Little Belize

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Little Belize
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Little Belize
Coordinates: 18°12′N88°21′W / 18.200°N 88.350°W / 18.200; -88.350
Country Flag of Belize.svg  Belize
District Corozal District
Constituency Corozal South East
Population
 (2017)
  Total2,830
Time zone UTC-6 (Central)
Climate Aw

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. [1] 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".

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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. [2] 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. [3]

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

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18°12′N88°24′W / 18.200°N 88.400°W / 18.200; -88.400