NumberPercentTotal population59,734100.0SEX AND AGEMale28,30047.4Female31,43452.6Under 5 years4,1046.95 to 9 years3,9946.710 to 14 years3,6416.115 to 19 years4,0386.820 to 24 years4,7898.025 to…
NumberPercentEMPLOYMENT STATUSPopulation 16 years and over47,183100.0In labor force28,57760.6Civilian labor force28,57060.6Employed26,22855.6Unemployed2,3425.0Percent of civilian labor force8.2…
NumberPercentSCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school14,098100.0Nursery school, preschool1,0007.1Kindergarten8996.4Elementary school (grades 1-8)6,20244.0High school (…
(Encyclopedia) Mogae, Festus Gontebanye 1939–, Botswanan political leader, president of Botswana (1998–2008), b. Serowe. After studying economics at Sussex and Oxford universities, he returned to…
(Encyclopedia) ÇatalhöyükÇatalhöyükchätäalˈhöyükˈ [key] or ÇatalhüyükÇatalhöyük–hü– [key], Neolithic settlement on the Konya Plain in S Turkey that flourished c.6500–c.5800 b.c. The site, first…
(Encyclopedia) Exeter Book, manuscript volume of Old English religious and secular poetry, of various dates of composition, compiled c.975 and given to Exeter Cathedral by Bishop Leofric (d. 1072).…
(Encyclopedia) PalestinePalestinepălˈəstēn [key], city (1990 pop. 18,042), seat of Anderson co., E Tex.; inc. 1871. It is a market, processing, and rail center for a rich oil area and for the truck…
(Encyclopedia) Boise project, in the Boise, Payette, and Snake river valleys, SW Idaho and E Oregon; developed in 1905 by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for irrigation, hydroelectricity, flood…
(Encyclopedia) Floyd, John Buchanan, 1807–63, U.S. Secretary of War (1857–60) and Confederate general, b. Smithfield, Va. After failing as a lawyer and cotton planter in Arkansas, he returned to…
