridge, [[Douglas, Belize|Douglas]], [[Indian Church, Belize|Indian Church]], [[Guinea Grass]], [[San Antonio, Belize|San Antonio]], [[San Carlos, Belize|San Carlos]], [[San Estevan, Belize|San Estevan]], [[San Felipe, Orange Walk|San Felipe]], [[San José, Belize|San José]], [[San Jose Palmar]], [[Nuevo San Juan, Belize|Nuevo San Juan]], [[San Lazaro, Belize|San Lazaro]], [[San Luis, Belize|San Luis]], [[San Pablo, Orange Walk|San Pablo]], [[San Román, Orange Walk|San Román]], [[Santa Cruz, Belize|Santa Cruz]], [[Santa Martha]], [[Shipyard, Belize|Shipyard]], [[Trial Farm, Belize|Trial Farm]], [[Trinidad, Belize|Trinidad]] and [[Yo Creek]]. Other settlements with smaller numbers of inhabitants may also be found, as well as ancient Mayan sites such as Cuello, [[Lamanai]], Noh Mul and Chan Chich. The [[Rio Bravo Conservation and Management Area]], a large private nature reserve in the [[Yalbac Hills]], is also located in this district. The land is highly cultivated with sugar cane, sorghum, rice, corn and vegetables, with a significant amount of this agriculture done by [[Mennonites in Belize|Mennonite]] farmers. 
 
According to the <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statisticsbelize.org.bz|title=Statistical Institute of Belize|website=Statisticsbelize.org.bz|access-date=14 October 2017}}</ref> Statistical Institute of Belize, the Orange Walk District had an estimated [[population]] of 45,419 persons for the 2010 population and housing census; 13,400 of these persons lived in the urban area of Orange Walk Town while 32,019 lived in rural areas.

===Ethnicity===
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! rowspan="2"|Ethnicity
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! colspan="2|2010<ref>{{Cite web |title=Main results of 2010 population and housing census |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812062733/http://www.statisticsbelize.org.bz/dms20uc/dynamicdata/docs/20110505004542_2.pdf#page=5}}</ref>
! colspan="2|2022<ref name="2022 Belize Census">{{cite web |url=https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fsib.org.bz%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2FCensus2022_GeneralCharacteristics.xlsx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK |title=Census 2022 |access-date=2025-04-18}}</ref>
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! %
! Number
! %
! Number
! %
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| [[Mestizo]] || 34,616 || 77.26% || 43,236 || 79.84%
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| [[Europeans|European]]:<br />* German ([[Mennonites in Belize|Mennonite]])<br />* British (Anglo-Celtic) ||4,950<br />''4,852<br />98''||11.05%<br />''10.83%<br />0.22%'' || 5,921<br>''5,831<br>90'' || 10.94%<br>''10.77%<br>0.17%''
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| [[Belizean Creole people|Creole]] || 2,402 || 5.36% || 3,412 || 6.30%
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| [[Garifuna]] || 262 || 0.58% || 311 || 0.57%
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| [[Qʼeqchiʼ|Qʼeqchi Maya]] || 72 || 0.16% || 188 || 0.34% 
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| [[Chinese people|Chinese/Asian]] || 344 || 0.77% || 170 || 0.31%
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| [[Indo-Caribbean|East Indian]] || 159 || 0.35% || 163 || 0.30% 
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| [[Yucatec Maya people|Yucatec Maya]] || 164 || 0.37% || 109 || 0.20% 
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| [[Mopan people|Mopan Maya]] || 237 || 0.53% || 105 || 0.19%  
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| Other || 243 || 0.54% || 281 || 0.52%
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| Not stated || – || – || 257 || 0.47%
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| Mixed || 1,355 || 2.98% || – || –
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| '''Total''' || '''44,804''' || '''100%''' || '''54,152''' || '''100%'''
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===Language===
In the Orange Walk District, Spanish, Kriol and English are the most spoken languages. The [[Mennonites in Belize|Mennonite community]], which is around 37.5% of the district's population, speaks primarily [[German language|German]]. In many villages [[Yucatec Maya]] is still spoken by elders.