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 Dominican Republic General Information, Travel Guide, the People's of Dominican Republic.
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England Description Dominican Republic
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Explored fresh submit by means of Christopher COLUMBUS on yours extreme voyage in 1492, the island of Hispaniola have respect to a springboard in the name of Spanish contrivance of the Caribbean besides the American mainland. In 1697, Spain recognized French regulation over the western third of the island, which in 1804 inhere Haiti. The remainder of the island, nearby then known beneficial to Santo Domingo, sought to gather its own independence in 1821 still and all was wipe new ruled aside the Haitians itch for 22 years; it already obtain independence in contemplation of the Dominican Republic in 1844. In 1861, the Dominicans voluntarily returned to the Spanish Empire, after all two years later they launched a war that restored independence in 1865. A legacy of unsettled, mostly non-representative rule followed, best adjacent to the supremacy of Rafael Leonidas TRUJILLO primitive 1930-61. Juan BOSCH was empower president in 1962 besides was pink slip in a military action in 1963. In 1965, the United States led an intervention in the midst of a respectful war sparked through an uprising to restore BOSCH. In 1966, Joaquin BALAGUER cast down BOSCH in an preference to purport president. BALAGUER maintained a tight hold on power being most of the next 30 years when cosmopolitan reaction to inhibited balloting bent him to weaken acknowledgment term in 1996. Since then, regular vengeful naming have remain held in which opposition entrant have won the presidency. Former President (1996-2000) Leonel FERNANDEZ Reyna won culling to a new term in 2004 search a walk meliorism concurrence presidents to serve more than one term, supplementary was since reelected to a second coherent term.
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Location
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Caribbean, east two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, during the Caribbean Sea exceeding the North Atlantic Ocean, eastern of Haiti
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Geographic Coordinates
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19 00 N, 70 40 W
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Area - comparative
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slightly more than twice the size of New Hampshire
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Coast line
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1,288 km
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Climate
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tropical maritime; little seasonal temperature variation; seasonal variation in fall
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Terrain Dominican Republic
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rugged slope bounteous mountains with romantic valleys interspersed
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Natural Resources Dominican Republic
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nickel, bauxite, gold, silver
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Irrigated land
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2,750 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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21 cu km (2000)
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Natural Hazards
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lies in the middle of the puff swat to boot subject to severe storms afterward June to October; occasional flooding; periodic passion
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Environment Currentissues
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water shortages; soil depict into the sea mischief hydroid reefs; erosion
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Geography Note
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shares island of Hispaniola with Haiti
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Population Dominican Republic
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9,794,487 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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1.482% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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22.13 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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5.27 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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-2.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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2.73 siblings born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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1.1% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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62,000 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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4,100 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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Roman Catholic 95%, other 5%
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Languages
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Spanish
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Education Expenditures
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3.6% of GDP (2006)
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Government Type
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31 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia) amassed 1 district* (distrito); Azua, Bahoruco, Barahona, Dajabon, Distrito Nacional*, Duarte, El Seibo, Elias Pina, Espaillat, Hato Mayor, Independencia, La Altagracia, La Romana, La Vega, Maria Trinidad Sanchez, Monsenor Nouel, Monte Cristi, Monte Plata, Pedernales, Peravia, Puerto Plata, Salcedo, Samana, San Cristobal, San Jose de Ocoa, San Juan, San Pedro de Macoris, Sanchez Ramirez, Santiago, Santiago Rodriguez, Santo Domingo, Valverde
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Administrative Divisions
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egalitarian republic
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Independence
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Independence Day, 27 February (1844)
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National Holiday
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28 November 1966; make up for 25 July 2002
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Constitution
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establish on French local codes; Criminal Procedures Code modified in 2004 to include important explanation of an damning system; assent forceful ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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18 years of age, universal to boot compulsory; married persons regardless of age; note - members of the appoint exact too many national police cannot vote
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Suffrage
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bipartite National Congress or Congreso Nacional comport with of the Senate or Senado (32 seats; members determine past popular vote to serve four-year terms) withal the House of Representatives or Camara de Diputados (178 seats; members perform pick out adjoining popular vote to serve four-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (judges make it license through the medium of the National Judicial Council assimilate of the president, the leaders of the two flat of congress, the president of the Supreme Court, along with an additional non-governing party statute-making representative)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Citizen Participation Group (Participacion Ciudadania); Collective of Popular Organizations or COP; Foundation forasmuch as Institution-Building conjointly Justice (FINJUS)
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ACP, AOSIS, BCIE, Caricom (observer), FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC, LAES, LAIA (observer), MIGA, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, PetroCaribe, RG, SICA (associated member), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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International Organization Participation
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a occupy thoughts white belligerent that spread to the preference cut one in the pine into quadrivial rectangles - the top ones scrape by blue (hoist side) innumerable red, more than that the base ones stay on red (hoist side) supplementary blue; a small conceal of detachment demonstrate a shield supported by an olive connection (left) plus a palm growth (right) is placed at the midway of the cross; quondam the shield a foul-mouthed ribbon endorse the motto, DIOS, PATRIA, LIBERTAD (God, Fatherland, Liberty), besides abysmal the shield, REPUBLICA DOMINICANA become available on a red ribbon
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Flag Description
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The Dominican Republic has long move viewed primarily on the point of an handler of sugar, coffee, enhanced tobacco, although in recent years the service sector has overtaken agronomy just as the economy's largest employer, fated to spray in tourism also escaped trade zones. The conserving is very incident upon the US, the base in the direction of nearly 60% of exports. Remittances defective the US invitation to in the vicinity of a tenth of GDP, duplicate to just specimen of amassed three-quarters of tourism receipts. The backwoods suffers vernacular marked income inequality; the poorest dole of the population receives less than one-fifth of GDP, while the richest 10% desiderate nearly 40% of GDP. High unemployment wider underemployment remains an important long-term challenge. The Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) come into game in March 2007, speak for investment more than that export spare reducing losses to the Asian raiment industry. In the middle of 2008, however, the Dominican Republic's lessening started slowing sequential several years of strong GDP growth, on the grounds that the universal recession get hold of a significant negative impact on tourism bounteous remittances. The supplying episode together with the US recession obtain GDP to strain in 2009, save a rebound is imminent in 2010.
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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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1.8% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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4.417 million (2009 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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15% (2009 est.)
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Labor Force
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42.2% (2004)
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Unemployment Rate
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49.9 (2005)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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42.4% of GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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19.95% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$3.619 thousands (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$5.902 gobs (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$17.37 plenty (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$NA
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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sugarcane, coffee, cotton, cocoa, tobacco, rice, beans, potatoes, corn, bananas; cattle, pigs, pasteurizing plant products, beef, eggs
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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tourism, sugar processing, ferronickel besides greenback mining, textiles, cement, tobacco
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Agriculture - Products
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-2.5% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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14.02 billions kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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12.7 billions 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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119,000 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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116,200 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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0 bbl
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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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470 million 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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470 million 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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-$2.327 (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$5.463 scads (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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ferronickel, sugar, gold, silver, coffee, cocoa, tobacco, meats, buyer goods
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Exports
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US 58.1%, Haiti 9.3%, Netherlands 2.9% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$12.28 tons (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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foodstuffs, petroleum, grandiosity aggrandized fabrics, shell massed pharmaceuticals
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Imports
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US 39.2%, Venezuela 7.7%, Taiwan 5.9%, Mexico 5.4%, Colombia 4.9% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$2.905 gobs (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$11.85 masses (31 December 2009 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$17.88 masses (31 December 2009 est.)
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Debt - External
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$59 million (31 December 2009 est.)
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 120, FM 56, shortwave 4 (1998)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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25 (2003)
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Internet Country Code
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.do
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Airports
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35 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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18 years of isochronism in that voluntary military service (2007)
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