The Hunger Games is a Film trilogy which is based on a fictional world, Panem that includes 13 districts. Today, we will tell you about the filming locations of the 12th district of Hunger Games in the article below.
District 12 Filming Locations
The Hunger Games film series is based on The Hunger Games novels by American author Suzanne Collins. Of the 13 districts in the world of The Hunger Games, District 12 was the poorest and smallest district.
Without further ado, let’s take a look at the actual locations featured as District 12 in The Hunger Games:-
📍Appalachia
The 12th District shown in the Hunger Games world “Panem” is actually located in the Appalachia region.
The socioeconomic region of the eastern United States is located in the central and southern parts of the Appalachian Mountains.
Real locations used in the background scenes of District 12 included several locations associated with the Appalachian Mountains.
Locations used for District 12 in The Hunger Games include:
- Kentucky
- Ohio
- West Virginia
- Indiana
- North Carolina
- Pennsylvania
- Tennessee
- Virginia
About the District 12
According to the Screenrant reports, In the fictional world of Panem, the only industry for the residents of District 12 is coal mining. But after the second rebellion, the coal mining work stopped there, and the pharmaceutical industry started.
Notable members of District 12 included Katniss, Peeta, Gale, and Haymitch. When the rebels protected Katniss from the 75th Hunger Games, then President Snow bombed District 12 as punishment.
The Hunger Games’ new film The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, pays tribute to District 12’s hero Lucy Gray Beyard (Rachel Zegler) Because she fought in the 10th Hunger Games.