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[[File:Om symbol.svg|thumb|The "Om" symbol in [[Devanagari]]]]{{Hinduism by country}}
Hinduism is a minority faith in [[Belize]]. According to 2010 census, 0.2% of Belize population is [[Hindu]].<ref name=belizecensus2010>{{cite book|title=Belize Population and Housing Census 2010: Country Report|date=2013|publisher=he Statistical Institute of Belize|location=Belmopan, Belize C.A.|page=23|url=http://www.sib.org.bz/Portals/0/docs/publications/census/2010_Census_Report.pdf|access-date=12 September 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127084833/http://www.sib.org.bz/Portals/0/docs/publications/census/2010_Census_Report.pdf|archive-date=27 January 2016}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+ Hinduism in Belize
|-
| rowspan=2 |
! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|<big>2000</big>
! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|<big>2010</big>
|-
! Number !! % !! Number !! %
|-
!align=left |Total Population || 232,111 || || 304,106 ||
|-
|align=left| - [[Hindu]] Population|| 367 || 0.2 || 612 || 0.2
|-
|}

However, the Association of Religion Data Archives states that as of 2005, 2.0% identify as Hindu.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thearda.com/internationalData/countries/Country_23_2.asp|title=Belize, Religion And Social Profile | National Profiles | International Data | TheARDA|website=www.thearda.com}}</ref> According to other sources it is 2.3%.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090117042134/http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=93|title=Religious Intelligence - Country Profile: Belize|date=January 17, 2009|website=web.archive.org}}</ref>

==History==
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 [[Sindhi people|Sindhis]] and so there are few cultural differences within it.

==Today==
Though 3.9% of the population of Belize are [[Indians in Belize|Indians]], most of them are Christians. Only a few 40% are still Hindus.
.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/19211/BH|title=South Asian, general in Belize|first=Joshua|last=Project|website=joshuaproject.net}}</ref>

There is a Hindu temple in Albert Street, Belize city and [[Paraiso, Corozal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/sukh+shanti+temple/@18.4054638,-88.390077,15z/data=!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x0:0xc9086bdc309710b9!2ssukh+shanti+temple!8m2!3d18.4054638!4d-88.390077!3m4!1s0x0:0xc9086bdc309710b9!8m2!3d18.4054638!4d-88.390077}}</ref> Festivals like [[Diwali]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/121074|title=Indian Community Celebrates Diwali in Belize | Channel5Belize.com}}</ref> [[Janmashtmi]]<ref>[http://tvbv.starry.fun/eb5Dp-UI33k/Belize_Hindu_Temple_Celebrates_Janmashtmi_2012/]{{dead link|date=September 2020}}</ref> are celebrated by Hindus in this temple.

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71449.htm International Religious Freedom Report 2006, Belize]
*[http://amandala.com.bz/news/the-facts-about-east-indians/ The facts about East Indians]
*[http://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/24063 Hindus celebrate Diwali in Belize]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175035/http://indiandiaspora.nic.in/diasporapdf/chapter19.pdf Indian Diaspora in South America/ Belize]

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[[Category:Asian Belizean]]
[[Category:Religion in Belize]]
[[Category:Hinduism by country|Belize]]
[[Category:1857 establishments in the British Empire]]

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