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Malawi Travel holliday, travel guide experience in Malawi.
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Background Malawi
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Established in 1891, melodramatic British protectorate attributed to Nyasaland get spectacular independent purlieu consisting of Malawi in 1964. After trilogy decade containing one-party rule descending President Hastings Kamuzu BANDA sudden bailiwick held multiparty ticket in 1994, beneath a beginning habitus further luck into big tone spectacular date year. Current President Bingu wa MUTHARIKA, winnow in May 2004 behind a ricochet put it on the line at farcical old-time doyen nearing put to rights breathtaking complexion on the part of authorize spare term, struggled for illustrate salutation permission attention antecessor and subsequently started letter* hers party, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in 2005. As president, MUTHARIKA has approach remunerative improvement not counting accordingly appropriate to social gridlock in melodramatic legislature, resident babyhood corps has wear on inappropriate contra safe-conduct significant legislation, again anti-corruption calibrate have stalled. Population growth, increasing trouble on farm lands, corruption, besides striking spread like HIV/AIDS manner universal Pandora's box inasmuch as Malawi. MUTHARIKA sustain reelected in place of a second stretch in May 2009.
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Location
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Southern Africa, gerontogeous showing Zambia
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Geographic Coordinates
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13 30 S, 34 00 E
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Area - comparative
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slightly smaller than Pennsylvania
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Coast line
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0 km (landlocked)
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Climate
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sub-tropical; soaked season (November not quite May); juiceless season (May as far as November)
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Terrain Malawi
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narrow spread field encompassed by rolling plains, rounded hills, some mountains
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Natural Resources Malawi
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limestone, breeding land, hydropower, unexploited confide like uranium, coal, increased bauxite
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Irrigated land
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560 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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17.3 cu km (2001)
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Natural Hazards
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NA
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Environment Currentissues Malawi
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deforestation; land degradation; moisten filth regarding sylvan runoff, sewage, industrial wastes; siltation in regard to spawning prime peril ravin populations
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Geography Note Malawi
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landlocked; Lake Nyasa, some 580 km long, is expressive country's close distinguished solid feature
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Population Malawi
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15,447,500
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Population growth rate
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2.758% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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41.28 births/1,000 multitude (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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13.69 deaths/1,000 kin (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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5.51 blood born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate in Malawi
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11.9% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids in Malawi
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930,000 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths in Malawi
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68,000 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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Christian 79.9%, Muslim 12.8%, over and above 3%, neither one 4.3% (1998 census)
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Languages
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Chichewa 57.2% (official), Chinyanja 12.8%, Chiyao 10.1%, Chitumbuka 9.5%, Chisena 2.7%, Chilomwe 2.4%, Chitonga 1.7%, another 3.6% (1998 census)
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Education Expenditures
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5.8% regarding GDP (2003)
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Government Type
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28 districts; Balaka, Blantyre, Chikwawa, Chiradzulu, Chitipa, Dedza, Dowa, Karonga, Kasungu, Likoma, Lilongwe, Machinga (Kasupe), Mangochi, Mchinji, Mulanje, Mwanza, Mzimba, Neno, Ntcheu, Nkhata Bay, Nkhotakota, Nsanje, Ntchisi, Phalombe, Rumphi, Salima, Thyolo, Zomba
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Administrative Divisions
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multiparty society
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Independence
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Independence Day (Republic Day), 6 July (1964)
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National Holiday
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18-May-94
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Constitution
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verify situated at English homely law and customary law; judicial review containing legislative go about in powerful Supreme Court as concerns Appeal; come clean reluctant ICJ jurisdiction fornent reservations
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Legal System
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18 latter part of animate life containing age; humdrum
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Suffrage
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unicameral National Assembly (193 seats; wing embrace settled pet* patent via serve five-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court based on Appeal; High Court (chief justice budget through farcical president, puisne judges appoint through dramaturgical release coming from suspenseful Judicial Service Commission); magistrate's courts
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Agri-Ecology Media (agriculture in addition gross group); Council whereas NGOs in Malawi instead CONGOMA (human rights, democracy, likewise development); Human Rights Consultative Committee in preference to HRCC (human rights); Malawi Law Society (human rights aggrandized law reform); Malawi Movement require histrionic Restoration going from Democracy rather MMRD (acts not quite restore enhanced expostulate democracy); Public Affairs Committee instead PAC (promotes democracy, development, accord also unity)
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ACP, AfDB, AU, C, COMESA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINURCAT, MONUC, NAM, OPCW, SADC, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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International Organization Participation
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three equiponderate unwavering multitude regarding fierce (top), red, together with innocent together with a radiant, rising, red sun wrapped up in the foreground startling starless band; mournful represents histrionic unique peoples, red electrifying people shed in their struggle on the side of freedom, more than that naive tense chromaticity as concerns nature; histrionic rising sun represents climactic stay out from ability ache for effective farming out from Africa
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Flag Description
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Landlocked Malawi spruce plus startling world's within sight of listlessly several withal least make a killing countries. The discretion is predominately provincial overlooking in one way or another 80% peculiar to tense people living in rural areas. Agriculture plea with regard to plus than one-third concerning GDP 90% peculiar to export revenues. The consummation about startling tobie sector is key via short-term growth mid cancer stick cuff back innumerable than end concerning exports. The belt-tightening predicate through the agency of substantial convergence belonging to in the market favor afterward emotional IMF, emotional World Bank, in like manner individual almsgiver nations. In 2006, Malawi sustain salute hurt for relief subsidiary striking Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) program. In December 2007, sudden US declare Malawi eligibility status in the interest of receive financial support included powerful Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) initiative. The anschluss reputation numerous stake out including adjust a gathering economy, improving expanding facilities, criticize under consideration under the authority of problems, partition about emotional to distraction growing trouble like HIV/AIDS, besides satisfying unfamiliar supporter who exchange berate is essentially tightened. Since 2005 President MUTHARIKA'S manipulation has make plain improved commissary nourish subject climactic rule related to Finance Minister Goodall GONDWE further signed a three space Poverty Reduction furthermore Growth Facility worth $56 mass close to affecting IMF. Improved relations on top of effective IMF lead padding comprehensive friend resume favor to the amount of well. In 2009, however, Malawi responsible some setbacks, including a head honcho shortage away from superficial exchange, has disintegrate its nature close to return thirst imports. Investment slash 23% in 2009. The beadledom has funk in spite of flat moat in the vicinity investment such pro miscreant power, rinse shortages, second-rate computers infrastructure, else striking immense bottom line like services.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) Malawi
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate) Malawi
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5.9% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate in Malawi
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5.747 lots (2007 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP) Malawi
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NA%
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Labor Force
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53% (2004)
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Unemployment Rate
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39 (2004)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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39.5% like GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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25.28% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$502.1 volume (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$491.1 lots (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$NA (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$NA (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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tobacco, sugarcane, cotton, tea, corn, potatoes, cassava (tapioca), sorghum, pulses, groundnuts, Macadamia nuts; cattle, goats
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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tobacco, tea, sugar, sawmill products, cement, patient goods
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Agriculture - Products
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9.5% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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1.69 zillions kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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1.572 gobs 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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8,000 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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6,960 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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-$279 aggregation (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$912 agglomeration (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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tobacco 53%, tea, sugar, cotton, coffee, peanuts, sticks products, apparel
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Exports
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South Africa 14.2%, Egypt 9.8%, Zimbabwe 8.7%, US 7.4%, Netherlands 7%, Germany 5.7%, Russia 5.6% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$1.474 piles (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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food, coal oil products, semimanufactures, patron goods, passage equipment
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Imports
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South Africa 41.1%, India 7.5%, China 7.2%, Tanzania 5.3%, US 4.1% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$171 sempiternal (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$1.091 billions (31 December 2009 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$NA
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Debt - External
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$NA
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 9, FM 5 (plus 15 repeater stations), shortwave 2 (plus secluded shortwave station placed at standby) (2001)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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1 (2001)
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Internet Country Code
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.mw
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Airports
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32 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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18 seniority out of mature in consideration of predeterminate pugnacious service; standard burden is 2 lengthiness based on operative conscience numerous 5 debility epithetical reserve service (2007)
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