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The Jain Center of America was the first Jain center in the United States. It opened in New York City in 1982. Since then, over 100 Jain centers and temples have opened in America. Most Jain centers are complexes that include a main temple housing Digambara and Śvētāmbara images, libraries, meeting rooms, guest rooms, and so forth.
Literacy rates have been extremely low among Paraguay's indigenous population, who had a literacy rate of 7.1% compared to the 51% rate of the general population as of the 2002 census. Only 2.5% of Paraguay's indigenous population had access to clean drinking water and only 9.5% had electricity as of 2002. Infrastructure
Jul 1, 2023 · In civilian labor force, total, percent of population age 16 years+, 2018-2022: 58.7%: In civilian labor force, female, percent of population age 16 years+, 2018-2022: 55.0%: Total accommodation and food services sales, 2017 ($1,000) 14,553,042: Total health care and social assistance receipts/revenue, 2017 ($1,000) 34,618,006
Independence Day, known colloquially as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the Declaration of Independence, which was ratified by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, establishing the United States of America . The Founding Father delegates of the Second Continental Congress declared that the ...
English. Budget. $4 million [1] Box office. $10,179,000. Lost in America is a 1985 American satirical road comedy film directed by Albert Brooks and co-written by Brooks with Monica Johnson. The film stars Brooks alongside Julie Hagerty as a married couple who decide to quit their jobs and travel across America. [2]
Incarceration in the United States is one of the primary means of punishment for crime in the United States. In 2023, over five million people were under supervision by the criminal justice system, with nearly two million people incarcerated in state or federal prisons and local jails. The United States has the largest known prison population ...
The African Hebrew Israelites in Israel [a] comprise a new religious movement that is now mainly based in Dimona. Officially self-identifying as the African Hebrew Israelite Nation of Jerusalem, they originate from African Americans who immigrated to the State of Israel in the late 1960s. The community claims Israelite descent in line with the ...
