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In 1863, two years prior to emancipation, Black people owned 0.5 percent of the national wealth, while in 2019 it is just over 1.5 percent. [148] Racial disparity in poverty rates has narrowed since the civil rights era, with the poverty rate among African Americans decreasing from 24.7% in 2004 to 18.8% in 2020, compared to 10.5% for all ...
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.Its nine provinces are bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres (1,739 miles) of coastline that stretches along the South Atlantic and Indian Ocean; [14] [15] [16] to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini ...
English is the language of instruction in all public schools, [445] and all subjects are taught and examined in English except for the "mother tongue" language paper. [446] While the term "mother tongue" in general refers to the first language internationally, in Singapore's education system, it is used to refer to the second language, as ...
Dubai [a] is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populous of the country's seven emirates. [10] [11] [12] As of 2024, the city has a population of around 3.79 million, [13] more than 90% of which are expatriates.
The Philippines is divided into 18 regions, 82 provinces, 146 cities, 1,488 municipalities, and 42,036 barangays. [370] Regions other than Bangsamoro are divided for administrative convenience. [371] Calabarzon was the region with the greatest population as of 2020, and the National Capital Region (NCR) was the most densely populated. [372]