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13,250 | # Health care reform
**Health care reform** is for the most part governmental policy that affects health care delivery in a given place. Health care reform typically attempts to:
- Broaden the population that receives health care coverage through either public sector insurance programs or private sector insurance c... | 1,124 | Health care reform | 0 |
13,250 | # Health care reform
## Comparison between countries {#comparison_between_countries}
As evidenced by the large variety of different healthcare systems seen across the world, there are several different pathways that a country could take when thinking about reform. In comparison to the UK, physicians in Germany have m... | 1,133 | Health care reform | 1 |
13,250 | # Health care reform
## By country {#by_country}
### The Netherlands {#the_netherlands}
The Netherlands has introduced a new system of health care insurance based on risk equalization through a risk equalization pool. In this way, a compulsory insurance package is available to all citizens at affordable cost without ... | 455 | Health care reform | 2 |
13,253 | # Henry Mayhew
**Henry Mayhew** (25 November 1812 -- 25 July 1887) was an English journalist, playwright, and advocate of reform. He was one of the co-founders of the satirical magazine *Punch* in 1841, and was the magazine\'s joint editor, with Mark Lemon, in its early days. He is also known for his work as a social ... | 895 | Henry Mayhew | 0 |
13,253 | # Henry Mayhew
## Influence
Mayhew\'s work was embraced by and was an influence on the Christian Socialists, such as Thomas Hughes, Charles Kingsley, and F. D. Maurice. Radicals also published sizeable excerpts from the reports in the *Northern Star*, the *Red Republican*, and other newspapers. The often sympathetic ... | 391 | Henry Mayhew | 1 |
13,266 | # Histogram
`{{Hatnote|For the histogram used in digital image processing, see [[Image histogram]] and [[Color histogram]].}}`{=mediawiki}
A **histogram** is a visual representation of the distribution of quantitative data. To construct a histogram, the first step is to \"bin\" (or \"bucket\") the range of values--- ... | 420 | Histogram | 0 |
13,266 | # Histogram
## Examples
This is the data for the histogram to the right, using 500 items:
Bin/Interval Count/Frequency
--------------- -----------------
−3.5 to −2.51 9
−2.5 to −1.51 32
−1.5 to −0.51 109
−0.5 to 0.49 180
0.5 to 1.49 132
1.5 to 2.49 34
2.5 to 3.49 4
... | 701 | Histogram | 1 |
13,266 | # Histogram
## Mathematical definitions {#mathematical_definitions}
The data used to construct a histogram are generated via a function *m*~*i*~ that counts the number of observations that fall into each of the disjoint categories (known as *bins*). Thus, if we let *n* be the total number of observations and *k* be t... | 983 | Histogram | 2 |
13,266 | # Histogram
## Mathematical definitions {#mathematical_definitions}
### Number of bins and width {#number_of_bins_and_width}
#### Shimazaki and Shinomoto\'s choice {#shimazaki_and_shinomotos_choice}
The choice is based on minimization of an estimated *L*^2^ risk function
$$\underset{h}{\operatorname{arg\,min}} \frac... | 424 | Histogram | 3 |
13,266 | # Histogram
## Applications
- In hydrology the histogram and estimated density function of rainfall and river discharge data, analysed with a probability distribution, are used to gain insight in their behaviour and frequency of occurrence. An example is shown in the blue figure.
- In many Digital image processin... | 69 | Histogram | 4 |
13,268 | # Human anatomy
**Human anatomy** (gr. ἀνατομία, \"dissection\", from ἀνά, \"up\", and τέμνειν, \"cut\") is primarily the scientific study of the morphology of the human body. Anatomy is subdivided into gross anatomy and microscopic anatomy. Gross anatomy (also called macroscopic anatomy, topographical anatomy, region... | 569 | Human anatomy | 0 |
13,268 | # Human anatomy
## Approaches
### Regional groups {#regional_groups}
- Head and neck -- includes everything above the thoracic inlet
- Upper limb -- includes the hand, wrist, forearm, elbow, arm, shoulder
- Thorax -- the region of the chest from the thoracic inlet to the thoracic diaphragm
- Human abdomen to... | 598 | Human anatomy | 1 |
13,269 | # Hilter
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| image_caption = Town hall
| coordinates = {{coord|52|9|N|8|9|E|format=dms|displa... | 240 | Hilter | 0 |
13,279 | # Holiday
A **holiday** is a day or other period of time set aside for festivals or recreation. *Public holidays* are set by public authorities and vary by state or region. Religious holidays are set by religious organisations for their members and are often also observed as public holidays in religious majority count... | 367 | Holiday | 0 |
13,279 | # Holiday
## Global holidays {#global_holidays}
The celebration of the New Year has been a common holiday across cultures for at least four millennia. Such holidays normally celebrate the last day of a year and the arrival of the next year in a calendar system. In modern cultures using the Gregorian calendar, the New... | 450 | Holiday | 1 |
13,279 | # Holiday
## Public holidays {#public_holidays}
### Substitute holidays {#substitute_holidays}
If a holiday coincides with another holiday or a weekend day a substitute holiday may be recognised in lieu. In the United Kingdom the government website states that \"If a bank holiday is on a weekend, a \'substitute\' we... | 352 | Holiday | 2 |
13,279 | # Holiday
## Religious holidays {#religious_holidays}
Many holidays are linked to faiths and religions (see etymology above). Christian holidays are defined as part of the liturgical year, the chief ones being Easter and Christmas. The Orthodox Christian and Western-Roman Catholic patronal feast day or \"name day\" i... | 646 | Holiday | 3 |
13,290 | # Harold and Maude
***Harold and Maude*** is a 1971 American romantic black comedy-drama film directed by Hal Ashby and released by Paramount Pictures. It incorporates elements of dark humor and existentialist drama. The plot follows the exploits of Harold Chasen (Bud Cort), a young man who is intrigued with death, an... | 669 | Harold and Maude | 0 |
13,290 | # Harold and Maude
## Cast
- Ruth Gordon as Dame Marjorie \"Maude\" Chardin, a 79-year-old free spirit. Maude believes in living each day to the fullest, and \"trying something new every day\". Her view of life is so joyful that, true to the film\'s motif, it crosses a blurred, shifting line into a carefree attitud... | 402 | Harold and Maude | 1 |
13,290 | # Harold and Maude
## Production
UCLA film school student Colin Higgins wrote *Harold and Maude* as his master\'s thesis. While working as producer Edward Lewis\'s pool boy, Higgins showed the script to Lewis\'s wife, Mildred. Mildred was so impressed that she got Edward to give it to Stanley Jaffe at Paramount. Higg... | 894 | Harold and Maude | 2 |
13,290 | # Harold and Maude
## Reception
### Critical response {#critical_response}
At the time of its release, *Harold and Maude* received mixed reviews, with several critics being offended by the film\'s dark humor. Roger Ebert gave the film one-and-a-half out of four stars. He wrote, \"And so what we get, finally, is a mo... | 531 | Harold and Maude | 3 |
13,290 | # Harold and Maude
## Music
The music in *Harold and Maude* was composed and performed by Cat Stevens. He had been suggested by Elton John to do the music after John had dropped out of the project. Stevens composed two original songs for the film, \"Don\'t Be Shy\" and \"If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out\" and perfor... | 921 | Harold and Maude | 4 |
13,290 | # Harold and Maude
## Adaptations
### Stage play adaptation {#stage_play_adaptation}
Colin Higgins turned the story into a stage play, which, itself adapted into French by Jean-Claude Carrière, opened in 1973 at the Théâtre Récamier in Paris and proved a major hit. With Madeleine Renaud as Maude and Daniel Rivière a... | 347 | Harold and Maude | 5 |
13,291 | # Habitus (sociology)
In sociology, **habitus** (`{{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|æ|b|ɪ|t|ə|s}}`{=mediawiki}) is the way that people perceive and respond to the social world they inhabit, by way of their personal habits, skills, and disposition of character.
## Overview
People with a common cultural background (social class, religion... | 858 | Habitus (sociology) | 0 |
13,291 | # Habitus (sociology)
## Scholars researching habitus {#scholars_researching_habitus}
- Loïc Wacquant - a sociologist and ethnographer who studied the construction of the \"pugilistic habitus\" in a boxing gym of the black ghetto of Chicago in *Body & Soul: Notebooks of an Apprentice Boxer* (2004) and in \"Habitus ... | 432 | Habitus (sociology) | 1 |
13,292 | # Hypoxia (medicine)
**Hypoxia** is a condition in which the body or a region of the body is deprived of an adequate oxygen supply at the tissue level. Hypoxia may be classified as either *generalized*, affecting the whole body, or *local*, affecting a region of the body. Although hypoxia is often a pathological condi... | 343 | Hypoxia (medicine) | 0 |
13,292 | # Hypoxia (medicine)
## Classification
Hypoxia exists when there is a reduced amount of oxygen in the tissues of the body. Hypoxemia refers to a reduction in arterial oxygenation below the normal range, regardless of whether gas exchange is impaired in the lung, arterial oxygen content (C~a~O~2~~~ -- which represents... | 853 | Hypoxia (medicine) | 1 |
13,292 | # Hypoxia (medicine)
## Classification
### By extent {#by_extent}
Hypoxia may affect the whole body, or just some parts.
#### Generalized hypoxia {#generalized_hypoxia}
The term *generalized hypoxia* may refer to hypoxia affecting the whole body, or may be used as a synonym for hypoxic hypoxia, which occurs when th... | 1,129 | Hypoxia (medicine) | 2 |
13,292 | # Hypoxia (medicine)
## Signs and symptoms {#signs_and_symptoms}
Arterial oxygen tension can be measured by blood gas analysis of an arterial blood sample, and less reliably by pulse oximetry, which is not a complete measure of circulatory oxygen sufficiency. If there is insufficient blood flow or insufficient hemogl... | 267 | Hypoxia (medicine) | 3 |
13,292 | # Hypoxia (medicine)
## Causes
Oxygen passively diffuses in the lung alveoli according to a concentration gradient, also referred to as a partial pressure gradient. Inhaled air rapidly reaches saturation with water vapour, which slightly reduces the partial pressures of the other components. Oxygen diffuses from the ... | 507 | Hypoxia (medicine) | 4 |
13,292 | # Hypoxia (medicine)
## Causes
### Hypoxemic hypoxia {#hypoxemic_hypoxia}
This refers specifically to hypoxic states where the arterial content of oxygen is insufficient. This can be caused by alterations in respiratory drive, such as in respiratory alkalosis, physiological or pathological shunting of blood, diseases... | 986 | Hypoxia (medicine) | 5 |
13,292 | # Hypoxia (medicine)
## Causes
### Histotoxic hypoxia {#histotoxic_hypoxia}
Histotoxic hypoxia (also called histoxic hypoxia) is the inability of cells to take up or use oxygen from the bloodstream, despite physiologically normal delivery of oxygen to such cells and tissues. Histotoxic hypoxia results from tissue poi... | 73 | Hypoxia (medicine) | 6 |
13,292 | # Hypoxia (medicine)
## Mechanism
Tissue hypoxia from low oxygen delivery may be due to low haemoglobin concentration (anaemic hypoxia), low cardiac output (stagnant hypoxia) or low haemoglobin saturation (hypoxic hypoxia). The consequence of oxygen deprivation in tissues is a switch to anaerobic metabolism at the ce... | 1,025 | Hypoxia (medicine) | 7 |
13,292 | # Hypoxia (medicine)
## Mechanism
### Pathological responses {#pathological_responses}
#### Cerebral ischemia {#cerebral_ischemia}
The brain has relatively high energy requirements, using about 20% of the oxygen under resting conditions, but low reserves, which make it specially vulnerable to hypoxia. In normal cond... | 449 | Hypoxia (medicine) | 8 |
13,292 | # Hypoxia (medicine)
## Diagnosis
### Physical examination and history {#physical_examination_and_history}
Hypoxia can present as acute or chronic.
Acute presentation may include dyspnea (shortness of breath) and tachypnea (rapid, often shallow, breathing). Severity of symptom presentation is commonly an indication... | 921 | Hypoxia (medicine) | 9 |
13,292 | # Hypoxia (medicine)
## Prevention
Prevention can be as simple as risk management of occupational exposure to hypoxic environments, and commonly involves the use of environmental monitoring and personal protective equipment. Prevention of hypoxia as a predictable consequence of medical conditions requires prevention ... | 419 | Hypoxia (medicine) | 10 |
13,292 | # Hypoxia (medicine)
## Treatment and management {#treatment_and_management}
Treatment and management depend on circumstances. For most high altitude situations the risk is known, and prevention is appropriate. At low altitudes hypoxia is more likely to be associated with a medical problem or an unexpected contingenc... | 848 | Hypoxia (medicine) | 11 |
13,294 | # History of the petroleum industry in the United States
The **history of the petroleum industry in the United States** goes back to the early 19th century, although the indigenous peoples, like many ancient societies, have used petroleum seeps since prehistoric times; where found, these seeps signaled the growth of t... | 931 | History of the petroleum industry in the United States | 0 |
13,294 | # History of the petroleum industry in the United States
## 19th century {#th_century}
### Mid-Continent {#mid_continent}
The Mid-continent area is an area generally including Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, North Louisiana and the part of Texas away from the Gulf Coast. The first commercially successful oil well drilled... | 406 | History of the petroleum industry in the United States | 1 |
13,294 | # History of the petroleum industry in the United States
## 19th century {#th_century}
### California
Native Americans had known of the tar seeps in southern California for thousands of years, and used the tar to waterproof their canoes. Spanish settlers also knew of the seeps, such as at Rancho La Brea (Spanish for ... | 704 | History of the petroleum industry in the United States | 2 |
13,294 | # History of the petroleum industry in the United States
## 20th century {#th_century_1}
### Gulf Coast {#gulf_coast}
Capt. Anthony Francis Lucas, an experienced mining engineer and salt driller, drilled a well to find oil at Spindletop Hill. On the morning of January 10, 1901, the little hill south of Beaumont, Tex... | 909 | History of the petroleum industry in the United States | 3 |
13,294 | # History of the petroleum industry in the United States
## 21st century {#st_century}
### North Dakota {#north_dakota}
The North Dakota oil boom, lasting from 2006 to 2015, involved rapidly expanding oil extraction from the Bakken formation in the state of North Dakota. The boom began with the discovery of Parshall... | 179 | History of the petroleum industry in the United States | 4 |
13,298 | # Hoplite
thumb\|upright=0.8\|right\|A Greek hoplite **Hoplites** (`{{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|ɒ|p|l|aɪ|t|s}}`{=mediawiki} `{{respell |HOP|lytes}}`{=mediawiki}) (*hoplîtai* `{{IPA|el|hoplîːtai̯|}}`{=mediawiki}) were citizen-soldiers of Ancient Greek city-states who were primarily armed with spears and shields. Hoplite soldiers use... | 291 | Hoplite | 0 |
13,298 | # Hoplite
## Warfare
The fragmented political structure of Ancient Greece, with many competing city-states, increased the frequency of conflict, but at the same time limited the scale of warfare. Limited manpower did not allow most Greek city-states to form large armies which could operate for long periods because th... | 1,195 | Hoplite | 1 |
13,298 | # Hoplite
## Equipment
### Body armour {#body_armour}
Each hoplite provided his own equipment. Thus, only those who could afford such weaponry fought as hoplites. As with the Roman Republican army it was the middle classes who formed the bulk of the infantry. Equipment was not standardized, although there were doubt... | 1,093 | Hoplite | 2 |
13,298 | # Hoplite
## Theories on the transition to fighting in the phalanx {#theories_on_the_transition_to_fighting_in_the_phalanx}
Dark Age warfare transitioned into hoplite warfare from the 8th century BC onwards. Historians and researchers have debated the reason and speed of the transition for centuries. So far, 3 popula... | 545 | Hoplite | 3 |
13,298 | # Hoplite
## History
### Ancient Greece {#ancient_greece}
The exact time when hoplite warfare was developed is uncertain, the prevalent theory being that it was established sometime during the 8th or 7th century BC, when the \"heroic age was abandoned and a far more disciplined system introduced\" and the Argive shi... | 1,058 | Hoplite | 4 |
13,298 | # Hoplite
## History
### Hellenistic period {#hellenistic_period}
The Greek armies of the Hellenistic period mostly fielded troops in the fashion of the Macedonian phalanx. Many armies of mainland Greece retained hoplite warfare. Besides classical hoplites Hellenistic nations began to field two new types of hoplites,... | 136 | Hoplite | 5 |
13,316 | # List of days of the year
The following pages, corresponding to the Gregorian calendar, list the historical events, births, deaths, and holidays and observances of the specified day of the year:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ... | 431 | List of days of the year | 0 |
13,370 | # Helsingborg Municipality
**Helsingborg Municipality** (*Helsingborgs kommun*) is a municipality in Scania County in Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Helsingborg, which is Sweden\'s eighth-largest city. The municipality had a population of 147,734 on 1 January 2019 and the metropolitan area has about 320,00... | 1,338 | Helsingborg Municipality | 0 |
13,375 | # Geography of Haiti
The Republic of Haiti comprises the western three-eighths of the island of Hispaniola, west of the Dominican Republic. Haiti is positioned east of the neighboring island of Cuba, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean.
Haiti\'s total area is 27,560 km2, of which 27560 km2 is land ... | 598 | Geography of Haiti | 0 |
13,375 | # Geography of Haiti
## Islands
Numerous smaller islands make up a part of Haiti\'s total territory. The most notable islands are:
1. *Île de la Gonâve*, the largest offshore island of mainland Hispaniola, is located to the west-northwest of Port-au-Prince in Haiti\'s Gulf of Gonâve, in the Caribbean Sea (the large... | 341 | Geography of Haiti | 1 |
13,375 | # Geography of Haiti
## Statistics
Maritime claims:
:\* Territorial sea: 12 nmi
:\* Contiguous zone: 24 nmi
:\* Exclusive economic zone: 126760 km2 and 200 nmi
:\* Continental shelf: to depth of exploitation
Climate:
: Tropical; semiarid where mountains in east cut off trade winds
Terrain:
: Mostly rough an... | 108 | Geography of Haiti | 2 |
13,377 | # Politics of Haiti
The **politics of Haiti** takes place in the framework of a unitary semi-presidential republic, where the president is the head of state and the prime minister is the head of government. The politics of Haiti are considered historically unstable due to various *coups d\'état*, regime changes, milit... | 925 | Politics of Haiti | 0 |
13,377 | # Politics of Haiti
## Creole in politics and corruption {#creole_in_politics_and_corruption}
French has been the primary language in Haitian politics since the colonial era, with Haitian Creole being held in low regard by the nation\'s ruling class. Haitian Creole is a combination of basic French structures with sig... | 253 | Politics of Haiti | 1 |
13,379 | # Telecommunications in Haiti
**Telecommunications in Haiti** Internet, radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones.
## Internet Access {#internet_access}
There are 4 Internet service providers serving the country -- NATCOM, Access Haiti, Hainet., and Digicel Haiti. The Haitian telecommunications authority, CONAT... | 386 | Telecommunications in Haiti | 0 |
13,379 | # Telecommunications in Haiti
## Radio and television {#radio_and_television}
- Radio stations: Government-owned radio network; more than 250 private and community radio stations with about 50 FM stations in Port-au-Prince alone (2007).
- Television stations: Several TV stations, including one government-owned; c... | 283 | Telecommunications in Haiti | 1 |
13,379 | # Telecommunications in Haiti
## Telephones
- Calling code: +509
- International Call Prefix: 00
Land lines
In 2012, there were 50,000 main lines in use ranking Haiti 163rd in the world.
Natcom, the result of the privatization of Télécommunications d\'Haiti S.A.M. (Teleco) in 2010, has a monopoly on the provis... | 595 | Telecommunications in Haiti | 2 |
13,380 | # Transport in Haiti
All of the major transportation systems in Haiti are located near or run through the capital, Port-au-Prince.
## Roads
Haiti\'s network of roads consists of National Roads, Department Roads, and county roads. The hub of the road network is located at the old airport (at the intersection of Boule... | 980 | Transport in Haiti | 0 |
13,380 | # Transport in Haiti
## Water transport {#water_transport}
The port at Port-au-Prince, Port international de Port-au-Prince, has more registered shipping than any of the over one dozen other ports in the country. Its facilities include cranes, large berths, and warehouses, but these facilities are in universally poor... | 328 | Transport in Haiti | 1 |
13,380 | # Transport in Haiti
## Aviation
International flights fly from Toussaint Louverture International Airport (formerly known as Port-au-Prince International Airport), which opened in 1965 (as François Duvalier International Airport), and is located 10 km north/north east of Port-au-Prince. It is Haiti\'s only jetway, a... | 244 | Transport in Haiti | 2 |
13,396 | # Geography of Honduras
thumb\|upright=1.2\|A map of Honduras.
**Honduras** is a country in Central America. Honduras borders the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean. Guatemala lies to the west, Nicaragua south east and El Salvador to the south west. Honduras is the second largest Central American republic, wit... | 1,121 | Geography of Honduras | 0 |
13,396 | # Geography of Honduras
## Topography
### Islands
`{{See also|List of islands of Honduras}}`{=mediawiki}
Honduras controls a number of islands as part of its offshore territories. In the Caribbean Sea, the islands of Roatán (Isla de Roatán), Utila, and Guanaja together form the *Islas de la Bahía* (Bay Islands), one... | 195 | Geography of Honduras | 1 |
13,396 | # Geography of Honduras
## Climate
upright=1.3\|thumb\|Köppen climate types of HondurasHonduras has a tropical climate and temperate climate in the highlands.
The climatic types of each of the three physiographic regions differ. The Caribbean lowlands have a tropical wet climate with consistently high temperatures a... | 749 | Geography of Honduras | 2 |
13,396 | # Geography of Honduras
## Climate
### Climate change {#climate_change}
| 10 | Geography of Honduras | 3 |
13,396 | # Geography of Honduras
## Hydrography
thumb\|upright=1.3\|The Ulúa River as seen from the air. The Ulua is perhaps the most economically important river in Honduras.
Honduras is a water-rich country. The most important river in Honduras is the Ulúa, which flows 400 km to the Caribbean through the economically impor... | 442 | Geography of Honduras | 4 |
13,396 | # Geography of Honduras
## Environmental issues {#environmental_issues}
Deforestation poses a particular problem for Honduras; the goals of conserving endangered natural resources and promoting economic development has often been quite difficult to combine, which has resulted in conflicting policies that fail to prot... | 490 | Geography of Honduras | 5 |
13,401 | # Transport in Honduras
**Transport in Honduras** refers to transport in Honduras, a country in Central America.
## Railways
Total: `{{val|699|u=km}}`{=mediawiki}
- Narrow gauge: `{{val|349|u=km}}`{=mediawiki}
- gauge: `{{val|246|u=km}}`{=mediawiki}
- gauge
### Railway links with adjacent countries {#railw... | 392 | Transport in Honduras | 0 |
13,402 | # Armed Forces of Honduras
The **Armed Forces of Honduras** (*Fuerzas Armadas de Honduras*), consists of the Honduran Army, Honduran Navy and Honduran Air Force.
## History
### Early republican era {#early_republican_era}
The Armed Forces of Honduras were created through article 44, subsection 4 of the First Consti... | 1,053 | Armed Forces of Honduras | 0 |
13,402 | # Armed Forces of Honduras
## Air Force {#air_force}
The FAH operates from four air bases located at:
- Hernan Acosta Mejia Air Base at Tegucigalpa
- Soto Cano Air Base at Comayagua,\<ref name=
\"academia\"\>
- Armando Escalon Espinal Air Base at La Lima, Cortés
- Hector Caraccioli Moncada at La Ceiba.
Wi... | 958 | Armed Forces of Honduras | 1 |
13,402 | # Armed Forces of Honduras
## Equipment
### Small arms {#small_arms}
+------------------------------------+-------+----------------+-----------------------------+--------+-------------------+
| Name | Image | Caliber | Type | Origin | Notes |
+=... | 567 | Armed Forces of Honduras | 2 |
13,410 | # Communications in Hong Kong
**Communications in Hong Kong** includes a wide-ranging and sophisticated network of radio, television, telephone, Internet, and related online services, reflecting Hong Kong\'s thriving commerce and international importance.
There are some 60 online newspapers (in various languages, but... | 429 | Communications in Hong Kong | 0 |
13,410 | # Communications in Hong Kong
## Telecommunication industry {#telecommunication_industry}
- Telecommunications system: modern facilities that provide excellent domestic and international services.
- Domestic: microwave radio relay links and extensive fibre-optic network
- Satellite earth stations -- 3 Intelsat ... | 399 | Communications in Hong Kong | 1 |
13,410 | # Communications in Hong Kong
## Telecommunication industry {#telecommunication_industry}
### Internet
- Number of Internet users: 4,920,255 or 69.4% of the population (2010)
- Number of Internet hosts: 861,516 hosts, 48th in the world (2010)
- IPv4 addresses allocated: 11,777,024 or 1,646 per 1000 population (... | 366 | Communications in Hong Kong | 2 |
13,411 | # Transport in Hong Kong
Hong Kong has a highly developed transport network, encompassing both public and private transport. Based on Hong Kong Government\'s Travel Characteristics Survey, over 90% of daily journeys are on public transport, the highest rate in the world. However, in 2014 the Transport Advisory Committ... | 836 | Transport in Hong Kong | 0 |
13,411 | # Transport in Hong Kong
## Rail transport {#rail_transport}
### Airport people-mover system {#airport_people_mover_system}
*Main article: Hong Kong International Airport Automated People Mover*
The Hong Kong International Airport Automated People Mover is a driverless people-mover system located within the Hong Kon... | 281 | Transport in Hong Kong | 1 |
13,411 | # Transport in Hong Kong
## Road transport {#road_transport}
### Buses
*Main article: Bus services in Hong Kong* Bus services have a long history in Hong Kong. As of 2023, four companies operate franchised public bus services, each granted ten-year exclusive operating rights to the set of routes that they operate. F... | 892 | Transport in Hong Kong | 2 |
13,411 | # Transport in Hong Kong
## Road transport {#road_transport}
### Private cars {#private_cars}
As of May 2015, the Census and Statistics Department of Hong Kong reports that there are 504,798 licensed vehicles in Hong Kong. In terms of private car ownership, the number of cars per capita is half that of Singapore and ... | 533 | Transport in Hong Kong | 3 |
13,411 | # Transport in Hong Kong
## Road transport {#road_transport}
### Bicycles
*Main article: Cycling in Hong Kong* Cycling is a popular means of transport in many parts of the New Territories, where new towns such as Sha Tin, Tai Po and Sheung Shui have significant cycle track networks. In the auto congested urban areas ... | 217 | Transport in Hong Kong | 4 |
13,411 | # Transport in Hong Kong
## Maritime transport {#maritime_transport}
### Ferries
#### Internal routes {#internal_routes}
Most ferry services are provided by licensed ferry operators. `{{As of|2003|alt=As of September 2003}}`{=mediawiki}, there were 27 regular licensed passenger ferry services operated by 11 license... | 545 | Transport in Hong Kong | 5 |
13,411 | # Transport in Hong Kong
## Air transport {#air_transport}
### Aeroplanes
Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) is the primary airport for the territory and has been at Chep Lap Kok since 1998. Over 100 airlines operate flights to international and mainland China destinations from the airport; it is the main hub of ... | 392 | Transport in Hong Kong | 6 |
13,411 | # Transport in Hong Kong
## Aerial lift transport {#aerial_lift_transport}
### Cable cars {#cable_cars}
There are two cable car systems in Hong Kong:
- The Ngong Ping Cable Car is a 5.7 km public cableway on Lantau Island. It links Tung Chung MTR station and Ngong Ping Terminal near Po Lin Monastery. It was opene... | 815 | Transport in Hong Kong | 7 |
13,411 | # Transport in Hong Kong
## Infrastructure
### Highways
There are a total of `{{nowrap|cvt|1,831|km|mi}}`{=mediawiki} of paved highways in Hong Kong. These roads are built to British standards with a maximum of four lanes with hard shoulders.
There are nine roads classified as trunk roads in Hong Kong and were renum... | 379 | Transport in Hong Kong | 8 |
13,411 | # Transport in Hong Kong
## Infrastructure
### Bridges and tunnels {#bridges_and_tunnels}
There are 13 major vehicular tunnels in Hong Kong. They include three cross-harbour tunnels and ten road tunnels.
Other road tunnels and bridges which are proposed or under construction are:
- Central Kowloon Route
- Trunk... | 838 | Transport in Hong Kong | 9 |
13,425 | # Geography of Hungary
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**Geography of Hungary**
**Continent**
**Region**
**Coordinates**
**Area**
**Coastline**
**Borders**
**Highest point**
**Lowest point**
**Longest river**
**Largest lake**
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**Hungary** (Hungarian: Magyarország) is a l... | 559 | Geography of Hungary | 0 |
13,425 | # Geography of Hungary
## Plains and hills {#plains_and_hills}
The Little Alföld or Little Hungarian Plain is a plain (tectonic basin) of approximately 8,000 km^2^ in northwestern Hungary, southwestern Slovakia and eastern Austria, along the lower course of the Rába River, with high quality fertile soils.
The Transd... | 292 | Geography of Hungary | 1 |
13,425 | # Geography of Hungary
## Mountains
Although the majority of the country has an elevation lesser than 300 m, Hungary has several moderately high ranges of mountains. They can be classified to four geographic regions, from west to east: Alpokalja, Transdanubian Mountains, Mecsek and North Hungarian Mountains. Alpokalj... | 673 | Geography of Hungary | 2 |
13,425 | # Geography of Hungary
## Agriculture
Hungary, with its plains and hilly regions, is highly suitable for agriculture.
### Arable land {#arable_land}
Doubtless, one of Hungary\'s most important natural resources is arable land. It covers about 48.57% of the country, which is outstanding in the world (see the related... | 414 | Geography of Hungary | 3 |
13,425 | # Geography of Hungary
## Political geography {#political_geography}
Hungary\'s current counties are largely based on the country\'s historic regions. The counties are subdivided into *districts* (*járás*), and these are further divided into *municipalities* (*település*). Hungary has 19 counties, 174 districts + 23 ... | 595 | Geography of Hungary | 4 |
13,430 | # Transport in Hungary
**Transport in Hungary** relies on several main modes, including transport by road, rail, air and water.
## Roads
`{{see also|Roads in Hungary}}`{=mediawiki}
Hungary has a total of 159568 km of public roads, of which 70050 km are paved (including 1481 km of motorways, as of 2016); and 89518 k... | 771 | Transport in Hungary | 0 |
13,430 | # Transport in Hungary
## Airports
### Heliports
Hungary has five heliports.
| 12 | Transport in Hungary | 1 |
13,430 | # Transport in Hungary
## Waterways
1,373 km permanently navigable (1997)
### Ports and harbors {#ports_and_harbors}
The most important port is Budapest, the capital. Other important ones include Dunaújváros and Baja.
Ports on the Danube:
- **Győr-Gönyű** (Port of Győr)
- Komárom
- **Budapest** (Port of Cse... | 508 | Transport in Hungary | 2 |
13,431 | # Hungarian Defence Forces
The **Hungarian Defence Forces** (*lit=Hungarian Homeland-Guard*, `{{IPA|hu|ˈmɒɟɒr ˈhonveːt͡ʃːeːg}}`{=mediawiki}) is the national defence force of Hungary. Since 2007, the Hungarian Armed Forces has been under a unified command structure. The Ministry of Defence maintains political and civil... | 566 | Hungarian Defence Forces | 0 |
13,431 | # Hungarian Defence Forces
## History
### Ancient, medieval, and early modern military {#ancient_medieval_and_early_modern_military}
The Hungarian tribes of *Árpád vezér* who came to settle in the Carpathian Basin were noted for their fearsome light cavalry, which conducted frequent raids throughout much of Western ... | 543 | Hungarian Defence Forces | 1 |
13,431 | # Hungarian Defence Forces
## History
### Habsburg Hungarian military {#habsburg_hungarian_military}
Under Habsburg rule, Hungarian Hussars rose to international fame and served as a model for light cavalry in many European countries. During the 18th and 19th centuries hundreds of thousands of forcibly enrolled Hunga... | 872 | Hungarian Defence Forces | 2 |
13,431 | # Hungarian Defence Forces
## History
### Mid-twentieth century {#mid_twentieth_century}
On 9 August 1919, Admiral Miklós Horthy united various anti-communist military units into an 80,000-strong National Army (*Nemzeti Hadsereg*). On 1 January 1922, the National Army was once again redesignated the Royal Hungarian A... | 1,157 | Hungarian Defence Forces | 3 |
13,431 | # Hungarian Defence Forces
## History
### Warsaw Pact {#warsaw_pact}
During the Socialist and the Warsaw Pact era (1947--1989), the Soviet Southern Group of Forces, 200,000 strong, was garrisoned in Hungary, complete with artillery, tank regiments, air force and missile troops (with nuclear weapons). It was, by all m... | 1,002 | Hungarian Defence Forces | 4 |
13,431 | # Hungarian Defence Forces
## History
### Zrínyi 2026 Modernization Program {#zrínyi_2026_modernization_program}
In 2016, PM Orbán confirmed that Hungary will meet its NATO obligations by increasing its defense spending to about 2 percent of GDP. The official government \"Zrínyi 2026\" program of upgrading military e... | 448 | Hungarian Defence Forces | 5 |
13,435 | # Hydrology
thumb\|upright=1.3\|Rain falling over a drainage basin in Scotland. Understanding the cycling of water into, through, and out of catchments is a key element of hydrology.
**Hydrology** (`{{etymology|grc|''{{wikt-lang|grc|ὕδωρ}}'' ({{grc-transl|ὕδωρ}})|water||''{{wikt-lang|grc|-λογία}}'' ({{grc-transl|[[-l... | 509 | Hydrology | 0 |
13,435 | # Hydrology
## History
thumb\|upright=1.3\|The Roman aqueduct at Caesarea Maritima, bringing water from the wetter Carmel mountains to the settlement Hydrology has been subject to investigation and engineering for millennia. Ancient Egyptians were one of the first to employ hydrology in their engineering and agricult... | 392 | Hydrology | 1 |
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