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"This beautiful district is lush with trees, from which these citizens supply our lumber and paper. The people of District 7 are hardworking and down-to-earth."
—Description from The Hunger Games: Tribute Guide

District 7 is one of the thirteen districts of Panem. Large swathes of the region are apparently covered with trees - as District 7 provides lumber and paper to the Capitol - and the citizens are known to be skilled with axes.

History[]

Relationship with the Games[]

District 7 tributes seemed to have decent chances in the arena, as their industry involved a lot of physical labor and the handling of potential weapons like axes and saws.

Aftermath of the 74th Hunger Games[]

By the time of the reading of the Quell card, there were rumors of uprisings in District 7 and District 11.[1]

75th Hunger Games[]

At the time of the third Quarter Quell, the tributes from Districts 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 11 were all involved in a rebel plan to protect Katniss and break out of the 75th Hunger Games arena. Soon after the plan was enacted, communications went down in Districts 7, 10, and 12.[2]

Second Rebellion[]

One evening, the Capitol aired a live propo of Peeta Mellark, who was made to recount war damage allegedly perpetrated by rebels. This included a broken dam in District 7,[3] which may have inspired the District 5 dam scene from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1.[4]

District 7 peacekeepers

Peacekeepers aiming into the trees above them

Also in Mockingjay - Part 1, a band of District 7 loggers is escorted to their shift by a group of armed Peacekeepers. Someone hums Rue's four-note song, and the loggers run off and scale the trees. Though many of their number are shot and killed, a man quotes Katniss's District 8 propo— "If we burn, you burn with us!"— and the rebels use a remote control to detonate the land mines buried below, killing the Peacekeepers.[4]

All but one of its victors were killed during the war and the Victors' Purge. The only survivor was Johanna Mason.[5]

Culture[]

Nothing is mentioned about the typical lives of citizens. However, Katniss Everdeen notes Johanna Mason's skill with axes, and muses that she had probably been handling them since she was a toddler. If that's the case, it seems that citizens from District 7 begin working in their district's lumber industry at an early age.[6]

Quarter quell johanna

Johanna Mason, District 7's female tribute in the 71st and 75th Hunger Games.

Known tributes[]

Location and geography[]

According to the map of Panem featured in The Hunger Games Adventures, District 7 is located in the northwest region of North America, primarily centered in the region known today as Cascadia. Its territory primarily covers the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan, as well as the U.S. states of Montana and Washington. It is one of the few districts, besides District 13 and District 10, to be primarily located outside the contiguous United States as its territory is primarily situated in western Canada. District 7's location ties heavily to its lumber and paper industry, as the region it is located in is famous for the vast forests that produce redwoods, pines, and many other kinds of trees. There is also a dam within or nearby the district.

District 7 borders District 4 (to the southwest), District 1 (to the south and southeast), and District 9 (to the east).

Trivia[]

  • In Catching Fire, Johanna says the tributes from District 7 have been dressed as trees for the past 40 years of Tribute Parades.[13] However, in the film adaptation of The Hunger Games, the tributes in the 74th Games were dressed in elaborate paper costumes resembling origami.
  • District 7 was the 5th - 10th district to pry from Capitol rule.
  • District 7 is possibly one of the larger districts, due to the space needed for trees.
  • According to The Hunger Games Adventures, District 7 is located directly northeast of District 4, on the northwestern coast of Panem.
  • However, when Katniss travels to the Capitol for the 74th Hunger Games she looks out the train window seeing the lights of either district 7 or 10, meaning it would more likely be located between Appalachia (location of District 12) and the Rockies (location of the Capitol).[14]
  • Aside from Career districts (1, 2, and 4), District 7 has the biggest advantage in the Games, as they not only have experience in the arenas brutal environment, but they also show exceptional skill in weapons such as an axe and other cutting tools.
  • According to the Capitol.PN, District 7 has 115 mills in operation with a population of 26,354 people, making it the eighth largest district in terms of population.
  • According to the Capitol.PN, District 7 claims 63,125 in tesserae, making it the sixth richest district.
    • If the population is 26,354 and they claim 63,125 tesserae, it would equal to 2.395 tesserae per person, making it the 8th richest district.
  • It's one of the locations which appear in the film series. Others are Districts 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 11, 12, and 13. However, Districts 1 and 4 appear briefly in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire on the TV when Haymitch is showing footage of the other victors being reaped for the Games.
  • Based on the arena wear for the 74th Hunger Games, the district's color seems to be ironstone brown (#7c5242 –    ).[15]

References[]

The Hunger Games trilogy
Novels The Hunger GamesCatching FireMockingjay
Main Characters Katniss EverdeenPeeta MellarkGale HawthorneHaymitch AbernathyEffie Trinket
Supporting Characters Primrose EverdeenPresident SnowCinnaMrs. EverdeenMr. EverdeenPresident CoinClaudius TemplesmithCaesar FlickermanMadge UnderseePaylorPlutarch HeavensbeeSeneca Crane
Tributes MarvelGlimmerCatoCloveFoxfaceThreshRueMaysilee DonnerTitus
Past Victors Augustus BraunAnnie CrestaBeetee LatierBlightBrutusCashmereCeceliaChaffEnobariaFinnick OdairGlossJohanna MasonLymeMags FlanaganMorphlingsPorter Millicent TrippSeederWiressWoof
Groups RebellionGamemakersPrep teamTributesVictors
Locations PanemThe CapitolDistrict 1District 2District 3District 4District 5District 6District 7District 8District 9District 10District 11District 12District 13
Behind the Scenes Suzanne CollinsGary RossFrancis Lawrence
Films The Hunger Games (film)Catching Fire (film)Mockingjay - Part 1Mockingjay - Part 2
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