Ethnic Groups in Belize

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Goal

After this, you can…

1. Tell the main ethnic groups in Belize

2. Have brief understanding to each group

Population Distribution

Population

Mestizos Kirols Spanish

Maya Others Garifuna

Melting-pot• Belize is a melting pot of various ethnicities

co-habiting in harmony. Ethnic Group Year of Arrival

Maya 2500 B.C.

Kriols (Creole) 1800'S

Garifuna 1802

Mestizo 1847

East Indian, Syrian, Lebanese 1858

Chinese, Taiwanese, Korean 1865

Mennonite (Dutch/German farmers)

1958

Maya(11%)

Maya

Yucatec Caste War of the 1840s

Mopan

indigenous, force out by

British

evade slavery in Guatemala

Kekchi fled from slavery

Yucatan

• A Nahuatl (Aztec) word, which means "place of richness."

• Now one of the 31 states of Mexico.

Kriols(Creole)(25%)

Kriols

Slave for logging industry

born into Belize from African slaves and

European merchants.

an ethnic and linguistic

denomination

Later, more cultural attribute. Blonde and

blue-eye.

75%people spoken

Belize City, urban areas

Garifuna(6%)

Garifuna

Mixture of African, Arawak,

and Carib

French and Indian War/ Seven Years' War

Great Britain, France, Spain,

Portugal

Treaty of Paris (1763)

British dominance

Exiled to Roatan island

(Honduras)

infertility, petitioned the

Spanish authorities

spread along the Caribbean

coast, Belize(1802)

Mestizos(34%) and Spanish(15%)

Mestizos

Caste War of Yucatán

(1840s)

Mestizo, Spanish, and Yucatec from Mexico Northern Belize

Corozal, Orange Walk, Cayo District(Now)

languageSpanish,English,

Kriol

life Catholic Church

6 Districts

1. Belize District2. Cayo District3. Corozal District4. Orange Walk District5. Stann Creek District6. Toledo District

• These districts are further divided into 31 constituencies.

Other groups(9%)

• A mix of Mennonite farmers, Indians, Chinese, whites from the United States and Canada, and many other foreign groups brought to assist the country's development.

Reference

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belize• http://www.mapsofworld.com/belize/culture/

ethnic-groups.html• http://www.belmopancityonline.com/belize-e

thnic-groups.aspx• http://www.belizeasia.com