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Hinduism is a minority religion in belize.According to 2010 census, 0.2% of Belize population is ] |
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.However, the ] states that as of 2005, 2.0% of population identifies as Hindu . |
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==History== |
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! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|<big>2000</big><sup>1</sup> |
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! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|<big>2010</big><sup>2</sup> |
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!align=left |Total Population || 232,111 || || 304,106 || |
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|align=left| - ]|| 367 || 0.5 || 612 || 0.2 |
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The origins of '''Hinduism in Belize'''date to 1857 when three thousand East Indians migrated from ] to ]. Hindus from ] continued to arrive in Belize during the 19th century to work as ]d labourers on ] plantations. |
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The Hindu community in Belize today consists mostly of families who arrived in the 1950s, when Belize was still a British colony. The community is composed almost entirely of ] and so there are few cultural differences within it. |
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