In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. Long ago the districts waged war on the Capitol and were defeated. As part of the surrender terms, each district agreed to send one boy and one girl to appear in an annual televised event called, "The Hunger Games," a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her district in the Games. The terrain, rules, and level of audience participation may change but one thing is constant: kill or be killed.

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The Hunger Games trilogy is set in some indeterminate time in the future...a time after great
disasters and droughts. Early in the Hunger Games, Mayor Undersee reads the history of Panem
(an annual ritual at the Reapings). It reads: "He lists the disasters, the droughts, the storms, the
fires, the encroaching seas that swallowed up so much of the land, the brutal war for what little
sustenance remained. The result was Panem, a shining Capitol ringed by thirteen districts..."
Some details are provided about the nature of some of the districts, but it's hard to get a visual on
what Panem is like, how big it is and how vast (or not) the districts themselves may be. Panem, we
know is located in North America. There are now only 12 districts (district 13 having been
destroyed) where there used to be 30 states and provinces. We know that District 12 is small with
a population of 8,000. It feels like everybody knows each other, and most residents can fit in the
public square during reapings. The only buildings we hear about in The Hunger Games and
Catching Fire are courthouses, mayor's homes and government buildings. There are no
skyscrapers, large downtowns or suburban sprawl anymore. All the major cities could have been
completely destroyed.
But while the districts might be small, it seems the land in which they reside is still quite large. We
know the trains that take Katniss and Peeta around Panem travel at 250 mph. We also know that
District 7 and District 10 are en route from District 12 to the Capitol. Here are some notes I've
compiled about the things we know about Panem, the districts and some of the people who live
there.
Capitol It says explicitly in The Hunger Games that the Capitol is in the Rocky Mountains. As in the
other districts, it is likely that people in this area are named by the things around them. For
example, mountains are snow-capped, giving us President Snow.
District 1 - Luxury Items - This district is known for supplying the Capitol with its luxury goods. The
boy tribute, Marvel, is killed by Katniss (her first kill) and he killed Rue. The girl, Glimmer, is killed
by tracker jacker stings.
District 2 - Industry unknown - however the two tributes are Clove and Cato. Clove is a spice
grown from a specific evergreen that only grows in warm climates, native to humid areas
specifically. Cato is killed when Katniss shoots his hand and Peeta pushes him into the horn of
cornucopia and he falls. The muttations feed on him all night until Katniss finally shoots him to put
him out of his misery. Clove is killed by Thresh, saving Katniss's life.
District 3 - Factories, electronics and explosives. Wiress & Beetee, as well as the boy who re-
creates the land mines in the Hunger Games, are from District 3. The boy tribute (name not
known) was killed by Cato because he did his job a bit too well setting up the mines from the

2. platforms to protect supplies. Girl (also unnamed) dies on first day.
District 4 - Fishing. Tributes from this district excel at swimming, and it is indicated they come from
a warm climate (Finnick is shirtless much of the time). In The Hunger Games the boy tribute dies
the first day at Cornucopia. The girl was killed from Katniss dropping the tracker jacker hive/nest
on her.
District 5 - Industry unknown - The boy tribute dies on the first day. Peeta kills Foxface accidentally
with poisonous berries.
District 6 - Industry unknown - what we do know is that in Catching Fire, Twill and Bonnie, were
able to jump the train outside District 6 and walk in a matter of days to District 12. This means it
would have to be reasonably close to District 12. Both tributes from District 6 died on the first day.
District 7 - Lumber/Trees - nothing is really known about this district. Both tributes died on the first
day of the Hunger Games. Johanna Mason though, is dressed as a tree for the parade before the
Quarter Quell.
District 8 - Textiles/Clothing - In Catching Fire we meet the refugees from District 8, Twill and
Bonnie, names that coincide with the main industry of their district. They describe it as being
"chilly". Katniss remembers that it was an "ugly, urban place...with no chance to learn the ways of
nature."
District 9 - Generates Electricity - The boy tribute died the first day. The girl died on the morning of
the second day; she was the one who lit the fire under/near Katniss's's tree and led the Careers to
her.
District 10 - Livestock / Cattle - Katniss mentions that the District 10 tributes are dressed as cows
with glowing belts. It's unknown how the boy tribute died, but it was in the morning of the day
Katniss blows up the Careers' supplies. The girl tribute died on the first day.
District 11 - Agriculture/Orchards - Rue specifically cites orchards, and climbing trees. When
traveling to District 11 on the Victory Tour, Katniss observes an extreme temperature difference -
the snow where she is from against it being quite warm in winter. Katniss also wonders how far
south they've traveled on the train. Cato kills Thresh while the District 1 boy kills Rue.
District 12 - Coal Mining - This district is described as being in the area formerly known as
Appalachia. The district is also pretty compact compared to some others with a population of just
8,000 people. There is one big clue to where district 12 might be, that we don't get from reading
the book, but from listening to Suzanne Collins read it. She reads Katniss with a southern accent.
District 13 - Graphite Mining / Nuclear Power - There is speculation that some of the inhabitants
may have moved underground after the district was destroyed. It is also described as once being
the furthermost district, beyond District 12 (in its absence, District 12 is described as "the end of
the line").

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