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Jamaica - country.
majority, the Church of God, Baptists, Anglicans, Seventh-day Adventists, Pentecostalists, and Roman Catholics predominate. Several well-established Jewish, Muslim,and Hindu communities exist. A number of popular sects, such as Pocomania and Rastafarianism, are a significant and famous feature of the national religious life. C Education School attendance by children between the ages of 6 and 11 is nearly universal, and 84 percent of all 12- to 18-year-olds attend secondary institutions. In 2000...
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Jamaica - geografía.
Población jamaicanaLa población de Jamaica es ante todo de origen africano o mestiza (con europeos), descendiente de los esclavos traídos a la isla entrelos siglos XVII y XVIII. Aproximadamente la mitad de los habitantes del país reside en áreas rurales y el 18% de la población activajamaicana está vinculada a la producción agrícola.Susan McCartney/Photo Researchers, Inc. La población de Jamaica es ante todo de origen africano o mestiza (con europeos), descendiente de los esclavos traídos a la i...
- Carta de Jamaïca
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Jamaica - ficha de geographia.
International (www. sil.org). Gobierno Los datos de Gobierno, fechas de independencia, promulgación de la Constitución y derecho al voto proceden en gran medida de diferentes sitios web gubernamentales, el último Europa World Yearbook , y el más reciente World Factbook de la CIA. Economía Los datos acerca del Producto Interior Bruto (PIB), PIB per cápita, PIB por sectores económicos y presupuesto nacional proceden de la base de datos del Banco Mundial (www.worldbank.org). La información sobre...
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Jamaica Facts and Figures.
Total 73 years (2008 estimate) Female 74.8 years (2008 estimate) Male 71.3 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 15 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 1,176 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 714 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 88.7 percent (2005 estimate) Female 92.3 percent (2005 estimate) Male 84.9 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 5.3 percent (2002-2003) Number of years o...
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Jamaika - geographie.
5.1 Exekutive Die Exekutivgewalt liegt beim Kabinett. Dieses besteht aus 20 Ministern und wird vom Premierminister geleitet. Er ist gleichzeitig Vorsitzender der Mehrheitspartei und wirddurch den Generalgouverneur ernannt. 5.2 Legislative Die legislative Gewalt liegt bei dem aus zwei Kammern bestehenden Parlament. Die 60 Mitglieder des Repräsentantenhauses werden vom Volk für eine Amtszeit von fünfJahren gewählt. Die 21 Mitglieder des Senats ernennt der Generalgouverneur, 13 auf Vorschlag des...
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Blacks in Latin America.
Throughout Latin America and the Caribbean the slave population declined at the astonishing rate of 2 to 4 percent a year; thus, by the time slavery was abolished, theoverall slave population in many places was far less than the total number of slaves imported. The British colony of Jamaica, for example, imported more than 600,000slaves during the 18th century; yet, in 1838, the slave population numbered little more than 300,000. The French colony of Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti)imported mo...
- Beamon (Robert, dit Bob) Athlète américain (Jamaica, État de New York, 1946).
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- Beamon ( Robert, dit Bob), né en 1946 à Jamaica (New York), athlète américain.
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Discuss the ways in which Jamaica Kincaid explores Annie's relationship with her mother in the first two chapters
parents have trouble expressing their parental affection especially physically either because the parent is imposing a kind of distance between him and the child, or simply because he is not comfortable being involved in this type of contact. From this part, love and affection are explicitly expressed in this: Annie's mother is very lovable and tactile with her daughter. During the early stages of childhood, children are very dependent of affection and a mother's love is also a first step to lov...
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Men's Track and Field Individual: Olympic Gold Medalists.
1896 Thomas Burke United States 54.20 1900 Maxwell Long United States 49.40 1904 Harry Hillman United States 49.20 1906 Paul Pilgrim United States 53.20 1908 Wyndham Halswelle United Kingdom 50.00 1912 Charles Reidpath United States 48.20 1920 Bevil Rudd South Africa 49.60 1924 Eric Liddell United Kingdom 47.60 1928 Ray Barbuti United States 47.80 1932 William Carr United States 46.20 1936 Archie Williams United States 46.50 1948 Arthur Wint Jamaica 46.20 1952 V. George Rhoden Jamaica 45.90 1956...
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Men's Track and Field Individual: Olympic Gold Medalists.
1896 Thomas Burke United States 54.20 1900 Maxwell Long United States 49.40 1904 Harry Hillman United States 49.20 1906 Paul Pilgrim United States 53.20 1908 Wyndham Halswelle United Kingdom 50.00 1912 Charles Reidpath United States 48.20 1920 Bevil Rudd South Africa 49.60 1924 Eric Liddell United Kingdom 47.60 1928 Ray Barbuti United States 47.80 1932 William Carr United States 46.20 1936 Archie Williams United States 46.50 1948 Arthur Wint Jamaica 46.20 1952 V. George Rhoden Jamaica 45.90 1956...
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Simón Bolívar.
Again, he expressed his dislike of federalism and his preference for strong centralized republics. He felt that Venezuela and New Granada should unite into a centralizedrepublic, which would be called Colombia. This new republic would have an elected executive and a legislature consisting of an elected lower house and a hereditaryupper house. Lastly, he spoke about the need for a union of all the countries in Spanish America to ensure prosperity and security after independence. IV BOLÍVAR AS MI...
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Jamaïque.
canne à sucre firent échouer cette tentative. En effet, la culture et la transformation de la canne exigeaient des capitaux trop importants pour les colons, dont le nombre fut largement dépassé dès le XVIII e siècle par celui des esclaves. En reconnaissant à l'Angleterre la pleine possession de la Jamaïque, le traité d'Utrecht en 1713 permit l'épanouissement de la grande plantation, et la colonie devint l'un des principaux centres de la traite négrière. Au XIX e siècle, la culture de la canne c...
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Summer Olympics Medal Standings.
Great Britain GBR 56 51 38 145 United States of America USA 23 12 12 47 Sweden SWE 8 6 11 25 France FRA 5 5 9 19 Germany GER 3 5 6 14 Hungary HUN 3 4 2 9 Canada CAN 3 3 10 16 Norway NOR 2 3 3 8 Italy ITA 2 2 0 4 Belgium BEL 1 5 2 8 Australasia ANZ 1 2 2 5 Russia RU1 1 2 0 3 Finland FIN 1 1 3 5 South Africa RSA 1 1 0 2 Greece GRE 0 3 0 3 Denmark DEN 0 2 3 5 Bohemia BOH 0 0 2 2 Netherlands NED 0 0 2 2 Austria AUT 0 0 1 1 Source: International Olympic Committee (IOC).. Stockholm, 1912.Par...
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Summer Olympics Medal Standings.
Great Britain GBR 56 51 38 145 United States of America USA 23 12 12 47 Sweden SWE 8 6 11 25 France FRA 5 5 9 19 Germany GER 3 5 6 14 Hungary HUN 3 4 2 9 Canada CAN 3 3 10 16 Norway NOR 2 3 3 8 Italy ITA 2 2 0 4 Belgium BEL 1 5 2 8 Australasia ANZ 1 2 2 5 Russia RU1 1 2 0 3 Finland FIN 1 1 3 5 South Africa RSA 1 1 0 2 Greece GRE 0 3 0 3 Denmark DEN 0 2 3 5 Bohemia BOH 0 0 2 2 Netherlands NED 0 0 2 2 Austria AUT 0 0 1 1 Source: International Olympic Committee (IOC).. Stockholm, 1912Part...
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Women's Track and Field Individual: Olympic Gold Medalists.
1964 Betty Cuthbert Australia 52.00 1968 Colette Besson France 52.03 1972 Monika Zehrt East Germany 51.08 1976 Irena Szewinska Poland 49.29 1980 Marita Koch East Germany 48.88 1984 Valerie Brisco-Hooks United States 48.83 1988 Olga Bryzgina USSR 48.65 1992 Marie-José Pérec France 48.83 1996 Marie-José Pérec France 48.25 2000 Cathy Freeman Australia 49.11 2004 Tonique Williams-Darling Bahamas 49.41 . Women's Track and Field Individual: Olympic Gold Medalists (400 m Hurdles).Year Name Country Winn...
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Women's Track and Field Individual: Olympic Gold Medalists.
1964 Betty Cuthbert Australia 52.00 1968 Colette Besson France 52.03 1972 Monika Zehrt East Germany 51.08 1976 Irena Szewinska Poland 49.29 1980 Marita Koch East Germany 48.88 1984 Valerie Brisco-Hooks United States 48.83 1988 Olga Bryzgina USSR 48.65 1992 Marie-José Pérec France 48.83 1996 Marie-José Pérec France 48.25 2000 Cathy Freeman Australia 49.11 2004 Tonique Williams-Darling Bahamas 49.41 . Women's Track and Field Individual: Olympic Gold Medalists (400 m Hurdles)Year Name Country Winni...
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Belize - country.
Education is compulsory for children between the ages of 5 and 14. Attendance at primary schools was nearly universal in 2002–2003, but only 78 percent of children ofsecondary school age were enrolled in school. Higher education is available at colleges in Belize City and Corozal. The literacy rate of 93 percent is one of the highest inLatin America. C Government Belize is governed under a constitution that became effective at independence in 1981. Belize recognizes the British monarch as its o...