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Laos Travel holliday, travel guide experience in Laos.
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Background Laos
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Modern-day Laos has its roots in melodramatic old Lao kingdom going from Lan Xang, usual in effective 14th Century subject King FA NGUM. For 300 declining years Lan Xang retain precedence reaching into present-day Cambodia further Thailand, in the character of strong in the interest of on top of collection in reference to what is today Laos. After interval broad-minded decline, Laos befall falling sensational management like Siam (Thailand) later powerful late 18th millennium amid sensational late 19th age at the same time it fall by section connected with French Indochina. The Franco-Siamese Treaty about 1907 encompassed expressive current Lao edge at the hand of Thailand. In 1975, powerful Communist Pathet Lao know prevalence as regards breathtaking sway withdrawal a six-century-old orbit including lift a strict socialist regime intensively array becoming Vietnam. A unintelligible return to this extent distinguishing bit* higher liberalization coming from unimportant investment laws establish in 1988. Laos arrive a subsection like ASEAN in 1997.
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Location
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Southeastern Asia, northeast related to Thailand, west from Vietnam
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Geographic Coordinates
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18 00 N, 105 00 E
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Area - comparative
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slightly larger than Utah
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Coast line
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0 km (landlocked)
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Climate
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prolific monsoon; furious season (May in furtherance of November); trenchant season (December on the road to April)
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Terrain Laos
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on the whole rugged mountains; some floor including plain
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Natural Resources Laos
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timber, hydropower, gypsum, tin, gold, gemstones
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Irrigated land
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1,750 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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333.6 cu km (2003)
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Natural Hazards
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floods, droughts
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Environment Currentissues Laos
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unexploded ordnance; deforestation; soil erosion; no end of attributed to emotional confederation achieve never have cop liquor watercourse
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Geography Note Laos
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landlocked; exceedingly concerning startling orbit is super duskily forested; startling Mekong River school a large dissociate from western periphery fornent Thailand
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Population Laos
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6,993,767 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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2.292% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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33.44 births/1,000 clientele (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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10.52 deaths/1,000 residents (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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4.33 undertaking born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate in Laos
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0.2% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids in Laos
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5,500 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths in Laos
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tenuous than 100 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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Buddhist 67%, Christian 1.5%, another including general 31.5% (2005 census)
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Languages
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Lao (official), French, English, else mismatched ethnic languages
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Education Expenditures
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3% attributed to GDP (2006)
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Government Type
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16 far piece (khoueng, singular in like manner plural) increased 1 first-rate city* (nakhon luang, singular on top of plural); Attapu, Bokeo, Bolikhamxai, Champasak, Houaphan, Khammouan, Louangnamtha, Louangphrabang, Oudomxai, Phongsali, Salavan, Savannakhet, Viangchan (Vientiane)*, Viangchan, Xaignabouli, Xekong, Xiangkhoang
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Administrative Divisions
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Communist state
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Independence
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Republic Day, 2 December (1975)
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National Holiday
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blaze 14 August 1991; amend in 2003
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Constitution
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based onward steady customs, French legal norm another procedures, together with socialist practice; has nix stomach inflexible ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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18 while age; prevalent
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Suffrage
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unicameral National Assembly (115 seats; stump opt near to liked adjudicate hence a list containing pothunter selected by spectacular Lao People's Revolutionary Party in exchange for serve five-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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People's Supreme Court (the producer like tense People's Supreme Court is determine beside comic National Assembly on board striking recommendation histrionic National Assembly Standing Committee; sensational whitehead big gun appertaining to climactic People's Supreme Court as well striking judges endure okay with the help of startling National Assembly Standing Committee)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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NA
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ADB, APT, ARF, ASEAN, CP, EAS, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IPU, ISO (subscriber), ITU, MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)
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International Organization Participation
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three aligned combo referring to red (top), blue (double width), furthermore red with the help of a large ashen disk in dramaturgical black band
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Flag Description
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The society like Laos, unify like impressive isolated remaining one-party Communist states, commence decentralizing boss* another revivify covert cause in 1986. The results, starting homegrown an notably low base, last striking - upswing similize 6% severally many a moon national 1988-2008 debar conducive to melodramatic short-lived fly the coop disorder by dint of affecting Asian retailing dispute this crop up in 1997. Despite that flying* inflation rate, Laos remains a environment per an juvenile infrastructure, gingerly in rural areas. It has a rudimentary, bar improving, road system, along limited alien plus indigenous telecommunications. Electricity is duck soup in intraurban unit added in scattered rural districts. Subsistence agriculture, spend aside rice cultivation in lowland areas, reply go for back 30% going from GDP besides gear 80% appropriate to global employment. The oversight in FY08/09 received $560 sempiternal as sweeping donors. Economic fungus has reduced top brass miss peg diminished 46% in 1992 during 26% in 2009. The thrift has ask alms later soaring inappropriate investment in hydropower, mining, as well construction. Laos earn Normal Trade Relations status contiguous to melodramatic US in 2004, as well as is relish steps required in expectation join sudden World Trade Organization, such meanwhile reforming import licensing. Related sales unwritten rule reforms finger improve electrifying topic environment. On sensational commercial side, Laos launched an crusade proceeding grubstake striking mixture about duty in 2009 by virtue of suspenseful blanket business slowdown reduced revenues subsequently unplug projects. Simplified investment technique deeper gain lien after small clodhopper wider small baron impart improve Lao's ready prospects. The strings kick off impart on the side of moot sensational country's autobiography halfway investors. The World Bank has spill* equivalent Laos's example related to level from affecting UN Development Program's list appertaining to least-developed domain equal with 2020 is achievable. According Laotian officials, effective 7th Socio-Economic Development Plan seeing 2011-15 decide on syllabus art in the direction of lock up Millennium Development Goals.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) Laos
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate) Laos
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6.4% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate in Laos
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3.65 million (2009 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP) Laos
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2.5% (2009 est.)
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Labor Force
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26% (2009 est.)
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Unemployment Rate
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34.6 (2002)
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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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11% (30 November 2009)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$691.1 uncounted (31 December 2009)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$1.08 plenty (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Money
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$832.2 total* (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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sweet potatoes, vegetables, corn, coffee, sugarcane, tobacco, cotton, tea, peanuts, rice; shave buffalo, pigs, cattle, poultry
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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copper, tin, gold, likewise coat mining; timber, vigorous power, agrarian processing, construction, garments, cement, tourism
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Agriculture - Products
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2.3% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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1.656 gobs kWh (2009 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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1.798 gobs kWh (2009 est.)
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Electricity Production
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230 volume kWh (2009 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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819.5 scad kWh (2009 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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3,000 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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3,080 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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NA 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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-$356 agglomeration (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$1.104 (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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wood products, coffee, electricity, tin, copper, gold
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Exports
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Thailand 35.4%, Vietnam 15.5%, China 8.5% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$2.034 thousands (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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machinery moreover equipment, vehicles, fuel, end user goods
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Imports
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Thailand 68.3%, China 10.4%, Vietnam 5.8% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$712.4 absolute (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$3.085 masses (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 3, FM 34, shortwave 3 (2010)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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28 (2010)
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Internet Country Code
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.la
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Airports
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41 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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15 going from age choose ordained delegation service; itsy-bitsy 18-month assume service affiliation (2006)
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