District 11

"Known for its bountiful orchards, District 11's workers spend their days among rustling fruit trees and sizeable farms."

- Description from The Hunger Games: Tribute Guide

District 11 is one of the poorer districts, right after District 12 in the nation of Panem. Their industry is agriculture; orchards, fields of grain, and cotton surround the district. Almost everything they grow goes to the Capitol, despite their starvation; if any citizen of District 11 is caught eating any of the crops, they are to be whipped in public. Its inhabitants are described as having dark brown skin as described in the physical traits of Rue, Thresh, and Chaff.

Government and Security
District 11's government is known for being harsh and cruel. For example, in Catching Fire, when Peeta and Katniss visited District 11 in their Victory Tour, they witnessed an old man being shot by Peacekeepers for whistling Rue's four note tune. Two more gunshots were heard afterwards.

The fence surrounding the district is thirty feet high and topped with razor wire, with metal ground plates to prevent anyone digging beneath and guard towers evenly spaced along it.

Rue mentioned that a boy named Martin was once killed for trying to keep a pair of night vision goggles in order to play with them, even though he was harmless and only "acted like a three-year old". If any worker stole crops, they were publicly whipped, a common occurrence that the Mayor was described as strict on. In general, the Capitol tried to keep a tighter grip on District 11 because of it being the main food supplier, and as such was vital to the Capitol's existence.

Location
According to Suzanne Collins, District 11 is near Atlanta, Georgia. It appears to be south of District 12, because its weather was comfortably warm while snow was falling in 12. This warm weather would lengthen District 11's growing season and provide an ideal climate for growing food.

Relation to The Games


District 11 tributes are usually underfed and unprepared for the games, and generally place low. However,

some have occupational skills that are useful in the arena, such as Rue, who could leap between trees. Others, like Thresh, have strength because of physical labor, and the ability of both to recognise edible plants.

During the 74th Games (in the film), after Rue's death was shown, a riot was started in District 11.

Tributes


The only known tributes are Rue, Thresh, Chaff, and Seeder. Usually, tributes from District 11 die early, making Rue and Thresh real exceptions when they both reached the final eight. Chaff and Seeder, as victors in their respective Games, were selected in the reaping to participate in the 75th Hunger Games, the third Quarter Quell.

Every known tribute of District 11 died at the hands of a Career, with the possible exception of Seeder. However, it is likely that she did as well. However, in the movie, it is possible Thresh died from the wolf muttations.

Way of Life
District 11 specializes in agriculture, growing wheat and managing orchards. The signature bread from this district is a dark, crescent-shaped roll dotted with seeds. T here are many tracker jacker nests in District 11, causing workers to keep medical leaves on hand. In the orchards small children are sent to high branches to pick the highest fruits. They have long hours: from sunrise to sunset, the people work the fields to send food off to the Capitol. During the harvest they often work until well after dark, using torchlight and night vision goggles. District 11 is many times larger than District 12. The citizens of District 11 live in small shacks.The people of this district are described as having "dark hair and dark skin". Due to this, they may be of African American, Latin American, Native American, or South Asian decent. However, due to the location of District 11 being confirmed by Suzanne Collins as "the Deep South" it is likely that they are mostly African American, or of Latin American decent.