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| | Encyclopedia: Spain |
 | | Mount Canigou (2785m), a Catalan landmark Roussillon (Catalan Rosselló; Spanish Rosellón) is one of the historical counties of the former Principality of Catalonia, corresponding roughly to the present-day southern French département of Pyrénées-Orientales (Eastern Pyrenees). |
| | The Counter-Reformation or the Catholic Reformation was a strong reaffirmation of the doctrine and structure of the Catholic Church, climaxing at the Council of Trent, partly in reaction to the growth of Protestantism. |
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| | The Spanish Electoral System - Historical Accident (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-30) |
| | This premise is now embedded in Spanish electoral culture, and although the electoral system has not changed fundamentally, the aspect that is developing through parliamentary debate is that of the actual functioning of electoral regulations in relation to the organization of the electoral process, its control, and technical modernization. |
| | It is to be noted also that the concept of Spanish Electoral Law, since its adoption as constitutional/organic law, is as a unit and, as stated in its preamble, responds to "the need to treat in a unified and global manner" all aspects of the electoral process. |
| | In practice, for many Spanish people whom we could call ultra-conservative, just as for many who have a progressive political ideology, it has been, and still is, difficult to accept the recognition accorded to nationalists, linguistic diversity, and the creation of self-government in the various Spanish regions which have been invested with ever wider powers. |
| www.aceproject.org /main/english/es/esy_es.htm (4908 words) |
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| | Netherlands. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 |
| | The region west of the Rhine formed part of the Roman province of Lower Germany and was inhabited by the Batavi; to the east of the Rhine were the Frisians. |
| | The northern provinces, under the leadership of William the Silent, prince of Orange, succeeded (1572–74) in expelling the Spanish garrisons. |
| | At the Congress of Vienna (1814–15) the former United Provinces and the former Austrian Netherlands were united under King William I, son of William V of Orange. |
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| | Population Index - Volume 57 - Number 3 |
| | Data are included on population by age, sex, marital status, nationality, economic activity, educational level, type of community, and state; age-specific employment ratios of women by number of children; labor force characteristics; private households; family characteristics; and housing. |
| | The population section includes data on population by sex, residence, and household; age distribution; date of birth; place of birth; whether parents still living; fertility; births and deaths; nationality; handicapped population; language; literacy; educational status; marital status; households; heads of households; and nomads. |
| | Tabular data are included on administrative and territorial divisions, size of the de jure and resident populations, number and size of cities and urban settlements, number of districts, and the population size of rural areas and settlements. |
| popindex.princeton.edu /browse/v57/n3/s.html (4579 words) |
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| | POPIN >> Data |
| | Results of the latest nationwide census of population (total, male and female) and, wherever possible, nationally representative statistics of live births, deaths and infant deaths (deaths under one year of age) for the most recent year available. |
| | Includes chapters on population, women and men in families, health, education and communication, work, and human rights and political decision-making. |
| | Indicators for 57 countries, include mid-year population, annual growth rate, population density, crude birth rate, crude death rate, total fertility rate, life expectancy at birth, infant mortality rate, under age 5 mortality rate, sex ratio of population 60+, dependency ratio, percent urban population, gross secondary school enrolment ratio, and the human development index. |
| www.un.org /popin/data.html (996 words) |
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| | List of Speakers of the House of Representatives |
| | List of Speakers of the Ohio House of Representatives |
| | List of squadrons and flotillas of the Royal Navy |
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| | Population Index - Volume 59 - Number 1 |
| | The study of migration behavior of the Franco-Ontarian population reveals the importance of ethno-cultural factors in the explanation of migration behavior. |
| | Push-factors in emigration: the case of the province of Zeeland in the nineteenth century. |
| | It is concluded that "the flight and displacements of population are not only the consequence of the war but also one of its aims: [to] produce ethnically 'pure' territories." Data mainly concern the period from late 1991 to the present. |
| popindex.princeton.edu /browse/v59/n1/h.html (11330 words) |
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| | Philippines Provinces |
| | This is the list of provinces derived from the census. |
| | The assignment of provinces to regions has remained the same, except for one thing: all the provinces that were in Cordillera Administrative Region according to the draft standard have been put in Eastern Visayas region, leaving Cordillera empty - obviously a mistake. |
| | As a rule, Philippine provinces are either part or all of a large island, along with some number of entire smaller nearby islands. |
| www.statoids.com /uph.html (3503 words) |
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| | Enigmas of Cuban Spanish |
| | Words used in the old Oriente province are worthy of some discussion, since they may be different from the vocabulary used in the rest of Cuba. |
| | In the following list, words used in the former Oriente province are contrasted with those used in the rest of Cuba to denote the same thing. |
| | Sounds and suffixes may be replaced and combined in Cuban underworld Spanish for concealing meaning as follows: bugarrichi (derivative of "bugarrón"), mulañé (derivative of "mulato"), títiri (derivative of títere). |
| www.najit.org /proteus/v9n3/rivas_v9n3.htm (2776 words) |
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| | Girona (Catalan: Girona, Spanish: Gerona) is a city located in the northwest of Catalonia, Spain on the confluence of the rivers Ter and Onyar. |
| | It is the capital of the Spanish province of the same name and of the Catalan comarca of Gironès. |
| | List of colleges and universities starting with U |
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| | List Of Spanish Provinces By Population (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-30) |
| | the axis of evil, Syria was not on the list. |
| | the northern Indian subcontinent to the list of Persian... |
| | According to an article published in the Spanish newspaper Rebelión... |
| www.wikiverse.org /list-of-spanish-provinces-by-population (141 words) |
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| | Vanuatu Provinces |
| | I have received information about the populations, areas, and capitals of the new provinces. |
| | Each new province was formed by merging one or more island councils. |
| | The new province names are acronyms for the former councils that were merged to make them. |
| www.statoids.com /uvu.html (613 words) |
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| | Spanish Place Names In The USA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-30) |
| | This list is only a small selection and is naturally very far from being complete. |
| | The name California was first given to the Baja California peninsula by the Spanish explorer Hernan Cortes in the early sixteenth century and was later applied to more northern areas. |
| | The state of Florida was named by the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon from the Spanish word for "flowery", possibly due to the vegetation or because he visited Florida in Easter week which in Spanish is called "Pascua florida". |
| freespace.virgin.net /john.cletheroe/usa_can/spanish/index.htm (877 words) |
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| | Spanish Abroad -Map and Geographic Location of San Sebastian , Spain |
| | This clean and modern city has a population of about 180,000 sheltered by the mountains Igueldo, Urgull and Ulía with the river Urumea flowing through the middle of it. |
| | It has Bilbao to the southwest, Pamplona to the southeast and the Pyrenees mountains and Biaritz to the northeast. |
| | The climate is mild and the warm summers are perfect relaxing on the beach. |
| www.spanishabroad.com /spain/Sansebastian/sanseb_location.htm (178 words) |
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| | TNC Invasive Species Initiative page |
| | A HUGE list of plants with states and natural areas where they are invasive. |
| | For use in assessing, categorizing, and listing non-native plants according to their impacts on native plants, animals, and natural communities and to make the process of assessing non-native species objective, transparent, and systematic. |
| | These Criteria for categorizing non-native invasive plants that threaten wildlands were also designed for assessing and listing non-native plants according to their impacts on native biodiversity in wildlands, based on their ecological impacts, ability to invade natural vegetation and current extent. |
| tncweeds.ucdavis.edu /links.html (1186 words) |
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| | Some still aspire to gain independence, while others would be unable to survive as an independent country based on global positioning and economic conditions. |
| | Numbers shown are the population within the recognized city limits, and do not include people living in the immediate surrounding area outside of the established border of the city. |
| | Numbers shown are the population within the immediate surrounding area of the established border of the city, and also include the city limit population figures. |
| www.graphicmaps.com /geoquiz/thelist.htm (583 words) |
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| | Huesca is the capital of the Spanish province of the same name, by the Pyrenees, limits with Navarre, France, Catalonia, and the Aragonese province of Zaragoza. |
| | In February 1938, George Orwell was stationed near the fascist-held Huesca as a member of the POUM militia, fighting in the Spanish Civil War. |
| | Months earlier, when Siétamo was taken, the general commanding the Government troops had said gaily: 'Tomorrow we'll have a coffee in Huesca.' It turned out that he was mistaken. |
| www.fact-library.com /huesca.html (233 words) |
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| | Population and Demography |
| | Population: 1991 Census: 10,264,156 of whom 5,029,710 (49%) are male and 5,234,446 (51%) are... |
| | Links to Population and Demographic Resources Below is a list of sources which contain Demographic and Population information. |
| | Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States, 1790-1990 Detailed tables of... |
| www.lib.upm.edu.my /iispd.html (417 words) |
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| | (K) Appendix B: Background Information on Terrorist Groups |
| | The first section lists the 29 groups that currently are designated by the Secretary of State as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs), pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996. |
| | Marxist principles in the northern Spanish provinces of Vizcaya, Guipuzcoa, Alava, and Navarra and the southwestern French departments of Labourd, Basse-Navarra, and Soule. |
| | Advocating the overthrow of the Spanish Government and replacement with a Marxist-Leninist regime, GRAPO is vehemently anti-US, calls for the removal of all US military forces from Spanish territory, and has conducted and attempted several attacks against US targets since 1977. |
| www.state.gov /s/ct/rls/pgtrpt/2000/2450.htm (9179 words) |
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| | Videotapes - U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
| | Eagle populations declined in the United States during the 1930's due to poaching, poisoning, electrocution, and habitat loss, despite the bird's protected status under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. |
| | Breeding population figures are given for several duck species as well as a projected fall flight forecast figure. |
| | The viewer learns how hatchery propagation of fish stocks serves to supplement declining wild fish stocks while fishery research programs strive to find ways to lessen the impacts of human development on wild stocks and their habitat. |
| video.fws.gov /videolist.html (5919 words) |
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| | The World Factbook 2004 -- Philippines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-30) |
| | The Philippine Islands became a Spanish colony during the 16th century; they were ceded to the US in 1898 following the Spanish-American War. |
| | GDP growth accelerated to 4.4% in 2002 and 4.2% in 2003, reflecting the continued resilience of the service sector, gains in industrial output, and improved exports. |
| | Nonetheless, it will take a higher, sustained growth path to make appreciable progress in poverty alleviation given the Philippines' high annual population growth rate and unequal distribution of income. |
| www.brainyatlas.com /geos/rp.html (1357 words) |
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| | You can use this page to search the Libray web site or simply scroll down (or use the alphabetical listing) to access all of our service and resources. |
| | Coordinates of Canada and the Provinces & Territories of Canada |
| | Population Projections for Canada, Provinces and Territories Guide |
| www.library.mun.ca /sitelisting.php (915 words) |
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