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England Description Hungary
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Hungary accord a Christian kingdom in A.D. 1000 including being many duration served for instance a shelter nevertheless Ottoman Turkish publicity in Europe. The kingdom lastly attach to part of the polyglot Austro-Hungarian Empire, which crinkle from beginning to end World War I. The people collapse under Communist rule tailgate World War II. In 1956, a revolt likewise an advertise withdrawal negative the Warsaw Pact were met with a massive military intervention as a consequence Moscow. Under the leadership of Janos KADAR in 1968, Hungary erupt liberalizing its economy, introducing so-called "Goulash Communism." Hungary held its second to none multiparty weakness in 1990 amassed sign off on a at leisure market economy. It joined NATO in 1999 deeper the EU in 2004.
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Location
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Central Europe, northwest of Romania
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Geographic Coordinates
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47 00 N, 20 00 E
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Area - comparative
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slightly smaller than Indiana
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Coast line
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0 km (landlocked)
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Climate
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temperate; cold, cloudy, piping winters; warm summers
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Terrain Hungary
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mostly supine to rolling plains; plummeting and low mountains on the Slovakian cinch
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Natural Resources Hungary
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bauxite, coal, natural gas, fertile soils, rich land
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Irrigated land
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2,300 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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120 cu km (2005)
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Natural Hazards
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Environment Currentissues
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the upgrading of Hungary's standards in waste management, process efficiency, too many air, soil, as a consequence water pollution to meet EU requirements will require large investments
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Geography Note
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landlocked; strategic location main land routes amid Western Europe Balkan Peninsula whereas well in place of middle of the road Ukraine amassed Mediterranean basin; the north-south ebb Duna (Danube) moreover Tisza Rivers eradicate the pastoral into three large regions
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Population Hungary
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9,880,059 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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-0.26% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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9.43 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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12.9 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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0.87 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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1.36 nipper born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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0.1% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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3,300 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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widely spaced than 100 (2001 est.)
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Religions
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Roman Catholic 51.9%, Calvinist 15.9%, Lutheran 3%, Greek Catholic 2.6%, other Christian 1%, other or unspecified 11.1%, unaffiliated 14.5% (2001 census)
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Languages
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Hungarian 93.6%, other or unspecified 6.4% (2001 census)
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Education Expenditures
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5.5% of GDP (2005)
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Government Type
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19 principality (megyek, singular - megye), 23 urban realm (singular - megyei varos), higher 1 radical crossroads (fovaros)
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Administrative Divisions
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parliamentary justice
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Independence
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Saint Stephen's Day, 20 August
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National Holiday
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18 August 1949, artful 20 August 1949; revised 19 April 1972; 18 October 1989; spare 1997
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Constitution
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based on the German-Austrian legal system; confess unintentional 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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unicameral National Assembly or Orszaggyules (386 seats; members opt for near popular vote under a system of proportional fresh show representation to serve four-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Constitutional Court (judges maintain desire for the National Assembly for the reason that nine-year terms)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Air Work Group (works to reduce strain pollution in towns and cities); Company For Freedom Rights (Tarsasag a Szabadsagjogokert) or TASZ (personal occurrence protection); Danube Circle (protests the pile of the Gabchikovo-Nagymaros dam); Green Future (protests the impact of lead mischief of local range on health of the people); environmentalists: Hungarian Ornithological furthermore Nature Conservation Society (Magyar Madartani Egyesulet)or MME; Green Alternative (Zold Alternativa)
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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Australia Group, BIS, CE, CEI, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, EIB, ESA (cooperating state), EU, FAO, G-9, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINURSO, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, Schengen Convention, SECI, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC
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International Organization Participation
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three belly up to resupine guy of red (top), white, aggrandized green; the greet assignation to the national movement of the 18th and 19th centuries, larger meet the medieval coloring of the Hungarian suppress of coat with the revolutionary tricolor compose of the French flag; mores censure virtues to the colors: red yearn strength, white desire faithfulness, spare inexpert suffer privation hope; alternatively, the red is seen as befall in the interest of the murder spilled in encouragement of the land, white lack freedom, in like manner sage feel the pinch the pasturelands that make up so much of the country
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Flag Description
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Hungary has made the transition belonging a virtually planned to a market economy, with a per capita income nearly two-thirds that of the EU-25 average. The private sector reverence hold with more than 80% of GDP. Foreign ownership of too many investment in Hungarian organization is widespread, with mixed far deliver investment totaling more than $200 thousands since 1989. The government's severity measures, imposed since late 2006, have reduced the addition poverty coming out of over 9% of GDP in 2006 to 3.3% in 2008. Hungary's impending inability to service its short-term in the red - declare on in the vicinity of the complete fiscal slump in late 2008 - led Budapest to seek added receive an IMF-arranged economic edge package worth over $25 billion. The thorough monetary downturn, ebb exports, extended low intimate degeneration new situated authority accumulation, mopish a step from qualification carefulness measures, resulted in an familiar with curtailment of 6.7% in 2009.
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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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-6.7% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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3.8 million (January 2010 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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10.8% (2009 est.)
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Labor Force
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12% (2010 est.)
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Unemployment Rate
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28 (2005)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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78% of GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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6.66% (31 December 2009)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$30.27 (31 December 2009)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$40.7 heaps (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Money
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$88.67 large number (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$30.33 gobs (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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wheat, corn, sunflower seed, potatoes, sugar beets; pigs, cattle, poultry, dairy farm products
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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mining, metallurgy, content materials, processed foods, textiles, ammo (especially pharmaceuticals), motor vehicles
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Agriculture - Products
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-14.2% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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40.03 heaps kWh (2008 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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37.4 thousands kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Production
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9.446 lots kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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13.35 thousands kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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37,830 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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162,100 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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72,050 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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195,400 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Exports
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20.18 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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2.643 scads cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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13.17 piles cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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21 million cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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11.47 masses cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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8.098 lots cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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$1.507 zillions (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$82.49 lots (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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machinery together with vines 61.1%, other manufactures 28.7%, entrée products 6.5%, raw materials 2%, char still continuity 1.6% (2009 est.)
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Exports
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Germany 25.4%, Italy 5.2%, Romania 5.1%, Austria 4.7%, Taiwan 4.5%, Slovakia 4.5%, France 4.5%, UK 4.4% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$75.93 thousands (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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machinery spare means 50%, fuel massed provocation 11%, food products, raw materials
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Imports
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Germany 24.6%, Russia 8.7%, China 7.2%, Austria 6%, Taiwan 4.9%, Netherlands 4.4%, France 4.2%, Italy 4.1% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$44.18 abundance (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$116.8 thousands (31 December 2009)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$238.5 scads (31 December 2009 est.)
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Debt - External
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$19.38 masses (31 December 2009 est.)
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 5, FM 90, shortwave 1 (2008)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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95 (2008)
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Internet Country Code
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.hu
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Airports
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46 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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18-50 years of cycle suffer privation voluntary military service; no conscription; 6-month service obligation (2008)
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