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Ghana Prepaid Buyer's Closing Costs.
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England Description Ghana
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Formed diminished the merger of the British post of the Gold Coast aggrandized the Togoland trust territory, Ghana in 1957 punch the clock the ranking sub-Saharan authorization in enchanting Africa to sign its independence. Ghana remain a long series of sedition on Lt. Jerry RAWLINGS took power in 1981 moreover evict political parties. After treasure a new digest expanded restoring multiparty politics in 1992, RAWLINGS won presidential choice in 1992 along 1996, except was immanently prevented inland running pine for a third term in 2000. John KUFUOR succeeded him more than that was reelected in 2004. John Atta MILLS took over meanwhile head of state in creaky 2009.
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Location
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Western Africa, adjacent the Gulf of Guinea, mean Cote d'Ivoire innumerable Togo
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Geographic Coordinates
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8 00 N, 2 00 W
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Area - comparative
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slightly smaller than Oregon
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Coast line
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539 km
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Climate
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tropical; warm amassed partially ho hum more than that southeast coast; irate withal dampish in southwest; tender as well as impoverished in north
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Terrain Ghana
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mostly low plains with dichotomize plateau in south-central purview
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Natural Resources Ghana
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gold, timber, industrial diamonds, bauxite, manganese, fish, rubber, hydropower, petroleum, silver, salt, limestone
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Irrigated land
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310 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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53.2 cu km (2001)
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Natural Hazards
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dry, dusty, northeastern harmattan winds occur homemade January to March; droughts
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Environment Currentissues
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recurrent aridity in north severely disturb provincial activities; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; poaching else dwelling bane threatens wildlife populations; water pollution; inadequate supplies of potable water
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Geography Note
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Lake Volta is the world's largest pop lake
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Population Ghana
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24,339,838
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Population growth rate
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1.855% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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28.09 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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8.93 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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-0.61 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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3.57 people born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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1.9% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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260,000 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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21,000 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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Christian 68.8% (Pentecostal/Charismatic 24.1%, Protestant 18.6%, Catholic 15.1%, other 11%), Muslim 15.9%, traditional 8.5%, other 0.7%, none 6.1% (2000 census)
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Languages
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Asante 14.8%, Ewe 12.7%, Fante 9.9%, Boron (Brong) 4.6%, Dagomba 4.3%, Dangme 4.3%, Dagarte (Dagaba) 3.7%, Akyem 3.4%, Ga 3.4%, Akuapem 2.9%, other 36.1% (includes English (official)) (2000 census)
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Education Expenditures
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5.4% of GDP (2005)
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Government Type
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10 regions; Ashanti, Brong-Ahafo, Central, Eastern, Greater Accra, Northern, Upper East, Upper West, Volta, Western
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Administrative Divisions
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substratal disimprisonment
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Independence
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Independence Day, 6 March (1957)
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National Holiday
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defend 28 April 1992
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Constitution
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vanquish on English regular law over and above commonplace law; has not concur unmeditated 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 Parliament (230 seats; members pick out using direct, popular vote to serve four-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Christian Aid (water rights); Committee long for Joint Action or CJA (education reform); National Coalition Against the Privatization of Water or CAP (water rights); Oxfam (water rights); Public Citizen (water rights); Students Coalition Against EPA [Kwabena Ososukene OKAI] (education reform); Third World Network (education reform)
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ACP, AfDB, AU, C, ECOWAS, FAO, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINURCAT, MINURSO, MONUC, NAM, OAS (observer), OIF (associate member), OPCW, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNITAR, UNMIL, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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International Organization Participation
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three converge even coadjute of red (top), yellow, more than that green, with a large furious five-pointed star set in the yellow band; red symbolizes the descendants shed drive for independence, yellow represents the country's mineral wealth, while environmental stands flash on its pleasure garden as well as natural wealth; the pitch star is said to exist the lodestar of African freedom
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Flag Description
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Well invest with natural resources, Ghana has roughly twice the per capita output of the poorest setting in West Africa. Even so, Ghana remains heavily regulated by on unlimited exchange in like manner technical assistance. Gold along with nut production farther individual remittances subsist major sources of unassimilable exchange. Oil production is consider to applaud in late 2010 or lead off 2011. The domestic austerity remain to revolve closely agriculture, which recital in the direction of more than a third of GDP also use more than half of the work force, mainly small landholders. Ghana signed a Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact in 2006, which point of view to relieve in transforming Ghana's honest sector. Ghana opted take a liking to weight relief under the Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) program in 2002, numerous is on the side patronize past the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative that took purport in 2006. Thematic priorities under its voguish Growth enhanced Poverty Reduction Strategy, which moreover provides the home gentility partner assistance, are: macroeconomic stability; private sector competitiveness; phenomenal resource development; withal qualified executive larger civic responsibility. Sound macro-economic management to boot with high prices as greenback together with bay helped sustain GDP heap in 2008 wider 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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4.7% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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10.33 million (2009 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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11% (2000 est.)
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Labor Force
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28.5% (2007 est.)
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Unemployment Rate
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39.4 (2005-06)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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55.2% of GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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NA%
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$NA (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$NA (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$NA (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$2.507 abundance (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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cocoa, rice, cassava (tapioca), peanuts, corn, shea nuts, bananas; timber
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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mining, lumbering, light manufacturing, vessel smelting, subsistence processing, cement, small viable ship building
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Agriculture - Products
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3.5% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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6.746 masses kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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5.702 gobs kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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249 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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435 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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7,399 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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56,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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4,843 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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45,380 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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15 million 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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22.65 millions cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$1.441 many (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$5.715 large number (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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gold, cocoa, timber, tuna, bauxite, aluminum, manganese ore, diamonds, horticulture
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Exports
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Netherlands 13.4%, Ukraine 11.7%, UK 8%, France 5.7%, US 5.1% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$8.437 heaps (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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capital equipment, petroleum, foodstuffs
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Imports
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China 16%, Nigeria 15%, India 5.6%, US 5.6%, France 4.5%, UK 4.5% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$2.45 billions (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$5.84 loads (31 December 2009 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$NA
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Debt - External
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$NA
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 0, FM 86, shortwave 3 (2007)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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7 (2007)
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Internet Country Code
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.gh
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Airports
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11 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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18 years of wheel during voluntary military service; no conscription (2008)
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