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Afya Foundation

Posted on      New York

The vision for Afya began to take shape in a tent in the Serengeti. It was 2008, I was in Tanzania, and my life was in transition. I didn’t realize it at the time, but in that dusty tent, with the distinctive smell of Acacia fires, I was coming face to face with my destiny … Continue reading Afya Foundation →

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Population 8.7 million
Religion
Christian – 73.5% Roman Catholic – 39% Various Protestant denominations – 32% Other Christian denominations – 2.5% Non-Religious – 17% Jewish – 6% Muslim – 1% Buddhist – 1% Hindu – 1% Other Religions – 1%
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1 70.72% (12.788.233) of New York residents age 5 and older spoke English at home as a primary language while 14.44% (2.611.903) spoke Spanish 2.61% (472.955) Chinese (which includes Cantonese and Mandarin) 1.20% (216.468) Russian 1.18% (213785) Italian 0.79% (142.169) French Creole 0.75% (135.789) French 0.67% (121.917) Yiddish 0.63% (114.574) Korean and Polish was spoken as a main language by 0.53% (95.413) of the population over the age of five. In total 29.28% (5.295.016) of New York's population age 5 and older spoke a mother language other than English
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New York United State
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Fact The Federal Reserve Bank in New York’s Wall Street comprises of vaults that are found 80 feet underneath the bank and hold around 25 percent of the world’s gold bullion. With the exception of emergency, sounding your auto horn is unlawful here. Moreover, indeed, we know, everyone does it in any case. In 1789 it changed into the primary capital of the United States. This proceeded for a solitary year regardless. 15,152 types of life have been discovered in New York Subway structure and these include insects and other similar types. New York City will pay for a confined plane ticket for any vagrant on the off chance that they have an ensured spot to remain.
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