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... second voyage to the Americas. In 1898, after 400 years of colonial rule that saw the indigenous population nearly exterminated and African slave labor introduced, Puerto Rico was ceded to the US ...
www.exxun.com/PuertoRico/a_fg.html
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no regular indigenous military forces; paramilitary National Guard, Police Force
www.exxun.com/PuertoRico/h_ml.html
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Roman Catholic 56.5%, Protestant 26%, Adventist 11.1%, Muslim 4.6%, indigenous beliefs 0.1%, none 1.7% (2001)
www.exxun.com/Rwanda/c_pp.html
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Muslim 94%, Christian 5% (mostly Roman Catholic), indigenous beliefs 1%
www.exxun.com/Senegal/c_pp.html
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Muslim 60%, Christian 10%, indigenous beliefs 30%
www.exxun.com/SierraLeone/c_pp.html
indigenous
based on English law and customary laws indigenous to local tribes; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
www.exxun.com/SierraLeone/d_gv.html
indigenous
Melanesian pidgin in much of the country is lingua franca; English (official; but spoken by only 1%-2% of the population); 120 indigenous languages
www.exxun.com/SolomonIslands/c_pp.html
indigenous
no indigenous inhabitants note: the small military garrison on South Georgia withdrew in March 2001 replaced by a permanent group of scientists of the British Antarctic Survey, which also has a biological ...
www.exxun.com/SouthGeorgiaSouthSandwichIs/c_pp.html
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no indigenous inhabitants note: there are scattered garrisons occupied by personnel of several claimant states
www.exxun.com/SpratlyIslands/c_pp.html
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Sunni Muslim 70% (in north), Christian 5% (mostly in south and Khartoum), indigenous beliefs 25%
www.exxun.com/Sudan/c_pp.html
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Hindu 27.4%, Protestant 25.2% (predominantly Moravian), Roman Catholic 22.8%, Muslim 19.6%, indigenous beliefs 5%
www.exxun.com/Suriname/c_pp.html
Indigenous
Association of Indigenous Village Chiefs [Ricardo PANE]; Association of Saramaccan Authorities or Maroon [Head Captain WASE]; Women's Parliament Forum or PVF [Iris GILLIAD]
www.exxun.com/Suriname/d_gv.html
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Zionist 40% (a blend of Christianity and indigenous ancestral worship), Roman Catholic 20%, Muslim 10%, other (includes Anglican, Bahai, Methodist, Mormon, Jewish) 30%
www.exxun.com/Swaziland/c_pp.html
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indigenous population: Swedes with Finnish and Sami minorities; foreign-born or first-generation immigrants: Finns, Yugoslavs, Danes, Norwegians, Greeks, Turks
www.exxun.com/Sweden/c_pp.html
indigenous
Taiwanese (including Hakka) 84%, mainland Chinese 14%, indigenous 2%
www.exxun.com/Taiwan/c_pp.html
indigenous
mainland - Christian 30%, Muslim 35%, indigenous beliefs 35%; Zanzibar - more than 99% Muslim
www.exxun.com/Tanzania/c_pp.html
indigenous
Tetum (official), Portuguese (official), Indonesian, English note: there are about 16 indigenous languages; Tetum, Galole, Mambae, and Kemak are spoken by significant numbers of people
www.exxun.com/EastTimor/c_pp.html
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Christian 29%, Muslim 20%, indigenous beliefs 51%
www.exxun.com/Togo/c_pp.html
indigenous
Tonga - unique among Pacific nations - never completely lost its indigenous governance. The archipelagos of "The Friendly Islands" were united into a Polynesian kingdom in 1845. Tonga became a constitutional monarchy in 1875 ...
www.exxun.com/Tonga/a_fg.html
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no indigenous inhabitants note: public entry is by special-use permit from US Fish and Wildlife Service only and generally restricted to scientists and educators; visited annually by US Fish and Wildlife ...
www.exxun.com/UnitedStatesPacificIsland/c_pp.html
indigenous
Presbyterian 31.4%, Anglican 13.4%, Roman Catholic 13.1%, Seventh-Day Adventist 10.8%, other Christian 13.8%, indigenous beliefs 5.6% (including Jon Frum Cargo cult), other 9.6%, none 1%, unspecified 1.3% (1999 Census)
www.exxun.com/Vanuatu/c_pp.html
indigenous
... related violence along the Colombian border, increasing internal drug consumption, overdependence on the petroleum industry with its price fluctuations, and irresponsible mining operations that are endangering the rain forest and indigenous peoples
www.exxun.com/Venezuela/a_fg.html
indigenous
Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Arab, German, African, indigenous people
www.exxun.com/Venezuela/c_pp.html
indigenous
... seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms; three seats reserved for the indigenous peoples of Venezuela) elections: last held 4 December 2005 (next to be held in 2010 ...
www.exxun.com/Venezuela/d_gv.html
indigenous
no indigenous inhabitants note: since super typhoon IOKE, a small military contingent along with 75 contractor personnel have returned to the island to conduct clean-up and restore basic operations on the ...
www.exxun.com/WakeIsland/c_pp.html
indigenous
Wallisian 58.9% (indigenous Polynesian language), Futunian 30.1%, French 10.8%, other 0.2% (2003 census)
www.exxun.com/WallisandFutuna/c_pp.html
