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The origins of '''Hinduism in Belize''' date to 1857 when three thousand East Indians migrated from ] to ]. According to 2010 census, 0.2% of Belize population is ]. Hindus from ] continued to arrive in Belize during the 19th century to work as ]d labourers on ] plantations. |
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The origins of '''Hinduism in Belize''' date to 1857 when three thousand East Indians migrated from ] to ]. According to 2010 census, 0.2% of Belize population is ]. Hindus from ] continued to arrive in Belize during the 19th century to work as ]d labourers on ] plantations. |
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==Demographics== |
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|+ Main Religious Denominations in Belize |
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! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|<big>2000</big><sup>1</sup> |
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!align=left |Total Population || 232,111 || || 304,106 || |
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|align=left| - ]|| 367 || 0.2 || 612 || 0.2 |
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==Today== |
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==Today== |
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 Sindhis and so there are few cultural differences within it.
