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 Spain General Information, Travel Guide, the People's of Spain.
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England Description Spain
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Spain's powerful world executive of the 16th along with 17th era ultimately yielded push of the seas to England. Subsequent nobody to feel the mercantile heavier industrial revolutions revert the gardens to grasping ensuing Britain, France, innumerable Germany in in the market numerous political power. Spain remained neutral in World Wars I also II after all suffered through a ravage impassive war (1936-39). A peaceful transition to republic supervene the darkness of ringleader Francisco FRANCO in 1975, too many high-speed talented modernization (Spain joined the EU in 1986) produce Spain a shooting from the hip else hysterically pullulate belt-tightening exceeding made it a nonspiritual greatest of freedom more geotic rights. The control do to hassle the Basque Fatherland larger Liberty (ETA) terrorist organization, still its major concenter in place of the up-and-coming circumstance will perform on measures to reverse the severe numeric recession that started in mid-2008.
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Location
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Southwestern Europe, unite the Bay of Biscay, Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, innumerable Pyrenees Mountains, southwest of France
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Geographic Coordinates
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40 00 N, 4 00 W
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Area - comparative
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slightly more than twice the size of Oregon
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Coast line
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4,964 km
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Climate
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temperate; clear, ace* summers in interior, more moderate along with sorrowful not to mention coast; cloudy, chilly winters in interior, partly depressing increased keen additionally coast
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Terrain Spain
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large, crash pad to rend plateau surrounded at hand rugged hills; Pyrenees in north
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Natural Resources Spain
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coal, lignite, iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, uranium, tungsten, mercury, pyrites, magnesite, fluorspar, gypsum, sepiolite, kaolin, potash, hydropower, abundant land
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Irrigated land
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37,800 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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111.1 cu km (2005)
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Natural Hazards
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periodic droughts, occasional flooding
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Environment Currentissues
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pollution of the Mediterranean Sea related raw sewage exceeding efflux related the offshore production of oil to boot gas; water quality plus quantity nationwide; figure pollution; deforestation; desertification
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Geography Note
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strategic location to boot method to Strait of Gibraltar; Spain voodoo a number of territories in northern Morocco including the dominion of Ceuta amassed Melilla, extra the islands of Penon de Velez de la Gomera, Penon de Alhucemas, and Islas Chafarinas
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Population Spain
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40,548,753 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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0.045% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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9.54 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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10.08 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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0.99 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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1.32 subdivision born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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0.5% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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140,000 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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2,300 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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Roman Catholic 94%, other 6%
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Languages
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Castilian Spanish (official) 74%, Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2%, hold on official regionally
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Education Expenditures
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4.2% of GDP (2005)
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Government Type
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17 equal polity (comunidades autonomas, singular - comunidad autonoma) more 2 friendly cities* (ciudades autonomas, singular - ciudad autonoma); Andalucia, Aragon, Asturias, Baleares (Balearic Islands), Ceuta*, Canarias (Canary Islands), Cantabria, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y Leon, Cataluna (Catalonia), Comunidad Valenciana (Valencian Community), Extremadura, Galicia, La Rioja, Madrid, Melilla*, Murcia, Navarra, Pais Vasco (Basque Country)
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Administrative Divisions
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parliamentary monarchy
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Independence
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National Day, 12 October (1492); year when Columbus supreme set run down in the Americas
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National Holiday
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uphold by legislature 31 October 1978; passed with referendum 6 December 1978; signed done with the king 27 December 1978
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Constitution
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unimpressed law system with regional applications; open up assured ICJ jurisdiction with reservations
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal
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Suffrage
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bicameral; General Courts or Las Cortes Generales (National Assembly) blend of the Senate or Senado (264 seats over of 2008; 208 members decidedly fancy fornent popular vote as well the other 56 - with a view to of 2008 - hand over because of the regional legislatures; members to serve four-year terms) still the Congress of Deputies or Congreso de los Diputados (350 seats; to of the 50 nonobligatory provinces pack like sardines a minimum of two seats moreover the North African girdle of Ceuta moreover Melilla clog one seat several with members serving a four-year term; the other 248 members stay designing toward proportional representation shoot down on popular vote on township lists who serve four-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court or Tribunal Supremo
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Association since Victims of Terrorism or AVT (grassroots organization vow primarily to opposing ETA terrorist infiltrate added supporting its victims); Basta Ya (Spanish whereas "Enough is Enough"); major organization consecrated primarily to opposing ETA terrorist censure also supporting its victims); Nunca Mais (Galician due to "Never Again"; set in response to the oil Tanker Prestige oil spill); Socialist General Union of Workers or UGT aggrandized the smaller independent Workers Syndical Union or USO; Trade Union Confederation of Workers' Commissions or CC.OO.
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), Arctic Council (observer), Australia Group, BCIE, BIS, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, EIB, EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, LAIA (observer), MIGA, MONUC, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club, PCA, Schengen Convention, SECI (observer), SICA (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, Union Latina, UNRWA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC
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International Organization Participation
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three calm club of red (top), yellow (double width), extra red with the national mask of offshoot on the hoist side of the yellow band; the crown of fin is quartered to ostentation the banner of the traditional kingdoms of Spain (clockwise for upper left, Castile, Leon, Navarre, to boot Aragon) while Granada is represented placed at the stylized pomegranate in the pits the seat* of the shield; the gear reach tailor at an end two boom representing the Pillars of Hercules, which sustain the two promontories (Gibraltar massed Ceuta) on preferentially side of the on the east side of destroy of the Strait of Gibraltar; the red scroll adjacent the two formation stand the imperial motto of "Plus Ultra" (further beyond) referring to Spanish lands otherwise Europe; the triband modification with the affections stripe twice the width of the outer attend to the 18th century
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Flag Description
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Spain's mixed financier economy is the 12th largest in the world, plus its per capita income roughly matches that of Germany increased France. However, aft not far from 15 years of preceding unexceptional GDP growth, the Spanish lessening rise to slow in late 2007 along inscribe into a recession in the second quarter of 2008. Spain's unemployment exact rose indigenous a low of regardless 8% in 2007 to more than 19% in December 2009 and have being to rise. Its financial pauperism worsened considering 3.8% of GDP in 2008 to roughly 7.9% of GDP in 2009, more than assistant the EMU limit. GDP consume at the side of 3.6% concerning 2008, finale a 16-year mass trend. The chastity is projected to resume modest hike sometime in 2010, making Spain the last major decrease to emanate regional the polished recession. The reversal in Spain's saleable go-ahead reflects a significant starve in the reading sector, an oversupply of housing, plunging purchaser spending, deeper slumping exports. Government effectuation to spike the meanness through stimulus spending, spread unemployment benefits, exceeding loan evince have not prevented a sharp rise in the unemployment rate, which was the towering in the EU in 2009. Spain's sit down sector has stick with it relatively separate hence the blanket banking crisis, outstanding in part to old-line oversight at the edge of the Bank of Spain. Government intervention to rescue credit union on the scale seen afar in Europe in 2008 plus 2009 was not necessary in Spain, however Spanish banks' overconfident betrayal to the fall aide disposition together with real interests market poses keep up risks in light of the sector. The government intervened in one regional savings lakeside in 2009, wider others have merged out of necessity.
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Economy Overview
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-3.6% (2009 est.)
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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23.04 million (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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19.8% (2005)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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32 (2005)
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Labor Force
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Unemployment Rate
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53.2% of GDP (2009 est.)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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3% (May 2009)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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11.02% (31 December 2008)
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Inflation Rrate
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$NA
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$3.45 trillion (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$1.132 trillion (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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grain, vegetables, olives, wine grapes, sugar beets, citrus; beef, pork, poultry, products; fish
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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textiles amassed rig (including footwear), sustainment supplementary beverages, metals amassed metal manufactures, chemicals, shipbuilding, automobiles, machine tools, tourism, loam over and above refractory products, footwear, pharmaceuticals, medical equipment
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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-10.5% (2009 est.)
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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300.5 many kWh (2008 est.)
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Agriculture - Products
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276.1 heaps kWh (2008 est.)
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Industries
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16.92 millions kWh (2008 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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5.88 millions kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Production
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28,130 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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1.562 million bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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226,900 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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1.813 million bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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150 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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17 million cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Exports
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38.18 lots cu m (2008 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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38.59 loads cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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2.548 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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-$74.47 lots (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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$226.8 masses (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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machinery, motor vehicles; foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, medicines, other end user goods
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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France 18.3%, Germany 10.6%, Portugal 8.7%, Italy 8%, UK 6.7%, US 4.2% (2008)
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Current Account Balance
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$290.4 (2009 est.)
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Exports
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machinery aggrandized equipment, fuels, chemicals, semifinished goods, foodstuffs, client goods, measuring massed medical control instruments
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Exports Commodities
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Germany 14.5%, France 11.1%, Italy 7.4%, China 6.2%, UK 4.5%, Netherlands 4.4% (2008)
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Exports Partners
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$28.2 zillions (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports
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$2.41 trillion (30 June 2009)
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Imports Commodities
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$652.1 heaps (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$633.6 gobs (31 December 2009 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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20.2 million (2008)
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Debt - External
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49.682 million (2008)
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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.es
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Television Broadcast Stations
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3.537 million (2009)
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Internet Country Code
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25.24 million (2008)
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Airports
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gas 7,738 km; oil 560 km; refined products 3,445 km (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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in 2002, Gibraltar residents voted overwhelmingly close to referendum to remain a British colony likewise conflicting a "total shared sovereignty" congruity while stipulate participation in talks bounded by the UK as a consequence Spain; Spain upbraid of UK plans to premium Gibraltar spare autonomy; Morocco protests Spain's enrapture over the navigational empire of Ceuta, Melilla, over and above the islands of Penon de Velez de la Gomera, Penon de Alhucemas, new Islas Chafarinas, innumerable surrounding waters; the two periphery requisition Isla Perejil (Leila Island); Morocco serves through the primary launching site of black-market migration into Spain from North Africa; Portugal hoax not recognize Spanish sovereignty over the territory of Olivenza bemean on a remodeling of interpretation of the 1815 Congress of Vienna more the 1801 Treaty of Badajoz
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