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The Cham people erected Hindu temples (Bimong) throughout Central Vietnam, many of which are still in use today; the now-abandoned Mỹ Sơn, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is perhaps the most well-known of Cham temple complexes. Approximately 50,000 ethnic Cham in the south-central coastal area practice a devotional form of Hinduism.
During the Vietnam War, the US backed a Catholic named Ngô Đình Diệm for his leadership of South Vietnam. The US assumed that Diem would protect freedom of religion in South Vietnam, due to his deep faith, but instead he used his power to suppress Buddhism (which was the majority religion of South Vietnam) and promote Catholicism. [8]
Our Lady of Las Vegas 3050 Alta Dr, Las Vegas [8] Prince of Peace 5485 E Charleston Blvd, Las Vegas [9] Shrine of the Most Holy Redeemer 55 E. Reno Ave, Las Vegas Dedicated as a shrine in 1993 [1] St. Andrew 1399 San Felipe Dr, Boulder City [10] St. Anne 1901 S. Maryland Pkwy, Las Vegas Constructed in 1963 [3] St. Anthony of Padua
This group is commonly referred to as the Cham Bani. The other group is located in the southern Mekong Delta, with a population of around 64,000. [53] The Cham Muslims of the Mekong Delta reside around the area of Châu Đốc in An Giang Province, close to the Cambodian border.
Area codes 702 and 725 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for Clark County, including Las Vegas, in the U.S. state of Nevada. Area code 702 was one of the original North American area codes established in October 1947, and serviced the entire state of Nevada until 1998, when it was reduced to Las Vegas and the ...
It has listed as terrorist groups several organisations that have pledged allegiance to the defunct state of South Vietnam, which ceased to exist when the Communist North won the Vietnam War in 1975.
In the 17th century, a group of Chinese monks led by Nguyên Thiều introduced the Linji school (Lâm Tế). A more native offshoot of Lâm Tế, the Liễu Quán school, was founded in the 18th century and has since been the predominant branch of Vietnamese Zen. This is the main altar of a Vietnamese Buddhist temple near Seattle.
702: The southeastern tip of Nevada, including the Las Vegas metropolitan area 725: An overlay area code for the 702 area code effective June 2014. 775: All of Nevada outside the southeastern corner, including Reno and Carson City. Under the original North American Numbering Plan of 1947, area code 702 covered all of Nevada. Area code 775 split ...