Editing Little Belize

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'''Little Belize''' is a colony of conservative [[Plautdietsch]]-speaking [[Russian Mennonites|"Russian" Mennonites]], known as "[[Old Colony Mennonites]]", in the [[Corozal District]] of [[Belize]]. It is part of the [[Corozal South East]] constituency.<ref>[https://elections.gov.bz/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Corozal-South-East.pdf Elections & Boundaries Department]</ref> Little Belize is located east of [[Progresso, Belize|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>[http://www.sib.org.bz/Portals/0/docs/publications/census/2010_Census_Report.pdf Belize Population and Housing Census - Country Report 2010] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127084833/http://www.sib.org.bz/Portals/0/docs/publications/census/2010_Census_Report.pdf |date=2016-01-27 }}</ref> Of these, 98.8% were [[Mennonites in Belize|Mennonite]], 0.8% [[Hispanic and Latin American Belizean|Mestizo]], 0.2% [[Multiracial people|Mixed]], 0.1% [[Yucatec Maya language|Yucatec Maya]] and 0.1% [[Qʼeqchiʼ|Ketchi Maya]].

In terms of languages spoken (multiple answers allowed), 98.3% spoke [[German language|German]], 19.5% [[Belizean Spanish|Spanish]], 4.5% [[Belizean English|English]] and 0.2% [[Garifuna language|Garifuna]]; 0.3% could not speak.<ref>[http://redatam.sib.org.bz/redbin/RpWebEngine.exe/Portal?BASE=BELIZECENSUS_2010&lang=eng 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, Belize|Shipyard]].

{{Historical populations
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| 1987 | 1004
| 2000 | 2207
| 2010 | 2650
| 2022 | 2888
| footnote = <ref>Carel Roessingh and Kees Boersma: ‘We are growing Belize’: modernisation and organisational change in the Mennonite settlement of Spanish Lookout, Belize. 2011</ref><ref>[http://www.sib.org.bz/Portals/0/docs/publications/census/2010_Census_Report.pdf Belize Population and Housing Census - Country Report 2010] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127084833/http://www.sib.org.bz/Portals/0/docs/publications/census/2010_Census_Report.pdf |date=27 January 2016 }}</ref><ref name=cepal/>
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== See also ==
*[[Mennonites in Belize]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/15/style/mennonites-belize.html 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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[[Category:Mennonitism in Belize]]
[[Category:Old Colony Mennonites]]
[[Category:Populated places in Corozal District]]
[[Category:Corozal South East]]
[[Category:Russian Mennonite diaspora in Belize]]


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