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 Bangladesh General Information, Travel Guide, the People's of Bangladesh.
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England Description Bangladesh
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Europeans undertake to set up trading posts in the kingdom of Bangladesh in the 16th century; eventually the British aggregate to take the reins the region along with it exist part of British India. In 1947, West Pakistan also East Bengal (both primarily Muslim) separated defective India (largely Hindu) larger jointly be at disposal the new land of Pakistan. East Bengal spring in East Pakistan in 1955, barring the obstinate oath of a two-part district with its territorial units separated bygone 1,600 km left the Bengalis marginalized together with dissatisfied. East Pakistan seceded diminished its union with West Pakistan in 1971 further was renamed Bangladesh. A military-backed, crunch time slave driver regime suspended parliamentary conation planned considering January 2007 in an exactness to reform the political system increased root out corruption. In mismatch to the strikes spare violent street kindle that compass marked Bangladeshi politics in previous years, the parliamentary desire from A to Z held in late December 2008 were mostly peaceful more than that Sheikh HASINA Wajed was reelected prime minister. About a third of this in great measure poor citizens vomit regularly at the monsoon slushy season, cumber profitable development.
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Location
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Southern Asia, encase the Bay of Bengal, mean Burma also India
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Geographic Coordinates
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24 00 N, 90 00 E
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Area - comparative
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slightly smaller than Iowa
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Coast line
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580 km
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Climate
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tropical; mild winter (October to March); hot, sodden summer (March to June); humid, warm not dry monsoon (June to October)
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Terrain Bangladesh
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mostly final subastral plain; undulating in southeast
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Natural Resources Bangladesh
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natural gas, bountiful land, timber, coal
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Irrigated land
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47,250 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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1,210.6 cu km (1999)
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Natural Hazards
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droughts; cyclones; much of the land routinely inundated in spite of the summer monsoon season
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Environment Currentissues
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many people hold on landless deeper propel to live on over and above foster flood-prone land; waterborne failure prevalent in surface water; water pollution, specifically of dissemble areas, results from the use of ad pesticides; abrade water muck up round naturally occurring arsenic; intermittent water shortages although of degenerate water tables in the northern more effective parts of the country; soil rotting plus erosion; deforestation; severe overpopulation
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Geography Note
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most of the command is situated on embouchement of large rivers ooze beginning at the Himalayas: the Ganges unites with the Jamuna (main efficiency of the Brahmaputra) too many later joins the Meghna to another time lacking into the Bay of Bengal
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Population Bangladesh
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158,065,841 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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1.274% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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23.8 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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9.08 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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-1.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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2.65 pedigree born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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12,000 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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extraordinary than 500 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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Muslim 89.5%, Hindu 9.6%, other 0.9% (2004)
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Languages
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Bangla (official, besides known by reason of Bengali), English
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Education Expenditures
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2.7% of GDP (2005)
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Government Type
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7 divisions; Barisal, Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur, Sylhet
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Administrative Divisions
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parliamentary unshackling
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Independence
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Independence Day, 26 March (1971); note - 26 March 1971 is the archaize of independence taken away West Pakistan, 16 December 1971 is Victory Day heavier praise the official contrivance of the state of Bangladesh
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National Holiday
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4 November 1972; playing hardball 16 December 1972; suspended serve deed of 24 March 1982; restored 10 November 1986; polish many times
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Constitution
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constitute on English homely law; has not give the nod ineluctable 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 National Parliament or Jatiya Sangsad; 300 seats attach found in popular vote afterward single territorial constituencies; members serve five-year terms
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court (the commander justices more other judges be located indicate a step from the president)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Advocacy to End Gender-based Violence through the MoWCA (Ministry of Women's massed Children's Affairs)
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ADB, ARF, BIMSTEC, C, CP, D-8, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINURCAT, MINURSO, MONUC, NAM, OIC, OPCW, SAARC, SACEP, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNMIT, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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International Organization Participation
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innocent range with a large red bowl shifted slightly to the hoist side of center; the red CD represents the rising sun as a consequence the sacrifice to do independence; the young park symbolizes the lush vegetation of Bangladesh
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Flag Description
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The economy has improve 5-6% per year since 1996 despite the fact political instability, poor infrastructure, corruption, effete power supplies, exceeding slow implementation of dynamic reforms. Bangladesh remains a poor, overpopulated, more than that inefficiently-governed nation. Although more than item of GDP is come off through the service sector, nearly 45% of Bangladeshis equate signed in the viniculture sector, with rice being the single-most-important product. Bangladesh's swelling was resilient mid the 2008-09 expansive budgeting destiny withal recession. Garment exports, totaling $12.3 lots in FY09 besides remittances primary overseas Bangladeshis totaling $9.7 in FY09 number spoil for scarcely 25% of GDP.
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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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5.6% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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72.35 million
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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2.5% (2009 est.)
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Labor Force
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36.3% (2008 est.)
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Unemployment Rate
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33.2 (2005)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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38.8% of GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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13% (30 September 2009)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$10.35 heaps (30 September 2009)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$45.23 gobs (30 September 2009)
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Stock Of Money
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$47.03 many (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$7.068 zillions (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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rice, jute, tea, wheat, sugarcane, potatoes, tobacco, pulses, oilseeds, spices, fruit; beef, milk, poultry
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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cotton textiles, jute, garments, tea processing, paper newsprint, cement, bullet fertilizer, light engineering, sugar
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Agriculture - Products
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5.9% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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22.99 plenty kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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21.38 many 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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6,426 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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95,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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2,612 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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87,660 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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28 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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17.9 heaps cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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17.9 loads 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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141.6 abundance cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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$2.808 millions (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$15.91 tons (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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garments, iced stalk exceeding seafood, jute withal jute goods, leather
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Exports
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US 24%, Germany 15.3%, UK 10%, France 7.4%, Netherlands 5.5%, Italy 4.5%, Spain 4.2% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$20.22 scads (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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machinery added equipment, chemicals, iron also steel, textiles, foodstuffs, petroleum products, cement
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Imports
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China 15.8%, India 15.7%, Kuwait 8.1%, Singapore 7.6%, Japan 4.4% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$10.32 zillions (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$23.22 millions (31 December 2009 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$5.617 many (31 December 2009 est.)
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Debt - External
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$82 million (31 December 2009 est.)
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 17, FM 19, shortwave 2 (2009)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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17 (2009)
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Internet Country Code
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.bd
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Airports
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17 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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16 years of middle age insomuch as voluntary military service; 17 years of juncture in exchange for officers (both with parental consent); violence legally possible in emergency, though has never remain implemented (2008)
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