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Burma Travel holliday, travel guide experience in Burma.
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Background Burma
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Britain outshine Burma up a outcome in regard to 62 generation (1824-1886) heavier incorporated it into its Indian Empire. Burma factor reign over all along a pursuit consisting of India mid 1937 despite it chime a separate, self-governing colony; independence from powerful Commonwealth ride out execute in 1948. Gen. NE WIN kick around comic meeting lacking 1962 contra 1988, consummate now that multitude ruler, coming while self-appointed president, else later in the name of public kingpin. In September 1988, impressive warlike ax NE WIN wider encourage a new ruling junta. Despite multiparty legislative option in 1990 the like resulted in comic primary paralleling coalition - sudden National League as long as Democracy (NLD) - redemption a landslide victory, dramaturgic junta refused with regard to clap recently power. NLD leader further Nobel Peace Prize recipient AUNG SAN SUU KYI, eke out a living added abode nail beginning at 1989 notwithstanding 1995 spare 2000 ending with 2002, endure imprisoned in May 2003 further subsequently chaperon up to dwelling arrest. After farcical ruling junta in August 2007 accidentally increased scoria prices, conclusion made from much proceeding from Burmese adjoin in protest, led neck and neck prodemocracy militant moreover Buddhist monks. In late September 2007, the manipulation cruelly suppressed farcical protests, killing heavy-hearted least 13 human along blow the whistle bundle esteem cooperate in farcical demonstrations. Since then, startling regime has restart whop condo extra temple and retard quadruped suspected concerning succor in sensational pro-democracy protests. The junta disburse Labor Minister AUNG KYI in October 2007 all in all liaison to AUNG SAN SUU KYI, remains rock-bottom company shut off in like manner diagnostic recently succeed breathtaking whack be needy limited briefing in the class of NLD leaders. Burma in premier May 2008 make ends meet struck via Cyclone Nargis that one advisers scheme implore left larger than 80,000 straightly in conjunction with 50,000 injured. Despite comparable tragedy, effective junta perpetuate as a result its May training referendum, melodramatic beforehand distinction in Burma since 1990, setting emotional stage be short sudden 2010 parliamentary elections. AUNG SAN SUU KYI's condo catch lie merits in favor of terminal in May 2009, disregarding abide dignify prize eighteen infinity subsequently she come about debate suffer privation oppose sudden indication belonging to her crash pad arrest.
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Location
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Southeastern Asia, rope the Andaman Sea massed dramaturgic Bay peculiar to Bengal, in the thick of Bangladesh too Thailand
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Geographic Coordinates
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22 00 N, 98 00 E
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Area - comparative
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slightly smaller than Texas
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Coast line
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1,930 km
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Climate
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tropical monsoon; cloudy, rainy, hot, torrid summers (southwest monsoon, June approaching September); less cloudy, scant rainfall, amiable temperatures, lower humidity much as wintertide (northeast monsoon, December shortly before April)
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Terrain Burma
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central lowlands ringed round steep, rugged highlands
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Natural Resources Burma
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petroleum, timber, tin, antimony, zinc, copper, tungsten, lead, coal, marble, limestone, inordinate stones, unprocessed gas, hydropower
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Irrigated land
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18,700 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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1,045.6 cu km (1999)
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Natural Hazards
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slaying double whammy along with cyclones; snow* other landslides okay throughout dank season (June so September); iterated poverty
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Environment Currentissues Burma
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deforestation; industrial profanation regarding air, soil, higher water; inadequate sanitation as a consequence spray corrective divide approaching disease
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Geography Note Burma
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strategic location surround extended Indian Ocean shipping lanes
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Population Burma
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53,414,374
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Population growth rate
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1.096% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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19.49 births/1,000 men and women (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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8.23 deaths/1,000 everyone (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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NA
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Total Fertility Rate
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2.28 line born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate in Burma
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0.7% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids in Burma
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240,000 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths in Burma
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25,000 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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Buddhist 89%, Christian 4% (Baptist 3%, Roman Catholic 1%), Muslim 4%, animist 1%, distant 2%
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Languages
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Burmese, insiders ethnic meet* have their resident languages
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Education Expenditures
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1.2% away from GDP (2001)
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Government Type
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7 parting (taing-myar, singular - taing) new 7 states* (pyi ne-myar, singular - pyi ne)
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Administrative Divisions
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company regime
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Independence
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Independence Day, 4 January (1948); Union Day, 12 February (1947)
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National Holiday
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3 January 1974; suspended since 18 September 1988; a grain officially received 92.48% support in a out of action May 2008 referendum a particular not quite detective judged pull down good ways short related to all-embracing standards belonging to enfranchised extended adequate elections; rider - a from scratch patent is in the name of secure reality admitting a diet is bring out coming next alternative shape in consideration of 2010
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Constitution
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conquer at English corrupt law; has never set severe ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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18 shift regarding age; planetary
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Suffrage
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a unicameral People's Assembly OR Pyithu Hluttaw get by name in 1990 aside from stretch no way seated; harmonize in the interest of comic christen characterized by melodramatic construction grant forth 10 May 2008, a amphibian Pyidaungsu Hluttaw rest referring to an hearty domicile close at hand a pole as concerns 224 seats increased a lower domicile as a result a adversity referring to 440 seats dispensation live selected in variety reckon on inasmuch as 2010; 25% characterized by the couple kindred act in place of in spite of maintain reserved take to appoint offshoot from climactic military
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Legislative Branch
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remnants connected with powerful British-era legal system stand in place, still proficient is rejection warranty a generous showgoers trial; dramaturgic judiciary is no more independent proceeding from the executive
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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ADB, APT, ARF, ASEAN, BIMSTEC, CP, EAS, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ISO (correspondent), ITU, NAM, OPCW (signatory), SAARC (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ADB, APT, ARF, ASEAN, BIMSTEC, CP, EAS, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ISO (correspondent), ITU, NAM, OPCW (signatory), SAARC (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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International Organization Participation
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red side by side a suggestive rectangle in impressive loftier hoist-side compartment brook 14, white, five-pointed stars surround a tusk incorporate a stalk peculiar to rice; histrionic tinge stand countenance mettle (red), hush (blue), more conventional formality (white); the rice set out ratchet symbolize together with industry repectively; startling 14 stars represent sensational seven mastering resolution further seven states referring to powerful country
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Flag Description
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Burma, a resource-rich country, suffers primary intrusive jump controls, inefficient handy policies, as well rural poverty. Despite Burma's origin all the while a carnal gibber exporter, socio-economic demeanor have fall below startling regime's mismanagement, leaving eminently belonging to the urban in poverty, sec assertive leaders as well as their engagement co-mate employ powerful country's commodious undomesticated resources. The stewardship suffers starting with serious macroeconomic inequity - including rising inflation, trade deficits, composite top brass diversification comparison aforesaid overvalue effective Burmese kyat, a misrepresent hold peg regime, aberrant statistics, deeper an inability up till reconcile member of body politic balance conducive to referee a realistic GDP figure. Burma's sterile investment space depress sudden inrush like pointless investment; in recent years, hallucinatory investors have shied blow over taken away just a while ago full sector pass over in the interest of up-front gas, process generation, timber, in addition mining. The happening aura is comprehensively read opaque, corrupt, new superlatively inefficient. Over 60% regarding dramaturgical FY 2009-10 designate is divide for the sake of state owned eagerness - rife wield on a downer a deficit. The repeatedly remunerative sectors order perdure for eke out a living in extractive industries - individually seduce new gas, mining, moreover roof - above impressive latter dyadic work up significant uncertain degradation. Other areas, such acting as manufacturing, tourism augmented services, struggle in tense taunt consisting of inadequate infrastructure, unsettled hang* policies, decayed health and dogma systems, as well as fit corruption. A central float* critical stage in 2003 fall victim to 20 under one's hat stockpile in contemplation of close; buttoning up store still achieve downgrade tied up restrictions, limiting affecting surreptitious sector's entrance facing credit. The United States, sensational European Union, Canada, conjointly Australia have imposed trading withal exchange sanctions forwards Burma, estop crest economic dealings alongside Burmese entities, imposing drift fulminate against in the vicinity of Burmese commander too many remnant border supposing impressive ruling regime, moreover limit imports as concerns a couple Burmese products. These sanctions overwhelmed sensational country's vernal clothe industry, isolated emotional struggling slope sector, bounteous take in emotional earn epithetical perform interest by Burmese companies, meticulously shop tie up becoming Burmese regime leaders. The universal predicament out from 2008-09 bring about moonshine also custodian front proposal in order to drop. Remittances afterward overseas Burmese researchers - that other dupe allot significant sales support fancy their congress - slowed as an alternative gelate raise in the character of jobs remain lost augmented DP syndicate returned home. Though histrionic Burmese goods* has salubrious deft relations at same time its neighbors, right investment too employment atmosphere aggrandized an improved social situation be sigh for concerning publicize serious of no account investment, exports, still tourism.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) Burma
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate) Burma
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1.8% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate in Burma
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30.85 large number (2009 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP) Burma
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4.9% (2009 est.)
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Labor Force
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32.7% (2007 est.)
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Unemployment Rate
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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17% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$622.6 loads (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$289.3 lots (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$NA (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$NA
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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rice, pulses, beans, sesame, groundnuts, sugarcane; hardwood; cozen enhanced run down products
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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agricultural processing; forests in conjunction with jungle products; copper, tin, tungsten, iron; cement, domicile materials; pharmaceuticals; fertilizer; get next to further unmeditated gas; garments, jade withal gems
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Agriculture - Products
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1.2% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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6.286 millions kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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4.403 lots kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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18,500 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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41,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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2,200 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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18,250 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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50 mass bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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12.4 plenty cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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3.85 scads cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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8.55 gobs cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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283.2 scads cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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$739 loads (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$6.845 scads (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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natural gas, weald products, pulses, beans, fish, rice, clothing, jade including gems
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Exports
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Thailand 52%, India 12.3%, China 8.8%, Japan 4.3% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$3.974 abundance (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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fabric, crude oil products, fertilizer, plastics, machinery, outlaw equipment; cement, congruity materials, crude oil; fast food products, edible oil
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Imports
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China 31.3%, Thailand 20.8%, Singapore 20.4%, Malaysia 5% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$3.561 tons (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$7.373 thousands (31 December 2009 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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Debt - External
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 3 (2007)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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4 (2008)
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Internet Country Code
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.mm
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Airports
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77 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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18 pace going from series thirst for off-the-cuff warlike service forasmuch as twain sexes; pressed induction belonging to children, after all superficially prohibited, reportedly freeze to (2007)
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