The violence has never spread beyond the three-and-a-half provinces next to the Malaysian border, which have predominantly Malay Muslim populations.
This now occurs in some portion of more than half the provinces in Afghanistan, and exemplifies the Taliban's new and more subtle ways of asserting themselves, even as NATO generals portray the insurgents as a diminished force less able to hold ground.
By 1247, when members of the house and clan held, through appointment, dominion over half the provinces of Japan, Hōjō rule tended to become authoritarian, and the regency was run not from its titular office but from Hōjō headquarters as a family council.
Recently the development of industry-based project presents an agglomeration effect in certain locations, for instance, Henan province (the darkest blue color in Fig. 8b) showed a rapid growth and became the core area of industry-based biogas production in the early 2010s, yet nearly half of provinces (white color in Fig. 8b) have produced little industrial-based biogas in past few years.
The U.S., British and French moved to close their embassies, signaling a belief that conditions in Yemen would only deteriorate further as the rebels, who have taken over in nearly half the provinces, try to expand their control.
Launched by the Ministry of Cult and Religion in 2004 with UNICEF support, BLI is now active in more than half the provinces in Cambodia, a country severely challenged by the spread of HIV.
Rebels say they control more than half the province.
About half the province is arable, and the chief crops include cereals, fodder, potatoes, and rapeseed.
The local police will not employ Hazaras, although they make up nearly half the province's population.
There the Enríquez, the Mendoza, and the Guzmán families and others owned vast estates, sometimes covering almost half a province.
More than half the province is situated in the northern Meseta Central, the central plateau of Spain.
