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El Paso, TX Social Statistics

NumberPercentSCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school184,875100.0Nursery school, preschool9,5815.2Kindergarten11,0506.0Elementary school (grades 1-8)81,07843.9High school (…

El Salvador Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note El Salvador   An indigenous woman creates a flower arrangement for a celebration, Panchimalco, El Salvador, May 6, 2007. [© AP Images]     PROFILE…

Toledo , city, Spain

(Encyclopedia) Toledo, city (1990 pop. 60,671), capital of Toledo prov. and of Castile–La Mancha, central Spain, on a granite hill surrounded on three sides by a gorge of the Tagus River.…

Oña, Pedro de

(Encyclopedia) Oña, Pedro deOña, Pedro depāˈᵺrō ᵺā ōˈnyä [key], 1570?–1643, Chilean poet. Having been born in Latin America, he is considered Chile's first national poet. His poetry is both epic and…

Al Ubayyid

(Encyclopedia) Al Ubayyid Al Ubayyid äl &oomacr;bäyĭdˈ [key] or El Obeid El Obeid ĕl ōbādˈ [key], city (2021 metropolitan area pop. 495,000), S central…

Tajín

(Encyclopedia) Tajín: see El Tajín.

Lissitzky, El

(Encyclopedia) Lissitzky, El (Eliezer Markovich Lissitzky)Lissitzky, Ellyĭsyētsˈkē [key], 1890–1941, Russian painter, designer, teacher, and architect. Lissitzky studied at Darmstadt and later taught…

Alamein, El

(Encyclopedia) Alamein, ElAlamein, Elĕl ăləmānˈ, älə– [key] or Al AlamaynAl Alamaynäl älămānˈ [key], town, N Egypt, on the Mediterranean Sea. It was the site of a decisive British victory in World…

El Chichón

(Encyclopedia) El Chichón, volcano, Chiapas, Mexico, 40 mi (59 km) SSW of Villahermosa, rising to 3,478 ft (1,060 m). Also known as Chichonal, it had not erupted significantly in historic times until…

Kantara, El

(Encyclopedia) Kantara, El, Egypt: see Qantarah esh Sharqiya.