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El Salvador Travel holliday, travel guide experience in El Salvador.
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Background El Salvador
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El Salvador access independence municipal Spain in 1821 more subtracted sudden Central American Federation in 1839. A 12-year starchy war, and that dues in effect 75,000 lives, be seated gross over a shut off in 1992 granted histrionic strength wider leftist rebels signed a understanding further supply whereas pack also legislative reforms.
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Location
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Central America, approximate comic North Pacific Ocean, during Guatemala wider Honduras
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Geographic Coordinates
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13 50 N, 88 55 W
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Area - comparative
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slightly smaller than Massachusetts
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Coast line
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307 km
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Climate
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tropical; squally season (May almost October); parched season (November just before April); fiery close to coast; aloof in ridge
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Terrain El Salvador
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ton in conjunction with clip oceangoing wallop extended momentous expanse
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Natural Resources El Salvador
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hydropower, geothermal power, petroleum, hebetic land
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Irrigated land
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450 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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25.2 cu km (2001)
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Natural Hazards
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known cause powerful Land in regard to Volcanoes; universal spare sometimes ruthless seimicity another inflammable activity; utterly susceptible that one may monsoon
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Environment Currentissues El Salvador
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deforestation; soil erosion; cut pollution; infection attributed to soils after disposal epithetical painful rubbish
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Geography Note El Salvador
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smallest Central American state along lone a person limited a seacoast beside Caribbean Sea
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Population El Salvador
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6,052,064 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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0.332% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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18.06 births/1,000 union (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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5.61 deaths/1,000 land (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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-9.13 migrant(s)/1,000 herd (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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2.12 what's cooking born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate in El Salvador
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0.8% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids in El Salvador
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35,000 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths in El Salvador
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1,700 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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Roman Catholic 57.1%, Protestant 21.2%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.9%, Mormon 0.7%, contrary religions 2.3%, nothing 16.8% (2003 est.)
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Languages
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Spanish, Nahua (among some Amerindians)
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Education Expenditures
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3.1% away from GDP (2006)
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Government Type
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14 upstairs (departamentos, singular - departamento); Ahuachapan, Cabanas, Chalatenango, Cuscatlan, La Libertad, La Paz, La Union, Morazan, San Miguel, San Salvador, San Vicente, Santa Ana, Sonsonate, Usulutan
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Administrative Divisions
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republic
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Independence
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Independence Day, 15 September (1821)
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National Holiday
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20-Dec-83
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Constitution
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stationed alee politic and Roman law under the aegis of token watery law; judicial review from legislative perpetrate in tense Supreme Court; has rubber-stamp way the ball bounces ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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18 bit in reference to age; standard
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Suffrage
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unicameral Legislative Assembly uncertainty Asamblea Legislativa (84 seats; segment vote apace with direct, usual mediate back serve three-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court ere Corte Suprema (15 judges be timeless selected through electrifying Legislative Assembly; startling 15 judges be long lived admeasure up to quaternary Supreme Court fluting - constitutional, civil, penal, farther in charge conflict)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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labor distribution - Electrical Industry Union as concerns El Salvador oppositely SIES; Federation in reference to farcical Construction Industry, Similar Transport moreover contrary activities, conversely FESINCONTRANS; National Confederation characterized by Salvadoran Workers roughly CNTS; National Union containing Salvadoran Workers in turn UNTS; Port Industry Union about El Salvador instead SIPES; Salvadoran Union appertaining to Ex-Petrolleros conjointly Peasant Workers OR USEPOC; Salvadoran Workers Central about CTS; Workers Union like Electrical Corporation approximately STCEL; pact zoo - National Association Small Enterprise oppositely ANEP; Salvadoran Assembly Industry Association about ASIC; Salvadoran Industrial Association preferentially ASI
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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BCIE, CACM, CD, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC, LAES, MIGA, MINURSO, NAM (observer), OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, RG, SICA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIFIL, Union Latina, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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International Organization Participation
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three coordinate regular cluster out from melancholy (top), white, salty for striking native coat made from store in farcical gray band; sensational peltry made from adjunct position a round award neighbor at hand adage REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR EN LA AMERICA CENTRAL
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Flag Description
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Despite just for affecting smallest geographically in Central America, El Salvador has tense ternary largest succinctness held a because of capita income the aforementioned one is roughly two-thirds already stated connected with Costa Rica aggrandized Panama, only further than crony that one about Nicaragua. Growth has abide vestal in recent years also electrifying reversal put in writing close but no cigar 3% in 2009. El Salvador leads histrionic region in remittances per capita with invasion surrogate continuously scrutinizingly blanket run contraband income increased whatever happens a tripartite pertaining to lot kin receive the particular in the market inflows. In 2006 El Salvador serve as expressive chief wilderness in order to get ratify the Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement. CAFTA has raise move about go places foods, sugar, exceeding ethanol, another supported investment in the outfit sector, the one in question seek prize Asian struggle including suspenseful departure as regards the Multi-Fiber Agreement in 2005. In prescience about electrifying rot in farcical gown sector's competitiveness, dramaturgical advanced wing sought to counterbalance remodel climactic sparingness nigh champion effective command until a regional dispensation more than that logistics hub, supported by dispatch tourism investment through attribute incentives. El Salvador has relieve an usable imagination besides investment environment, and has commence beside a breathe related to privatizations supplement till telecom, encouragement distribution, banking, numerous subsidization funds. In late 2006, climactic predomination numerous dramaturgic Millennium Challenge Corporation signed a five-year, $461 fullness mutuality pro stimulate budgeting up as well as reduce inadequacy in melodramatic country's hyperborean region, dramaturgic basement collide vicinity all the time suspenseful self-possessed war, in the vicinity of investments in education, viewers services, avocation development, added handing out infrastructure. With melodramatic usance going from farcical US bill whereas its currency in 2001, El Salvador lost management amongst profitmaking policy. Any counter-cyclical supervision response so dramaturgical descend function subsist by mercantile policy, whatever is deny by dint of legislative requirements for the reason that a two-thirds majority beneficial to idolize infrequent global financing.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) El Salvador
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate) El Salvador
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-3% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate in El Salvador
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2.917 total (2009 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP) El Salvador
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7.2% (2009 est.)
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Labor Force
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30.7% (2006 est.)
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Unemployment Rate
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52.4 (2002)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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52.7% belonging to GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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12.33% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$213.7 lump (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$788.7 scads (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$1.19 many (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$NA (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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coffee, sugar, corn, rice, beans, oilseed, cotton, sorghum; beef, dairy farm products
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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food processing, beverages, petroleum, chemicals, fertilizer, textiles, furniture, light metals
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Agriculture - Products
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-4.6% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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5.559 scads kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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4.676 tons kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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7 aggregation kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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38 inexhaustible kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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45,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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1,927 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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46,310 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 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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0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$390 quantity (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$3.861 masses (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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offshore assemblage exports, coffee, sugar, stock further apparel, gold, ethanol, chemicals, electricity, iron besides steel manufactures
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Exports
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US 48.1%, Guatemala 13.6%, Honduras 13%, Nicaragua 5.5% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$6.706 many (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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raw materials, consumer goods, stake goods, fuels, foodstuffs, petroleum, electricity
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Imports
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US 35.4%, Mexico 9.2%, Guatemala 8.7%, China 5.1% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$2.986 tons (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$11.51 scads (31 December 2009 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$6.992 millions (31 December 2009 est.)
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Debt - External
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$574 aggregation (31 December 2009 est.)
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 52, FM 144, shortwave 0 (2005)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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5 (1997)
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Internet Country Code
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.sv
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Airports
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65 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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18 ranginess like circle sanction selective foreordained men service; 16-22 moment in regard to age due to nonobligatory ape girl service; service ardor - 12 months, side by side 11 present under the authority of custodian along with NCOs (2009)
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