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Capital: Ottawa
Area: 9,976,140 kmē
Population: 30.9 million (December 2000)
Ethnic groups: 40% British descent, 27% French origin
Official language(s): English and French
Religion(s): 45% Roman Catholic, 40% Protestant
Currency: 1 Canadian dollar = 100 cents
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Our Facilities
The work of SOS-Kinderdorf International in Canada started in 1969 by founding the association Friends of SOS Children's Villages Canada, Inc. in Ottawa/Ontario. In 1980, the association bought a plot of land in a suburb of Margaretville in Annapolis County/Nova Scotia in order to build the first Canadian SOS Children's Village. In June 1983, the SOS Children's Village Margaretville was put in operation, the official inauguration ceremony taking place on 16 July 1983.
In 1994, another building site was bought in the State of British Columbia, the corner-stone of the second SOS was laid on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of SOS-Kinderdorf International on 23 June 1999. The construction of this SOS facility was begun in February 2000 and already in 2001, the very first children and SOS mothers moved to their new homes.
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Croatia - Select a village SOS-Kinderdorf International began its work in Croatia on 10 September 1992 with the laying of the corner-stone of the first Croatian SOS Children's...
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Select a village Capital: Sarajevo Area: 51,233 kmē Population: 3.8 million (December 2000 est.) Ethnic groups: Bosniaks (44%),
Czech Republic - Select a village Capital: Prague Area: 78,864 kmē Population: 10.3 million (December 2000 est.) Ethnic groups: Czechs (94%), Slovaks (3%), Poles, Germans,
Greece - Select a village Capital: Athens Area: 131,957 kmē Population: 10.6 million (December 2000 est.) Ethnic groups: 98% ethnic Greek Official language(s):
Bulgaria - Select a village Capital: Sofia Area: 110,912 kmē Population: 8.3 million (December 2000 est.) Ethnic groups: 85% Bulgarian, 8.5% Turkish, 2.6% Roma, 2.
Shillong The foundation stone of the SOS Children's Village Shillong was laid in 1996, the official inauguration took place in 1999.
Country Information on Sweden Present-day Sweden's topography was shaped during the Ice Ages, creating deep valleys and lakes,
Jacarepagua Jacarepagua, one of the two SOS Children's Villages of Rio de Janeiro, the former capital of Brazil, was inaugurated in 1982.
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