Ms. Sanchez wore the yellow and red colors of the former South Vietnam flag, a symbol of pride in the large enclave of Vietnamese refugees here in Orange County.
Altogether, he said, it is estimated that there are about 3 million to 3.5 million Arab-Americans, with the Detroit area as the largest enclave.
Eventually, two million Salvadorans came to live in the U.S. The Salvadoran population in Los Angeles, the largest enclave, increased tenfold during the nineteen-eighties, to approximately three hundred thousand.
There are about 5,000 Georgian immigrants in New York City, the largest enclave in the United States, according to the Georgian Consulate in New York.
Education City, the largest enclave of American universities overseas, has fast become the elite of Qatari education, a sort of local Ivy League.
And yesterday in the Heights, heart of the nation's largest enclave of immigrants from the Caribbean, the fervor for presidential politics reached a fever pitch as their relatives on the island went to the polls to choose a president.
For those who remember Shelbyville from long ago -- who might have seen Mexicans arriving in town as grooms for the annual Tennessee Walking Horse Celebration over the years but never expected a large enclave -- the influx has required an adjustment.
Even so, on December 7th, Mr Pastrana announced that he would extend the life of the "demilitarised zone", a large enclave turned over to the FARC in 1998 to get the talks started.This decision, made public less than half an hour before the legal authority for the zone expired, was hardly a ringing endorsement for the process.
Harvard is probably the largest enclave of privately owned Shaker houses in the country, with nine in all, said Christian Goodwillie, the curator of collections at Hancock Shaker Village and someone whom Harvard homeowners often consult when they are looking for authentic paint colors or help in repairing an original window sash.
The company claims to have 6,200 employees in Austin — its largest enclave outside of Cupertino — and it said that the addition of these new roles will make it the largest private employer in the city.
