- "District 9 is Panem's bread bowl, giving us the fertile harvest we need to keep rising as a nation. Its amber waves of grain are an inspiration to us all."
- —Description from The Hunger Games: Tribute Guide[src]
District 9 is one of the thirteen districts of Panem, and its primary industry is grain production.
History
Little is known of the district's role in the First Rebellion, but when District 9 rebelled against the Capitol, the loss of its grain would have contributed to starvation conditions in the city while it was under siege.[1]
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 granary that collapsed after a fire.[2] While there are known granaries in other places like District 8,[3] this could have been an instance of rebellion in District 9.
Known tributes
Tributes
- Sheaf - Female tribute in the 10th Hunger Games. Succumbed to injuries caused by the bombing of the Capitol Arena before the Games began, placing 17th-18th.
- Panlo - Male tribute in the 10th Hunger Games. Succumbed to injuries from the bombing before the Games. Placed 17th-18th.
- District 9 female (74th HG) - Died in the Cornucopia bloodbath.[4]
- District 9 male (74th HG) - Killed by Clove's throwing knife while fighting with Katniss Everdeen over a backpack at the bloodbath. Placed 24th.[4]
Victors
- District 9 female (75th HG) - Victor of unknown Hunger Games. Killed in the bloodbath.[5]
- District 9 male (75th HG) - Victor of unknown Hunger Games. Killed in the bloodbath.[5]
Location and geography
According to the map of Panem featured in The Hunger Games Adventures, District 9 is located in the central area of North America, along the region known as the Great Plains. From south to north, its territory corresponds primarily to the U.S. states of Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and the Canadian province of Manitoba. District 9 is apparently very large and is among the largest, if not the largest, districts of Panem. Its territory correlates strongly with the district's industry as Panem's breadbasket, as the Great Plains region is known for its flat farmland and fields of wheat. It is mentioned that the district has many factories, most likely for processing the harvested grain.
District 9 borders six district as well as the Capitol, the most of any district: District 6 (to the northeast), District 3 (to the east), District 8 (to the south and southeast), District 2 (to the southwest), the Capitol (to the west), District 1 (to the west), and District 7 (to the northwest).
Katniss and Peeta encounter "fields of wheat" in one district on the Victory Tour.[6] Since grain is such a significant part of Panem's food supply, it is logical to assume that District 9's large size and location in North America mean that its industry is solely dedicated to the cultivation of the crop, which would then be rationed throughout the country as both a food source and the production of tesserae.
Coriolanus Snow briefly observed District 9 while passing through after enlisting in the Peacekeepers on the way to District 12. He thought it an ugly place, filled with concrete buildings which were flaking paint and misery, baking in the relentless afternoon sun.[7]
Trivia
- District 9 is the least-mentioned district in the Hunger Games series, and relatively little about it is known for certain. The only named characters from the district appeared outside of the initial book and film series:
- Triti Lancaster was one of seven District Heroes featured in movie promotional portraits through Capitol Couture.[8]
- Panlo and Sheaf, tributes in the 10th Hunger Games, appeared in The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.
- Districts 1, 2, 5, 9, and 10 were not involved in the rebel plot during the third Quarter Quell.[9]
- District 1, District 5, and District 9 are the only districts without a known rebel.
- District 9 is the only district where all tributes from the books' portrayed Hunger Games (10th, 74th, and 75th) have been killed before or during the bloodbath.
- District 9's industry is never explicitly identified in the books, though grain cultivation is hinted at through several clues:
- District 9's district emblem showcases three stalks of grain. As each district's emblem showcases its primary industry, District 9's showing grain stalks is the strongest indicator that its industry is grain cultivation.
- During the 74th Hunger Games bloodbath, Katniss grabbed a loaf of bread just before getting into a struggle over a backpack with the boy from District 9 (perhaps a subtle indicator of the district's industry).
- The names of the tributes in the 10th Hunger Games are associated with grain: a sheaf is a bundle of grain stalks, and Panlo comes from "pānis", the Latin word for bread.
- District 9 was the 5th - 10th district to pry from Capitol rule during the Second Rebellion.
- According to the Capitol.PN, District 9 has 12 mills in operation with a population of 15,346, making it the eleventh largest district, in terms of population.
- Given its large size and correspondingly small population, District 9 is probably the least densely populated district.
- According to the Capitol.PN, District 9 claims 70,532 in tesserae, making it the fourth most impoverished district.
- It is a very poor district, though slightly better than District 11.
- If the population is 15,346 and they claim 70,532 tesserae, it would equal to 4.593 tesserae per person, making it the 9th richest District.
- No official arena wear for District 9 was produced for the The Hunger Games film, apart from the District 9 female's hiking boots. However, based on the jackets worn by the tributes in their official photos, the district's color seems to be log cabin green (#373b2c – ).[10]
References
- ↑ The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Chapter 2
- ↑ Mockingjay, Chapter 9
- ↑ Catching Fire, Chapter 10
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Hunger Games, Chapter 11
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Catching Fire, Chapter 20
- ↑ Catching Fire, Chapter 5
- ↑ The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Chapter 21
- ↑ https://capitolcouture.tumblr.com/post/89263116637
- ↑ Catching Fire, Chapter 27
- ↑ File:Anatomy of an arena costume.jpg