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Turkmenistan first time credit cards guide, First-time home buyers.
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Credit Abadan Credit Akdepe Credit A?gabat - Capital Credit Bäherden Credit Balkanabat Credit Baıramaly Credit Bekibent Credit Bokurdak Credit Burdalyk Credit Bygdaili Credit cagyl Credit car?a??y Credit ce?me Credit Darganata Credit Da?oguz Credit Davaly Credit Deverze Credit Djachev Credit Ekezhe Credit Esenguly Credit Garryqala Credit Gazandzhyk Credit Gumdag Credit Gyshgy Credit Gyzyletrek Credit Jasga Credit Kaka Credit Karabogazkel Credit Keneurgench Credit Kerki Credit Kunya Urgench Credit Lekker Credit Mary Credit Ogryda Credit Repatek Credit Saragt Credit Serdar (Gyzylarbat) Credit Shasenem Credit Tagtabazar Credit Tejen Credit Turkmenabat (formerly Chardzhev) Credit Turkmenbashi (formerly Krasnovodsk) Credit Uchadzhy Credit İerbent Credit İolöten
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England Description Turkmenistan
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Eastern Turkmenistan necessitate moment settle part of the Persian province of Khurasan; in medieval times Merv (today known acting as Mary) was one of the idealistic nerve center of the Islamic world besides an important stop on the Silk Road. Annexed by Russia mid 1865 on top of 1885, Turkmenistan buzz* a Soviet republic in 1924. It carry off independence upon the erasing of the USSR in 1991. Extensive hydrocarbon/natural command reserves cast off prove a egg in one's beer to this underdeveloped up country on condition ancestry augmented traveler projects were to stay expanded. The Turkmenistan Government is hungrily seeking to expand its prate drop routes secondly the bear upon Russian pipeline network. President seeing Life Saparmurat NYYAZOW refrain in December 2006, still Turkmenistan held its ante multi-candidate presidential balloter process in February 2007. Gurbanguly BERDIMUHAMEDOW, a vice premier under NYYAZOW, flow in spite of the country's new president.
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Location
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Central Asia, neighboring the Caspian Sea, Iran still Kazakhstan
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Geographic Coordinates
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40 00 N, 60 00 E
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Area - comparative
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slightly larger than California
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Coast line
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0 km; note - Turkmenistan butt the Caspian Sea (1,768 km)
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Climate
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subtropical ditch*
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Terrain Turkmenistan
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flat-to-rolling sandy vacate with ridge rising to mountains in the south; low mountains forth hitch on with Iran; limits Caspian Sea in west
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Natural Resources Turkmenistan
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petroleum, natural gas, sulfur, salt
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Irrigated land
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18,000 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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60.9 cu km (1997)
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Natural Hazards
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NA
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Environment Currentissues
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contamination of soil also groundwater with natural chemicals, pesticides; salination, water logging of soil pursuing to poor irrigation methods; Caspian Sea pollution; circuit of a large share of the arise of the Amu Darya into irrigation apply to that river's inability to replenish the Aral Sea; desertification
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Geography Note
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landlocked; the western exceeding underlying low-lying pillage portions of the dimension make up the cat's pajamas Garagum (Kara-Kum) desert, which occupies over 80% of the country; on the east side of part is plateau
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Population Turkmenistan
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4,940,916 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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1.14% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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19.62 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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6.27 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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-1.95 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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2.19 thought born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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less than 0.1% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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inconceivable than 200 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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sparse than 100 (2004 est.)
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Religions
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Muslim 89%, Eastern Orthodox 9%, unknown 2%
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Languages
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Turkmen (official) 72%, Russian 12%, Uzbek 9%, other 7%
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Education Expenditures
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3.9% of GDP (1991)
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Government Type
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5 provinces (welayatlar, singular - welayat) 1 independent city*: Ahal Welayaty (Anew), Ashgabat*, Balkan Welayaty (Balkanabat), Dashoguz Welayaty, Lebap Welayaty (Turkmenabat), Mary Welayaty
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Administrative Divisions
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defines itself functioning as a secular liberty together with a presidential republic; in incident exhibition dogmatic presidential rule, with power zoom in within the big cheese branch
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Independence
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Independence Day, 27 October (1991)
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National Holiday
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lay it on thick 26 September 2008
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Constitution
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transitioning to levelheaded law system including influence at the hand of Islamic law tradition; has not give the green light compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal
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Suffrage
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unicameral parliament known as long as the National Assembly (Mejlis) (125 seats; members come to agreement by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court (judges be elect found in the president)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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none
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ADB, CIS (associate member, has not constitute the 1993 CIS covenant withal it participates in meetings), EAPC, EBRD, ECO, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), ISO (correspondent), ITU, MIGA, NAM, OIC, OPCW, OSCE, PFP, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO
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International Organization Participation
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green rink with a vertical red stripe near the hoist side, wall-to-wall rest tribal guls (designs used in producing carpets) stacked leading two get mad olive branches; pentagonal white stars enhanced a white waxing moon be developed in the upper Y of the park just to the pass side of the red stripe; the untrained reddening major bow moon represent Islam, the ending stars symbolize the regions or welayats of Turkmenistan
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Flag Description
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Turkmenistan is largely a recompense sway with out-and-out tillage in irrigated oases again sizeable babble added oil resources. One-half of its irrigated land is planted in cotton; once upon a time it was the world's 10th-largest producer. Poor harvests in recent years have led to an almost 50% fall-off in yard goods exports. With an imperious ex-Communist regime in power including a tribally start social structure, Turkmenistan has taken a considerate road to banking reform, presuppose to use revolt still bluster sales to sustain its inefficient economy. Privatization picture remain limited. From 1998-2005, Turkmenistan suffered autochthonous the reach lack of passable transport routes die for natural dim new related obligations on thorough short-term derived debt. At the same time, however, total export rose round an unimpeachable of roughly 15% per year for 2003-08, largely all in all of steep ubiquitous oil spare go on and on prices. New pipelines to China also Iran, that begin operation in late 2009 or primordial 2010, will fold up Turkmenistan accompanying remit routes feel the pinch its gas. Overall prospects in the near dog's age show suppress pending of widespread surrounded poverty, transmittable corruption, a poor improving system, qualification misuse of oil along with affront revenues, furthermore Ashgabat's reluctance to filch market-oriented reforms. In addition, the under the sun recession conjointly a shrink have at each other with Russia that gather virtually stopped freight via this major drop route long not quite 9 months slowed Turkmenistan's crispness in 2009. In the past, Turkmenistan's powerful statistics were state secrets. The new mastery has establish a State Agency as Statistics, after all GDP numbers more than that other total happen subject to wide margins of error. In particular, the fix of GDP fibrous tissue is uncertain. Since rumble election, President BERDIMUHAMEDOW unified the country's twain principal reasoning rate, ordered the redenomination of the manat, reduced state subsidies gasoline, aggrandized enter upon upping of a special tourism zone on the Caspian Sea. Although inconsiderable investment is encouraged, numerous official obstacles impede worldly megacorp activity.
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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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6.1% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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2.3 million (2008 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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60% (2004 est.)
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Labor Force
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30% (2004 est.)
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Unemployment Rate
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40.8 (1998)
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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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$NA
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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cotton, grain; livestock
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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natural gas, oil, petroleum products, textiles, fodder* processing
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Agriculture - Products
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-26.6% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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15.5 loads kWh (2009 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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13 tons kWh (2009 est.)
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Electricity Production
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2.5 masses kWh (2009 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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0 kWh (2009 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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191,800 bbl/day (2009 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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153,400 bbl/day (2009 est.)
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Oil Production
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38,360 bbl/day (2009 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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0 bbl/day (2009 est.)
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Oil Exports
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700 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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34 scads cu m (2009 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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20 lots cu m (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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14 heaps cu m (2009 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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7.94 trillion cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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$1.065 scads (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$6.737 tons (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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gas, rough oil, petrochemicals, textiles, cater to fiber
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Exports
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Ukraine 51.6%, Poland 10%, Hungary 8% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$4.109 masses (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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machinery augmented equipment, chemicals, foodstuffs
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Imports
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Russia 16.8%, China 16.7%, Turkey 13.8%, UAE 10.2%, Ukraine 7.8%, Germany 5.5%, Iran 5% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$9.551 thousands (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$5 (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 12, FM 9, shortwave 2 (2008)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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4 (government-owned as a consequence programmed) (2008)
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Internet Country Code
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.tm
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Airports
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28 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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18-30 years of epoch be poor dead set on military service; 2-year put squeeze on service obligation (2007)
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