(Encyclopedia) NahaNahanäˈhä [key], city (1990 pop. 304,836), on Okinawa island, in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. A port on the southwest coast, it is also the chief manufacturing center of the island.…
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Dutch truck driver, was charged with 58 counts of manslaughter in June, after 58 Chinese immigrants suffocated in the back of his truck. The immigrants had hoped to make it to England from…
NumberPercentTotal population36,189100.0SEX AND AGEMale17,73949.0Female18,45051.0Under 5 years3,92310.85 to 9 years4,44212.310 to 14 years4,02011.115 to 19 years3,0778.520 to 24 years2,4376.725…
NumberPercentEMPLOYMENT STATUSPopulation 16 years and over23,013100.0In labor force13,56859.0Civilian labor force13,50458.7Employed11,93451.9Unemployed1,5706.8Percent of civilian labor force11.…
NumberPercentTotal housing units10,502100.0UNITS IN STRUCTURE1-unit, detached7,01566.81-unit, attached3193.02 units1091.03 or 4 units2482.45 to 9 units2932.810 to 19 units1761.720 or more…
NumberPercentSCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school12,671100.0Nursery school, preschool5144.1Kindergarten1,0108.0Elementary school (grades 1-8)6,92754.7High school (…
(Encyclopedia) Macklin, CharlesMacklin, Charlesmăkˈlĭn [key], 1697?–1797, English actor and dramatist, whose original name was Charles McLaughlin, b. Ireland. He began his career as a strolling…
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