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A map of the Africa, showing the major religions distributed as of today. Map shows only the religion as a whole excluding denominations or sects of the religions, and is colored by how the religions are distributed not by main religion of country etc.
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2008-07-01T09:31:33Z
Angelo De La Paz 1336x684 (60803 Bytes) Fix wrong: 93% of total pop. in Bali is Hindu.
2008-06-30T15:52:20Z
Moshin 1336x684 (60875 Bytes) few changes using sources as indicated to determine the right colors.
2008-06-28T15:13:50Z
Angelo De La Paz 1354x692 (59430 Bytes) Changed non-religious areas of central Kazakhstan to Islam as citation given of Moshin.
2008-06-28T15:07:38Z
Angelo De La Paz 1354x692 (59429 Bytes) According to the citation given (http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/31/3731-004.gif): Non-religious area in Kazakhstan, Czech republic and parts of Ukraine; Christian areas in parts of Ukraine, Moldovia, Estonia (E=Ea
2008-06-28T11:17:52Z
Moshin 1354x692 (59359 Bytes) {{Information |Description=The distribution of main religions of the world, without sects/denominations. |Source=self-made (from Britannica [http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/31/3731-004.gif]) |Date=28/06/2008 |Autho
The 2012 Pew Research Center source (for 2010) actually says that South Sudan is more Christian than animist (traditional religion). And Pew is a respected source.
Reverted change. You can't just declare that the majority of South Sudan is traditional, you need a source. Arguably, it should only be shaded purple! See the main file this work is derived and its sources.
Reverting changes to South Sudan - Christianity is the largest religion and the recent changes are original research and unsourced (see original source for references)
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