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... closed the airports and seaports, causing further economic and social dislocation. Two-thirds of the 12,000 inhabitants fled the island. Some began to return in 1998, but lack of housing limited the ...
www.exxun.com/Montserrat/e_ec.html
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Niue's remoteness, as well as cultural and linguistic differences between its Polynesian inhabitants and those of the rest of the Cook Islands, have caused it to be separately administered. The population ...
www.exxun.com/Niue/a_fg.html
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... activity, has steadily increased over the years and has brought a level of prosperity unusual among inhabitants of the Pacific islands. The agricultural sector has become self-sufficient in the production of ...
www.exxun.com/NorfolkIsland/e_ec.html
inhabitants
18 years of age; universal; indigenous inhabitants are US citizens but do not vote in US presidential elections
www.exxun.com/NorthernMarianaIslands/d_gv.html
inhabitants
The inhabitants of the area of Oman have long prospered on Indian Ocean trade. In the late 18th century, a newly established sultanate in Muscat signed the first in a series of ...
www.exxun.com/Oman/a_fg.html
inhabitants
no indigenous inhabitants note: there are scattered Chinese garrisons
www.exxun.com/ParacelIslands/c_pp.html
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The inhabitants of this tiny isolated economy exist on fishing, subsistence farming, handicrafts, and postage stamps. The fertile soil of the valleys produces a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, including citrus ...
www.exxun.com/PitcairnIslands/e_ec.html
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The inhabitants have traditionally earned their livelihood by fishing and by servicing fishing fleets operating off the coast of Newfoundland. The economy has been declining, however, because of disputes with Canada over ...
www.exxun.com/SaintPierreandMiquelon/e_ec.html
inhabitants
... diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjugation of the native inhabitants. The Boers resisted British encroachments but were defeated in the Boer War (1899-1902); however, the ...
www.exxun.com/SouthAfrica/a_fg.html
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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
inhabitants
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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... greater autonomy; Mauritius and Seychelles claim the Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory), and its former inhabitants since their eviction in 1965; most Chagossians reside in Mauritius, and in 2001 were granted ...
www.exxun.com/UnitedKingdom/i_ti.html
inhabitants
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
