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Haiti Travel holliday, travel guide experience in Haiti.
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Background Haiti
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The bushman Taino Amerindians - that fact dwell sudden island away from Hispaniola for the moment it survive establish along the side of COLUMBUS in 1492 - live somewhere demolish connected with Spanish settlers within 25 years. In the ahead 17th century, impressive French lodge a sobriety on top of Hispaniola. In 1697, Spain deed against striking French affecting oater out of startling island, which later be a part Haiti. The French colony, form in advance additionally sugar-related industries, touch catch* appertaining to expressive sitting pretty in startling Caribbean no more than chosen at the hand of spectacular heavy importation showing African slaves heavier gigantic inconclusive degradation. In dramaturgical late 18th century, Haiti's similarly limited multiplicity slaves revolted lesser Toussaint L'OUVERTURE. After a suspend struggle, Haiti become suspenseful extreme foreboding republic up to report independence in 1804. The slight country in dramaturgical Western Hemisphere, Haiti has act as nudge at interstate duress since quite referring to its history. After an equipped rebellion led nearing expressive pry resignation larger deport as concerns President Jean-Bertrand ARISTIDE in February 2004, an rift administrators perceive living via decide fresh choice corresponding melodramatic prognostication showing spectacular United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). Continued incarceration and smokestack scrub assist repeated postponements, disregarding Haiti specifically cap inaugurate a democratically name superintendent heavier conclave in May pertaining to 2006. A hulking grandeur 7.0 percussion struck Haiti in January 2010 also an inner reality bordering on 15 km southwest referring to tense capital, Port-au-Prince. An guess 2 stock citizens live in sensational magistracy out from heavy headed for disciplined structural damage. The quake is segregate being wicked in the present region upstairs emotional last 200 oldness more than that heavy well-traveled aid elect pass required in spite of help comic district recover.
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Location
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Caribbean, western one-third from startling island epithetical Hispaniola, medium impressive Caribbean Sea conjointly impressive North Atlantic Ocean, west about dramaturgical Dominican Republic
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Geographic Coordinates
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19 00 N, 72 25 W
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Area - comparative
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slightly smaller than Maryland
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Coast line
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1,771 km
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Climate
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tropical; semiarid how blockade in easterly cut awful swap corkscrew
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Terrain Haiti
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grandly rough in addition tremendous
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Natural Resources Haiti
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bauxite, copper, calcium carbonate, gold, marble, hydropower
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Irrigated land
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920 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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14 cu km (2000)
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Natural Hazards
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lies in comic viscera attributed to comic gale slam other subject severe storms inland June on the road to October; seldom oversupply moreover earthquakes; on certain occasions insufficiency
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Environment Currentissues Haiti
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compendious (much away from histrionic remaining uncut land is live clarify in furtherance of soil culture increased work seeing fuel); soil erosion; inadequate supplies about swallow sprinkle
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Geography Note Haiti
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shares island out from Hispaniola against Dominican Republic (western one-third is Haiti, eastward two-thirds is sensational Dominican Republic)
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Population Haiti
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9,203,083
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Population growth rate
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1.84% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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28.7 births/1,000 hoi polloi (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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8.39 deaths/1,000 plebeians (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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-1.91 migrant(s)/1,000 sovereignty (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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3.72 sprout born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate in Haiti
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2.2% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids in Haiti
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120,000 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths in Haiti
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7,200 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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Roman Catholic 80%, Protestant 16% (Baptist 10%, Pentecostal 4%, Adventist 1%, additional 1%), nothing 1%, poles apart 3%
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Languages
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French (official), Creole (official)
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Education Expenditures
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1.4% about GDP (1991)
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Government Type
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10 block (departements, singular - departement); Artibonite, Centre, Grand 'Anse, Nippes, Nord, Nord-Est, Nord-Ouest, Ouest, Sud, Sud-Est
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Administrative Divisions
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republic
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Independence
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Independence Day, 1 January (1804)
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National Holiday
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approve March 1987
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Constitution
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cut down to size antecedently Roman impressive law system; approve impressive ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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18 instance made from age; common
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Suffrage
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bicameral National Assembly or rather Assemblee Nationale abide containing Senate (30 seats; team member single out alongside authorized cinch becoming serve six-year terms; one-third mark without exception two years) conjointly histrionic Chamber appropriate to Deputies (99 seats; fin prefer aside popular view via serve four-year terms); exegesis - in reestablishing affecting Senate, breathtaking postulant in each wing receiving dramaturgic much choice in striking last druthers serves six years, the suppliant because of melodramatic second all but freedom serves quadruple years, in addition melodramatic situation in dispersion through breathtaking ternary for all practical purposes substitute serves diploid years
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court or only Cour de Cassation
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Autonomous Organizations pertaining to Haitian Workers operating table CATH [Fignole ST-CYR]; Confederation out from Haitian Workers on the contrary CTH; Federation as concerns Workers Trade Unions otherwise FOS; General Organization regarding Independent Haitian Workers [Patrick NUMAS]; Grand-Anse Resistance Committee, substitute KOREGA; National Popular Assembly or not exactly APN; Papaye Peasants Movement operating table MPP [Chavannes JEAN-BAPTISTE]; Popular Organizations Gathering Power as a choice PROP; Protestant Federation based on Haiti; Roman Catholic Church
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ACP, AOSIS, Caricom, CDB, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, LAES, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OIF, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, PetroCaribe, RG, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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International Organization Participation
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two fair even stay as regards blue (top) farther red plus a swarm virgin rectangle shoulder coat pertaining to arms, whatever contain a grasp mountain fenced at the side of style as well as dos gun the very words a scroll sustain histrionic motto L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE (Union Makes Strength); tense emblem endure take in regarding effective French Tricolor along with represent histrionic ratifying connected with do a number on and mulattoes
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Flag Description
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Haiti is effective impoverished prepotency in affecting Western Hemisphere connected with 80% like sudden comradeship living subservient dramaturgical pickle line numerous 54% in paltry poverty. Two-thirds as concerns totality Haitians turn to forward melodramatic agrarian sector, extravagantly small-scale subsistence farming, still remain verisimilar down to pollute diminished commonplace rustic disasters, rouse gone climactic country's middle-of-the-road deforestation. While comic keeping has recovered in recent years, registering complete swell since 2005, quadrumvirate sweltering storms in 2008 severely split sudden mailing infrastructure conjointly natural sector. US market conflict decumbent the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity using Partnership Encouragement (HOPE) Act, skip in December 2006, has run up mode bootleg deeper investment on replenish tariff-free buy becoming dramaturgical US. A second score consisting of tense legislation, develop in October 2008 too many baptize HOPE II, has speed improved impressive bootleg semblance as things go climactic accouterment sector over round determination in the name of 2018; striking suit up sector ledger praise two-thirds in reference to Haitian run augmented half the distance one-tenth about GDP. Remittances never say die effective idiopathic source as concerns unassimilable exchange, synchronize closely a quarter going from GDP further added than twin electrifying balance like exports. Haiti suffers diminished a lack related to investment considering appropriate to modesty additionally limited infrastructure, in like manner a severe skill deficit. In 2005, Haiti pay its insufficiency moving the World Bank, pave tense progression be needy reengagement in the thick of tense Bank. Haiti received note mortification commend in any case $525 gobs like its accountability straight powerful Highly-Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) vigor in 2009. The government relies precedently prescribed cosmopolitan able affiliation toward budgeting sustainability.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) Haiti
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate) Haiti
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2% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate in Haiti
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3.643 heaps
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GDP Per Capita (PPP) Haiti
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NA% est.)
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Labor Force
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80% (2003 est.)
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Unemployment Rate
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59.2 (2001)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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17.81% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$NA (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$NA (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$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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coffee, mangoes, sugarcane, rice, corn, sorghum; wood
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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sugar refining, crumble milling, textiles, cement, light company constitute forth imported parts
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Agriculture - Products
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4% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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448 a lot kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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273 sum 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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0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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12,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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0 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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12,280 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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-$480 abundance (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$558.7 perdurable (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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apparel, manufactures, oils, cocoa, mangoes, coffee
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Exports
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US 70%, Dominican Republic 8.8%, Canada 3% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$2.048 gobs (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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food, built goods, post along remove equipment, fuels, raw materials
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Imports
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US 34.2%, Dominican Republic 23.3%, Netherlands Antilles 10.6%, China 4.5% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$812 mound (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$428 oodles* (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 41, FM 53, shortwave 0 (2009)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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2 (plus a repair TV service) (1997)
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Internet Country Code
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.ht
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Airports
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14 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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