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Svalbard first time credit cards guide, First-time home buyers.
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England Description Svalbard
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First learned at the side of the Norwegians in the 12th century, the islands served now an international whaling primary element all over the 17th besides 18th centuries. Norway's sovereignty was recognized in 1920; adjournment years later it officially took over the territory.
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Location
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Northern Europe, islands middle of the road the Arctic Ocean, Barents Sea, Greenland Sea, plus Norwegian Sea, north of Norway
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Geographic Coordinates
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78 00 N, 20 00 E
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Area - comparative
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slightly smaller than West Virginia
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Coast line
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3,587 km
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Climate
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arctic, tempered as a consequence warm North Atlantic Current; restrain summers, solitary winters; North Atlantic Current dribble first west along north diminish of Spitsbergen, keeping water open else navigable most of the year
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Terrain Svalbard
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wild, rugged mountains; much of serious land stadium covered; west muck unclog of corrupting gift comparatively one-half of the year; tidewater besides west in like manner north coasts
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Natural Resources Svalbard
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coal, iron ore, copper, zinc, phosphate, wildlife, fish
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Irrigated land
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NA
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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Natural Hazards
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ice ice floe often beat the approach to Bellsund (a transit point in furtherance of slate export) on the west flow too many occasionally make parts of the northeastern sail inaccessible to maritime traffic
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Environment Currentissues
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NA
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Geography Note
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northernmost part of the Kingdom of Norway; form of nine main islands; ice floe also snowfields refer to 60% of the total area; Spitsbergen Island is the site of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, a seed repository install adjoining the Global Crop Diversity Trust aggrandized the Norwegian Government
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Population Svalbard
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2,067 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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-0.023% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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NA
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Death Rate
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NA
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Netmigration Rate
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NA
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Total Fertility Rate
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NA
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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0% (2001)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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0 (2001)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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0 (2001)
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Religions
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Languages
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Norwegian, Russian
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Education Expenditures
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Government Type
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Administrative Divisions
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NA
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Independence
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National Holiday
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Constitution
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the laws of Norway where relevant give
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Legal System
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Suffrage
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Legislative Branch
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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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none
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International Organization Participation
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the identification of Norway is used
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Flag Description
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Coal mining is the major commercial animation on Svalbard. The treaty of 9 February 1920 administer the 41 signatories even-handed rights to acquirement mineral deposits, subject to Norwegian regulation. Although US, UK, Dutch, numerous Swedish inklike combination have mined in the past, the only family still mining continue Norwegian as well as Russian. The settlements on Svalbard last quite guild towns. The Norwegian state-owned inky band fill nearly 60% of the Norwegian population on the island, runs many of the local services, exceeding provides most of the local infrastructure. There is too some heel of seal, reindeer, besides fox.
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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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NA%
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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1,234 in Norwegian settlements (2003)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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Labor Force
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Unemployment Rate
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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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Central Bank Discount Rate
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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Stock Of Money
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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Agriculture - Products
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Industries
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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Electricity Production
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Electricity Consumption
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Electricity Exports
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Electricity Imports
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Oil Production
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Oil Consumption
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Oil Exports
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Oil Imports
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Oil Proved Reserves
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Natural Gas Production
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Natural Gas Consumption
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Natural Gas Exports
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Natural Gas Imports
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$197.6 million (2000)
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Current Account Balance
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Exports
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Exports Commodities
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$NA
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Exports Partners
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Imports
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Imports Commodities
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Imports Partners
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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 1, FM 1 (plus 2 repeaters), shortwave 0 (1998)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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NA
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Internet Country Code
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.sj
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Airports
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4 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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