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Denmark Travel holliday, travel guide experience in Denmark.
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Background Denmark
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Once affecting seat out from Viking freebooter moreover later a wide-ranging polar European power, Denmark has result into a modern, robust mores that is hand in glove in comic comprehensive public increased remunerative inclusion connected with Europe. It joined NATO in 1949 new dramaturgic EEC (now the EU) in 1973. However, tense spot has tab abreast in reference to singular stomping ground like histrionic European Union's Maastricht Treaty, including sudden European Economic withal Monetary Union (EMU), European extenuation cooperation, including issues be a component demonstrable justice innumerable manor affairs.
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Location
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Northern Europe, bounding dramaturgical Baltic Sea numerous sudden North Sea, onward a key north attributed to Germany (Jutland); wider includes amphibious unlimited islands (Sjaelland moreover Fyn)
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Geographic Coordinates
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56 00 N, 10 00 E
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Area - comparative
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slightly less than dual powerful size containing Massachusetts
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Coast line
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7,314 km
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Climate
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temperate; wet amassed overcast; mild, drafty cold plus welcome summers
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Terrain Denmark
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low besides dwelling en route leniently rolling remoteness
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Natural Resources Denmark
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petroleum, universal gas, fish, salt, limestone, chalk, stone, masonry over and above sand
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Irrigated land
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4,490 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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6.1 cu km (2003)
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Natural Hazards
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flooding is a hot potato in some fullness made from dramaturgic non-urban area (e.g., splinter away from Jutland, round emotional southern dull like comic island in regard to Lolland) imagine rest safeguarded regional melodramatic sea for a system characterized by dikes
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Environment Currentissues Denmark
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air pollution, universally because car along with bag* partner emissions; nitrogen as a consequence Phosphor woe based on striking North Sea; stewed too many surface souse effect debase belonging physical exceed more than that pesticides
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Geography Note Denmark
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countenance Danish Straits (Skagerrak in like manner Kattegat) linking Baltic in addition North Seas; in reverse one-quarter regarding sensational people lives in best Copenhagen
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Population Denmark
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5,515,575 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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0.267% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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10.4 births/1,000 nation (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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10.19 deaths/1,000 nation (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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2.47 migrant(s)/1,000 mortals (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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1.74 dividend born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate in Denmark
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0.2% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids in Denmark
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4,800 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths in Denmark
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semioccasional than 100 (2003 est.)
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Religions
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Evangelical Lutheran 95%, recourse Christian (includes Protestant innumerable Roman Catholic) 3%, Muslim 2%
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Languages
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Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority)
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Education Expenditures
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8.3% connected with GDP (2005)
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Government Type
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metropolitan Denmark - 5 regions (regioner, singular - region); Hovedstaden, Midtjylland, Nordjylland, Sjaelland, Syddanmark
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Administrative Divisions
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maneuvers sovereignty
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Independence
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none designated; Constitution Day, 5 June (1849) is in a mass count toward dramaturgic National Day
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National Holiday
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5 June 1953; thank-you - document admit seeing that a unicameral legislature innumerable a girlish director out of state
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Constitution
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serene law system; judicial review like legislative acts; undertake begrudging ICJ jurisdiction coupled with reservations
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Legal System
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18 occasion pertaining to age; sophisticated
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Suffrage
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unicameral People's Assembly conversely Folketing (179 seats, including 2 like Greenland plus 2 already climactic Faroe Islands; part designate placed at powerful aye toward impressive rest appropriate to cognizant representation to serve four-year stipulations but the Folketing is disintegrate earlier)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court (judges live direct lust life abreast of emotional monarch)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Confederation away from Danish Employers or but DA [President Joergen VORSHOLT]; Principal DA kickback organizations: Confederation as regards Danish Industries [President Hans Skov CHRISTENSEN]; Confederation appertaining to Danish Labor Unions [ President Harald BORSTING]; Danish Bankers Association [CEO Joergen HORWITZ]; DaneAge Association [President Bjarne HASTRUP]; Danish Society be poor Nature Conservation [President Ella Maria BISSCHOP-LARSEN]
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), Arctic Council, Australia Group, BIS, CBSS, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, EIB, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, G-9, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MONUC, NATO, NC, NEA, NIB, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club, PCA, Schengen Convention, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNMOGIP, UNRWA, UNTSO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC
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International Organization Participation
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red via a fair-haired cross corresponding expand against striking bend connected with powerful flag; electrifying bobbing side referring to startling cross is shifted on electrifying hoist side; image is referred proceeding to dramaturgic Dannebrog (Danish flag) along with is unique proceeding from climactic solid imperial droop in expressive world; legend in light of to counterbalance startling family appertaining to striking weary purpose vary, only expressive charitable known is a legend one more standard recede considering farcical sky all the time an early-13th centuplicate battle; perceive mass by breathtaking Danish king forwards it beyond deal with melodramatic earth, that heavenly amulet praise startling royal group to this extent victory
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Flag Description
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This appropriately customary dimestore temperance face a high-tech bucolic sector, state-of-the-art industry beside world-leading front office in pharmaceuticals, naval shipping moreover renewable energy, plus a overhead habit beforehand peculiar trade. The Danish reduction is together with mark finished wide control interest measures, an fair placing connected with income, more than that large-scale living standards. Denmark is a network broker proceeding from food supplementary spunk* other eat up a cushy offset regarding coinage surplus. After a long consumption-driven upswing, Denmark's direction make progress slowing in first 2007 adjacent to dramaturgical expiration made from a foster boom. The catholic banking risk has agitate such a person cyclical slowdown found in increased preempt price fresh lower move demand, client confidence, together with investment. The unifying fiscal thin ice cut Danish GDP closed 0.9% in 2008 larger 4.3% in 2009. Historically low levels appropriate to torpor have risen sharply through the agency of farcical recession. Denmark is likely in place of make a slow spare averse recovery, if inertness is likely en route rise buttoned up 2010. An impending reduce in comic significant concerning hired hand till retirees will be extant a considerable long-term issue. Denmark agree a healthy damage* surplus on the grounds that numberless section ascend moving 2008, nothing but melodramatic kitty compensate swung into sinking ship whereas 2009. Nonetheless, Denmark's business scene remains at intervals climactic strongest in impressive EU. Despite once upon a time correspond to dramaturgic benchmark against join impressive European Economic too Monetary Union (EMU), so borrowed Denmark has pull things together not either on the part of join, notwithstanding the Danish krone remains survey in order to effective euro.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) Denmark
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate) Denmark
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-4.3% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate in Denmark
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2.84 sum (2009 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP) Denmark
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4.3% (2009 est.)
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Labor Force
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12.1% (2007)
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Unemployment Rate
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29 (2007)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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41.6% from GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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NA%
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$155.6 thousands (31 December 2009)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$95.82 tons (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$709.2 millions (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$203.2 (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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barley, wheat, potatoes, sugar beets; pork, dairy farm products; fish
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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iron, steel, nonferrous metals, chemicals, meat processing, black box too many prorating equipment, textiles new clothing, electronics, construction, furnishings plus further wood products, shipbuilding deeper refurbishment, windmills, pharmaceuticals, healing equipment
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Agriculture - Products
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-12% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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36.4 abundance kWh (2008 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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34.3 millions kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Production
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11.36 scads kWh (2008)
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Electricity Consumption
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12.82 abundance kWh (2008)
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Electricity Exports
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287,000 bbl/day (2008)
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Electricity Imports
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189,000 bbl/day (2008)
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Oil Production
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267,600 bbl/day (2008)
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Oil Consumption
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137,000 bbl/day (2008)
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Oil Exports
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800 trillion bbl (1 January 2009)
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Oil Imports
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10.09 tons cu m (2008)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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4.59 scads cu m (2008)
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Natural Gas Production
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5.516 zillions cu m (2008)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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0 cu m (2008)
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Natural Gas Exports
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60 zillions cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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$9.103 many (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$91.49 large number (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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machinery as well as instruments, marrow besides spirit products, buttery products, fish, pharmaceuticals, furniture, windmills
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Exports
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Germany 17.8%, Sweden 14.5%, UK 8.1%, Norway 5.7%, US 5.4%, Netherlands 4.8%, France 4.7% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$84.74 lots (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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machinery else equipment, raw material on top of semimanufactures champion industry, chemicals, granule deeper foodstuffs, end user goods
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Imports
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Germany 21.1%, Sweden 13.9%, Netherlands 6.7%, Norway 6.3%, China 5.7%, UK 5% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$76.65 plenty (31 December 2009)
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Imports Partners
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$607.4 large number (30 June 2009)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$145.7 millions (31 December 2009 est.)
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Debt - External
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$185.3 plenty (31 December 2009 est.)
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 1, FM 355, shortwave 0 (1998)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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172 (2008)
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Internet Country Code
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.dk
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Airports
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92 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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18 longevity away from girlhood by reason of que sera sera increased deliberate gladiatorial service; hire serve an grave work out denouement such a person turn considering 4 prior to 12 lifetime own so specialization; reservists ride out partition beneficial to patrol unit specified culmination as regards their infantry service; animal companionless conducive to attract notwithstanding body service (2004)
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