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colonia Residential areas along the United States side of the border with Mexico and that may lack some of the most basic living necessities,such as potable water and sewer systems,electricity,paved roads,and safe and sanitary housing.The Environmental Protection Agency estimates there are more than 1,300 colonia in Texas and New Mexico alone. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Black and mulatto families often lived in the colonias (worker settlements on the plantations) alongside immigrants, particularly during the first decade after abolition, and both criminal and census records indicate that some black and brown women lived with European men. Concerned with the health of residents in local colonias (poor, unincorporated neighborhoods along the Texas-Mexico border whose residents are largely of Mexican origin), COEP staff have created a dynamic program that trains promotoras--residents of the colanias--to serve as a link between communities and health educators. Ten years ago, this is precisely what she did, singing in restaurants and bars in the colonias, pueblos, and barrios throughout Oaxaca. |
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