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#1479: Haiti/DR factfile (fwd)
From: ange perrault <ange.perrault@mail.tju.edu>
I wanted to share with the list a book that I have been looking for
and contains a mountain of mis-information:
"Ultimate Pocket Book of the World Atlas & Factfile"
DK publishing, 95 Madison Ave, NYC, NY 10016 (www.dk.com)
ISBN: 07894-3623-X
$16.95
One of my relatives was given the book as a gift from his job.
The reason why I bought the book is because I wanted to see the breakdown
of the Black population by country according to DK:
Extract form the book:
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Haiti
Population: 6.9 millions
Languages: French, French Creole, English
Religions: Roman Catholic (80%), Protestant (16%), Voodoo (4%)
Ethnic mix: Black (95%), Afro-European (5%)
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Dominican Republic
Population: 7.6 millions
Languages: Spanish, French Creole
Religions: Roman Catholic (95%), Other (Protestant/Jewish) (5%)
Ethnic mix: Afro-European (73%), White (16%), Black (11%)
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You would not believe what they say about Latin-American (Brazil esp.)