District 11

### Industry

Agriculture (including orchards, seed harvesting, livestock breeding, and tree farming)

### Victors

Cestus
Saturn
Seeder Fermi
Jackson
Chaff Boivin
Tilla

### Rebels

Seeder Fermi
Chaff Boivin

### Population

1st Highest

"*Known for its bountiful orchards, District 11's workers spend their days among rustling fruit trees and sizeable farms.*"
―Description of District 11**District 11** was one of the thirteen districts of Panem. Its main industry was agriculture, and the land was covered with orchards, fields, and herds of dairy cattle. District 11 was also the 2nd poorest district next to District 12. Although it was not as poor as District 12, the security and Peacekeeping was far more severe and damaging; the citizens are not allowed to eat any of the crops- because nearly everything was reserved for the Capitol- and Katniss Everdeen describes the local housing as poor, even compared to the Seam in District 12. Despite their near starvation, if any citizen of District 11 was caught eating any of the crops, they were whipped in public. The inhabitants typically had dark brown skin, as exemplified by Rue Brownlow, Thresh, and Chaff Boivin (Seeder Fermi, who had olive skin, was a notable exception).

## Description

### Geography

During the harvest they often worked until well after dark, using torchlight and night vision goggles. District 11 was many times larger than District 12. The citizens of District 11 lived in small shacks. It had a warm climate year-round. The people of this district were primarily of African American descent. It was divided into 11 large zones separated by sky walls and razor-sharp fences. The Justice Building was in Zone B. The capital city was Amarus, located in Zone A, right beside Zone B.

### Industry

District 11 specialized in agriculture. There were many tracker jacker nests in the district, causing workers to keep medical leaves on hand. In the orchards small children were sent to high branches to pick the highest fruits. They worked long hours: from sunrise to sunset, the people worked the fields to send food off to the Capitol. The signature bread from this district was a dark, crescent-shaped roll dotted with seeds.

The Capitol's control over District 11 was extremely strict due to the district's importance as a major food supplier. The fence surrounding the district was thirty feet high and topped with razor wire. It had metal ground plates to prevent anyone digging beneath, and guard towers evenly spaced along it. The fence was always electrified so the citizens could not escape, unlike District 12, where the fence was almost never turned on.

### Government

In addition to the heavily guarded fence, the local government was known for being harsh and cruel; when Katniss and Peeta visited the district on their Victory Tour, they witnessed Selby Hoffman being executed by Peacekeepers simply for whistling Rue's four note tune - this was brought on by the fact that he instigated a public salute to the two victors, who had blatantly defied the Capitol to so that they could both win the Hunger Games. They killed two others alongside Hoffman.

Execution was also a punishment for even minor offences: 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 "wasn't right in the head" and didn't mentally understand what he was doing. If any worker was caught stealing crops, they were whipped in public, a common occurrence that Rue described Mayor Linton as being very strict on. In general, the Capitol tried to keep a tighter grip on District 11 because its industry and products were vital to the Capitol's existence. Emmer was whipped solely for falling out of a tree he was working in; he had already suffered a broken leg from the fall.

District 11 was one of the most rebellious districts. Considering that its citizens were amongst the most oppressed and impoverished in Panem, this should come as no surprise. In 75 ATT, its transportation networks were seized by rebels. After Katniss' speech in District 8, rebel forces in District 11 rallied and took control of the entire district.

### The Hunger Games

Though living in poverty, the tributes from District 11 were very good at winning the Hunger Games until around the 2nd Quarter Quell, when poverty increased in Eleven. However, since the inhabitants of District 11 were typically poor and underfed, tributes for the Hunger Games faced significant disadvantages. However, some had occupational skills that were useful in the arena; due to her small size, Rue was often sent to pick fruit from the highest branches in the orchards, and thus could easily move between tall trees without attracting attention. Others, like Thresh and Chaff, were extremely large, muscular, and strong because their jobs involved great physical labor. Both Rue and Thresh were able to recognize edible plants that other tributes might not have noticed, and Rue could also identify and use medicinal plants.

District 11 had the most victors outside of the three Pack districts, with 6. The first of these was Cestus in the 2nd Hunger Games. There were no new victors after the 46th Hunger Games, won by Tilla. Tributes were typically dressed up as farmers in the tribute parade. Female tributes were reaped before males. In District 11, not attending the reaping, even if unintentional, was punishable by death.

## Known Inhabitants

### Tributes

* Cestus
* Chaff Boivin
* Dill
* Emmer
* Jackson
* Olive
* Saturn
* Reaper Ash
* Rue Brownlow
* Seeder Fermi
* Thresh
* Tilla

### Non-tributes

* Mayor Lipton
* Rosie
* Selby Hoffman
* Thresh's grandmother
* Emmer's father
* Emmer's mother

## 10 Most Common Occupations

1. Orchard picker
2. Livestock farmer
3. Grain harvester
4. Factory worker
5. Retail
6. Teacher
7. Childcare worker
8. Baker
9. Butcher
10. Botanist

## Trivia

* In the 74th Hunger Games, District 11 had both the tallest tribute (Thresh), and the smallest and youngest tribute (Rue).