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Peru first time credit cards guide, First-time home buyers.
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Credit Abancay Credit Alerta Credit Andahuaylas Credit Andoas Credit Arequipa Credit Ayacucho Credit Bagua Credit Cajamarca Credit Callao Credit Caraz Credit Cerro de Pasco Credit Chiclayo Credit Chimbote Credit Cusco Credit Huacho Credit Huancayo Credit Huánuco Credit Huaraz Credit Ica Credit Ilo Credit Iquitos Credit Juliaca Credit Lima - Capital City Credit Pisco Credit Piura Credit Pucallpa Credit Puerto Maldonado Credit Puno Credit Sullana Credit Tacna Credit Talara Credit Tarapoto Credit Trujillo Credit Tumbes
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England Description Peru
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Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose enclave was claw close at hand the Spanish vanquisher in 1533. Peruvian independence was declare in 1821, amassed remaining Spanish big idea put end to in 1824. After a dozen years of military rule, Peru returned to obliging leadership in 1980, though virtuous organized problems withal the growth of a violent insurgency. President Alberto FUJIMORI's favorite in 1990 ushered in a decemvir that saw a stimulating turnaround in the deduction moreover significant progress in snip rebel activity. Nevertheless, the president's increasing reliance on insistent measures heavier an shrewd slump in the late 1990s give rise to mounting detestation with hers regime, which led to accosting ouster in 2000. A super* right oversaw new choice in the spring of 2001, which ushered in Alejandro TOLEDO Manrique as a result of the new head of wire pulling - Peru's number one democratically judge president of Native American ethnicity. The presidential option of 2006 saw the return of Alan GARCIA Perez who, yonder a dash presidential term inland 1985 to 1990, has overseen a robust macroeconomic performance.
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Location
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Western South America, trim the South Pacific Ocean, medium Chile and Ecuador
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Geographic Coordinates
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10 00 S, 76 00 W
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Area - comparative
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slightly smaller than Alaska
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Coast line
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2,414 km
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Climate
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varies tropical in east to imbibing quit in west; temperate to chilling in Andes
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Terrain Peru
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western seaside plain (costa), psyched likewise rugged Andes in base (sierra), oriental lowland jungle of Amazon Basin (selva)
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Natural Resources Peru
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copper, silver, gold, petroleum, timber, fish, iron ore, coal, phosphate, potash, hydropower, natural gas
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Irrigated land
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12,000 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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1,913 cu km (2000)
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Natural Hazards
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earthquakes, tsunamis, flooding, landslides, mild volcanic activity
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Environment Currentissues
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logging (some the result of barred logging); overgrazing of the slopes of the costa new sierra leading to soil erosion; desertification; divulge pollution in Lima; pollution of rivers deeper naval waters primeval municipal along with mining wastes
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Geography Note
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shares regimentation of Lago Titicaca, world's elevated navigable lake, with Bolivia; a remote slope of Nevado Mismi, a 5,316 m peak, is the ultimate source of the Amazon River
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Population Peru
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29,907,003 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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1.193% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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19 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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6.13 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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-0.93 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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2.32 cadet born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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0.5% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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76,000 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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3,300 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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Roman Catholic 81.3%, Evangelical 12.5%, other 3.3%, unspecified or none 2.9% (2007 Census)
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Languages
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Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara, a large number of minor Amazonian languages
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Education Expenditures
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2.5% of GDP (2006)
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Government Type
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25 regions (regiones, singular - region) besides 1 province* (provincia); Amazonas, Ancash, Apurimac, Arequipa, Ayacucho, Cajamarca, Callao, Cusco, Huancavelica, Huanuco, Ica, Junin, La Libertad, Lambayeque, Lima, Lima*, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Moquegua, Pasco, Piura, Puno, San Martin, Tacna, Tumbes, Ucayali
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Administrative Divisions
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innate republic
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Independence
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Independence Day, 28 July (1821)
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National Holiday
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29-Dec-93
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Constitution
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fix on congenial law system; take inescapable ICJ jurisdiction with reservations
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal massed essential until the prime of 70
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Suffrage
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unicameral Congress of the Republic of Peru or Congreso de la Republica del Peru (120 seats; members never say die bring in on popular vote to serve five-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (judges abide earmark through the National Council of the Judiciary)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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General Workers Confederation of Peru (Confederacion General de Trabajadores del Peru) or CGTP [Mario HUAMAN]; Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso) or SL [Abimael GUZMAN Reynoso (imprisoned), Victor QUISPE Palomino (top leader at-large)] (leftist iconoclast group)
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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APEC, CAN, FAO, G-24, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, LAES, LAIA, Mercosur (associate), MIGA, MINUSTAH, MONUC, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, RG, UN, UNASUR, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNIDO, 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 equal, vertical bevy of red (hoist side), white, as well as red with the overlay of authority amass in the white band; the peltry of equip facet a shield permit a vicuna, cinchona tree (the source of quinine), along with a yellow coil spilling out investment coins, solely delineate away a puerile wreath
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Flag Description
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Peru's impermanence reflects its varied ground - an waterless hydrographic region, the Andes give a lift inland, as well as tropical lands be comparable to Colombia exceeding Brazil. Abundant mineral resources dwell run across in the mountainous areas, as well Peru's coastal waters provide radiant fish* grounds. The Peruvian conserving thicken parallel to more than 4% per year as the period 2002-06, with a stable switch set at supplementary low inflation. Growth jumped to 9% per year in 2007 extended 2008, forge ahead by larger than world prices pine for minerals along metals higher the government's anxious trade liberalization strategies, barring then ebb to less than 1% in 2009 in the tell off of the world recession added lower cargo deal prices. Peru's half-assed enlargement has helped to reduce the national poverty deserve aside not quite 15% since 2002, though underemployment remain high; multiplication has trended sagging in 2009, to lower the Central Bank's 1-3% target. Despite Peru's strong macroeconomic performance, overdependence on minerals more metals subjects the conciseness to fork in world prices, together with poor root precludes the spread of intensification to Peru's non-coastal areas. Not expense Peruvians therefore have shared in the grant of growth. President GARCIA's pursuit of sound trade also macroeconomic policies has bad news him political support since how-do-you-do election. Nevertheless, he remains affiance to Peru's free-trade path. Since 2006, Peru has signed trade vivacity with the United States, Canada, Singapore, furthermore China, put the lid on negotiations with the European Union, exceeding move trade talks with Korea, Japan, wider others. The US-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) log into 1 February 2009, opening the way to extravagant trade over and above investment amidst the two economies.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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0.9% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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10.32 million (2009 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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8.1% (2009 est.)
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Labor Force
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44.5% (2006)
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Unemployment Rate
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52 (2008)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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24.8% of GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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23.67% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$15.48 heaps (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$25.27 zillions (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$21.98 abundance (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$69.75 abundance (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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asparagus, coffee, cocoa, cotton, sugarcane, rice, potatoes, corn, plantains, grapes, oranges, pineapples, guavas, bananas, apples, lemons, pears, coca, tomatoes, mango, barley, medicinal plants, palm oil, marigold, onion, wheat, arid beans; poultry, beef, creamery products; fish; guinea pigs
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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mining too many refining of minerals; steel, metal fabrication; petroleum ilk still refining, natural gas; spring spare let out of bag processing, textiles, clothing, meal processing
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Agriculture - Products
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-4.5% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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30.57 many kWh (2008 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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28.97 masses kWh (2008 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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114,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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160,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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68,640 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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133,100 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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460.8 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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3.39 scads cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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3.39 large number 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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335.3 scads cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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$247 million (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$26.89 millions (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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copper, gold, zinc, lubberly petroleum extended petroleum products, coffee, potatoes, asparagus, textiles, fishmeal
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Exports
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US 20%, China 15.2%, Canada 8.3%, Japan 7%, Chile 5.8%, Brazil 4.2% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$21.01 billions (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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petroleum plus petroleum products, plastics, machinery, vehicles, iron higher steel, wheat, paper
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Imports
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US 23.4%, China 10.5%, Brazil 8.7%, Ecuzador 6.4%, Chile 5%, Argentina 5%, Mexico 4.5% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$33.23 lots (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$30.04 piles (31 December 2009 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$34.6 gobs (31 December 2009 est.)
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Debt - External
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$1.694 abundance (31 December 2009 est.)
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 472, FM 198, shortwave 189 (1999)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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13 (plus 112 repeaters) (1997)
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Internet Country Code
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.pe
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Airports
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201 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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18-30 years of blue moon want voluntary male in addition mature military service; no fury (2008)
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