Mexico is home to a large number of indigenous languages, spoken by some 5.4 of the population 1.2 of the population are monolingual speakers of an indigenous language.

An enormous number of people have lost their houses and are driven away by the violence and the bombs.

The leadership of the new nation consisted largely of the Americo Liberians.

Much of the population is concentrated in the coastal area, after the hill towns have been largely abandoned from the 19th century.

A large number of indigenous organizations and citizens acknowledge that Evo Morales an indigenous and coca grower's leader himself has improved their situation.

History There has been a significant Jewish population in Iran for 2,500 years.

As expected, population returns slowed considerably during the rainy season.

This is all quite technical, but it matters a great deal for the welfare of populations.

But diversity remains the core of Afghanistan's national heritage and an inspiration to a great part of the population.

Few Bogatanos own cars, yet a huge portion of the city's resources was dedicated to serving them.

Four nations with significant indigenous populations voted against the declaration the United States, Canada, New Zealand and Australia.

The ratio of health workers to population is relatively favourable in Guinea, except for midwives, whose numbers are glaringly inadequate

The increase in the number of population age 65 and over is noticeable (from 6,4 to 11 of the total population), and there is a significant fall of active working population in the group age 20 to 40.

Neither the Islamists nor the military can build a new regime against the will of a significant part of the population.

Though a majority of the population is Middle Eastern, a sizeable number of people from South Asia live in the country.

Much of this population is concentrated in the north of the country with the Southern Governorate being the least densely populated part.

However, widespread resistance to reforms within the government and from a significant part of the population soon stalled the reform efforts.

The local populace can easily communicate in Urdu, and a significant portion also understands and speaks English very well.

The Papuan population is largely confined to the eastern third of the island and a couple of small enclaves in the central highlands.

Finally, there are nations in which the economy is largely agrarian, and a great majority of the population works in the informal economy.

Many of the policies and legislation, however, are not well known both within the Government agencies themselves and the population at large.

It was also difficult to distinguish a minority group, as the population comprised a good number of Turks and Kurds.

China s stability hinges critically on its government s ability to deliver steady economic gains to the vast majority of the population.

In last decades, the Mozambican population has grown to a rhythm sped up by about 3,3 , caused by the formation of a considerable sector of vulnerable population.

By and large, the problems faced by returnees are not very different from those faced by the rest of the population, as discussed elsewhere in this report.

In the area of administration of justice, participants cited a large number of cases of unequal treatment of indigenous prisoners and detainees.

Distributive trade is an important activity that provides employment to a significant segment of the population and contributes greatly to gross domestic product.

Approximately half of the Palestinian population lived below the official poverty line, and health care and education had deteriorated substantially.

However a significant segment of the population, including many women, also believes that these laws are desirable and that there is nothing wrong with them.

Bündchen was born and raised in Horizontina, a southern region in Brazil where there is a large population of German ancestry.

Access to civilian populations and the security conditions in which humanitarian organizations operate remain largely unsatisfactory and very worrisome.

The small size of the population has also affected the way the SAF has been designed, with a small active force but a large number of reserves.

An analysis of the composition of this population, according to race or color, shows a greater proportion of black women (57 ) among the rural female population an amount that has not changed significantly between 1992 and 2003.

Despite the improvements over this period, indigenous women still record significantly higher unemployment rates than non indigenous women (6.5 per cent in 2001).

The high population of Malé and the scarcity of land have created a high demand for housing. It has also made rent in Malé comparatively one of the highest in the world.

Taiwan initiated a single payer system in 1995, significantly curbing health care costs and improving the population s quality of life.

By contrast, development in the Arab world, driven largely by oil revenues, has left the population under educated and economically marginalized.

Thirty percent of the population is estimated to be under the age of 15, but this proportion has decreased considerably during the past decades.

While some Albanians continued to resist, a large part of the population ... welcomed the Italians with cheers , according to one contemporary account.

Eruptions There was a major eruption on 25 September 2005 which killed 250 head of livestock and forced thousands of nearby residents to flee.

9. Appeals to all Governments and organizations to consider contributing to the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations, if possible with a substantial increase in the level of contributions

The village's population had already dropped from 1000 before the conflict began to 200 after the massacre many of the remainder left following this massacre.

Jewish history Up until the Second World War, like many other cities in Europe, Kielce had a significant Jewish population according to the Russian census of 1897, out of the total population of 23,200, Jews constituted 6,400 (around 27 percent).

A point for further research could be compiling available pronouncements on the political situation of people of African descent delivered by presidents and presidential candidates in countries where there was a substantial Afro descendant population.

Israel also has a large population of Ethiopian Jews, many of whom were airlifted to Israel in the late 1980s and early 1990s.