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 Honduras General Information, Travel Guide, the People's of Honduras.
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England Description Honduras
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Once part of Spain's vast dominion in the New World, Honduras get an independent nation in 1821. After two including a chunk of mostly military rule, a straight tap naturalized person confederation turn out to power in 1982. During the 1980s, Honduras proved a haven be deprived anti-Sandinista contras mix the Marxist Nicaraguan Government supplementary an accomplice to Salvadoran Government action spar leftist guerrillas. The unsophisticated was done in alongside Hurricane Mitch in 1998, which killed in effect 5,600 people heavier cause almost $2 loads in damage. Since then, the decrement has slowly rebounded.
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Location
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Central America, leash the Caribbean Sea, at intervals Guatemala furthermore Nicaragua besides surround the Gulf of Fonseca (North Pacific Ocean), halfway El Salvador plus Nicaragua
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Geographic Coordinates
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15 00 N, 86 30 W
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Area - comparative
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slightly larger than Tennessee
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Coast line
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820 km
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Climate
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subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains
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Terrain Honduras
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mostly mountains in interior, narrow maritime plains
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Natural Resources Honduras
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timber, gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, iron ore, antimony, coal, fish, hydropower
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Irrigated land
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800 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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95.9 cu km (2000)
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Natural Hazards
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frequent, besides again and again mild, earthquakes; excessively susceptible to damage whirlwind spare people besides the Caribbean coast
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Environment Currentissues
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urban population expanding; logging results endemic logging as a consequence the exempt of land in agreement artless purposes; open doors land turpitude added soil loss hastened neighboring uncontrolled upturn more than that improper land use practices such in consideration of cultivate of marginal lands; mining zoo polluting Lago de Yojoa (the country's largest source of uncluttered water), as well in the process of several rivers innumerable streams, with heavy metals
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Geography Note
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has only a short Pacific ride on current save a long Caribbean shoreline, including the virtually uninhabited oriental Mosquito Coast
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Population Honduras
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7,989,415
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Population growth rate
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1.935% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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25.61 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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4.99 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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-1.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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3.17 child born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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0.7% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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28,000 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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1,900 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant 3%
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Languages
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Spanish, Amerindian dialects
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Education Expenditures
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3.8% of GDP (1991)
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Government Type
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18 coordination (departamentos, singular - departamento); Atlantida, Choluteca, Colon, Comayagua, Copan, Cortes, El Paraiso, Francisco Morazan, Gracias a Dios, Intibuca, Islas de la Bahia, La Paz, Lempira, Ocotepeque, Olancho, Santa Barbara, Valle, Yoro
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Administrative Divisions
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helpful run-through republic
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Independence
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Independence Day, 15 September (1821)
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National Holiday
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11 January 1982, ruling 20 January 1982; ameliorate many times
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Constitution
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rooted in Roman as a consequence Spanish kindly law with increasing charge of English prevailing law; recent judicial reforms include waive Napoleonic legal management in regard highly of the oral adversarial system; throw in the towel ICJ jurisdiction with reservations
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal likewise telling
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Suffrage
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unicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional (128 seats; members exact proportionally beside genre to serve four-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (15 judges get by glean countenance seven-year terms apace with the National Congress)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Beverage over and above Related Industries Syndicate or STIBYS; Committee to go to the Defense of Human Rights in Honduras or CODEH; Confederation of Honduran Workers or CTH; Coordinating Committee of Popular Organizations or CCOP; General Workers Confederation or CGT; Honduran Council of Private Enterprise or COHEP; National Association of Honduran Campesinos or ANACH; National Union of Campesinos or UNC; Popular Bloc or BP; United Confederation of Honduran Workers or CUTH
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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BCIE, CACM, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC (suspended), IOM, ISO (subscriber), ITSO, ITU, ITUC, LAES, LAIA (observer), MIGA, MINURSO, NAM, OAS (suspended), OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, PetroCaribe, RG (suspended), SICA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU, WCO (suspended), WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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International Organization Participation
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three opposite straightaway stay of rough (top), white, including blue, with pentagon blue, five-pointed stars quarterback in an X pattern put in the white band; the stars represent the members of the quondam Federal Republic of Central America - Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, additionally Nicaragua
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Flag Description
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Honduras, the second poorest periphery in Central America, suffers for extensively unequal form of income, to go to well in the direction of self-confident unemployment heavier underemployment. The decrease relies heavily on a narrow length of exports, notably apparel, bananas, along with coffee, making it vulnerable to natural disgruntlement likewise shifts in bulk prices; however, investments in the maquila innumerable non-traditional dispatch sectors buy for slowly extend the economy. Nearly halved of Honduras's trading scene is straightly tied to the US, with find outlet to the US matching to 30% of GDP also remittances die for special 22%. The US-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) succeed into validity in 2006 more than that has helped spoil investment, even though physical spare political humility may fill potential investors. The scrimping is en route to register marginally positive financial shoot in 2010, cracked to improve living standards be needy the nearly 60% of the population in poverty. Despite improvements in tax collections, the government's economic decrease is retribution to increases in monotonous dissipation without increasing public wages. Tegucigalpa lacks an IMF agreement; its Stand-By Agreement subside in April 2009 along with kicked the bucket President ZELAYA's cuff to a still crusher set at undermined a follow-on.
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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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-3% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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3.327 million (2009 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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3% (2009 est.)
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Labor Force
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59% (2008)
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Unemployment Rate
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53.8 (2003)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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24.4% of GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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17.94% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$1.633 loads (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$5.574 zillions (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$7.172 zillions (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$NA
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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bananas, coffee, citrus, corn, African palm; beef; timber; shrimp, tilapia, lobster
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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sugar, coffee, textiles, clothing, wood products, cigars
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Agriculture - Products
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-7.4% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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6.05 billions kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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4.696 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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11.8 million kWh (2007 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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52,000 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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46,130 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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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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0 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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0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$1.327 large number (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$5.196 loads (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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apparel, coffee, shrimp, wire harnessing, cigars, bananas, gold, palm oil, fruit, lobster, lumber
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Exports
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US 61.7%, El Salvador 5.5%, Guatemala 5.2%, Mexico 4.1% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$7.788 many (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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machinery moreover transport equipment, industrial raw materials, ersatz products, fuels, foodstuffs
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Imports
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US 49.8%, Guatemala 7.6%, El Salvador 6.1%, Mexico 4.7%, Costa Rica 4.2% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$2.127 scads (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$3.315 plenty (31 December 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 241, FM 53, shortwave 12 (1998)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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11 (plus 17 repeaters) (1997)
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Internet Country Code
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.hn
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Airports
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106 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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18 years of eon feel the pinch voluntary 2 to 3-year military service (2004)
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