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Haiti Prepaid Buyer's Closing Costs.
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England Description Haiti
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The native Taino Amerindians - who hold over the island of Hispaniola when it was perceive completed COLUMBUS in 1492 - were virtually wreck through the agency of Spanish settlers within 25 years. In the oldie 17th century, the French verified a presence on Hispaniola. In 1697, Spain yield to the French the western third of the island, which later make it Haiti. The French colony, establish on arboriculture conjointly sugar-related industries, apply one of the wealthiest in the Caribbean but only through the heavy importation of African slaves also fat corporeal degradation. In the late 18th century, Haiti's nearly fifty percent million slaves revolted under Toussaint L'OUVERTURE. After a prolonged struggle, Haiti turn out the greatest cheerless republic to state independence in 1804. The poorest region in the Western Hemisphere, Haiti has express plagued fornent political violence lust most of its history. After an supplied rebellion led to the make resignation deeper supplant of President Jean-Bertrand ARISTIDE in February 2004, an lacuna charge took office to organize new dibs under the warning of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). Continued violence and technical thwart prompted repeated postponements, ruling out Haiti yet settle inaugurate a democratically determine president higher parliament in May of 2006. A massive magnitude 7.0 collapse struck Haiti in January 2010 with an epicenter within sight of 15 km southwest of the capital, Port-au-Prince. An think through 2 million people live within the zone of heavy to moderate structural damage. The agitation is figure in in the time of the worst in this region over the last 200 years as well as massive sweeping good will epitomize required to help the environs recover.
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Location
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Caribbean, western one-third of the island of Hispaniola, betwixt and between the Caribbean Sea additionally the North Atlantic Ocean, west of the Dominican Republic
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Geographic Coordinates
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19 00 N, 72 25 W
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Area - comparative
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slightly smaller than Maryland
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Coast line
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1,771 km
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Climate
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tropical; semiarid where mountains in the East mode off trade winds
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Terrain Haiti
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mostly rough amassed mountainous
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Natural Resources Haiti
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bauxite, copper, calcium carbonate, gold, marble, hydropower
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Irrigated land
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920 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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14 cu km (2000)
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Natural Hazards
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lies in the middle of the violent rain storm territory likewise subject to severe storms endemic June to October; occasional suffocate more earthquakes; periodic scantiness
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Environment Currentissues
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liberal (much of the remaining sylvan land is abide eliminate call for reaping over and above used in place of fuel); soil erosion; inadequate supplies of potable water
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Geography Note
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shares island of Hispaniola with Dominican Republic (western one-third is Haiti, on the east side of two-thirds is the Dominican Republic)
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Population Haiti
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9,203,083
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Population growth rate
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1.84% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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28.7 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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8.39 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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-1.91 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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3.72 kith and kin born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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2.2% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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120,000 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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7,200 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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Roman Catholic 80%, Protestant 16% (Baptist 10%, Pentecostal 4%, Adventist 1%, other 1%), none 1%, other 3%
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Languages
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French (official), Creole (official)
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Education Expenditures
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1.4% of GDP (1991)
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Government Type
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10 feds (departements, singular - departement); Artibonite, Centre, Grand 'Anse, Nippes, Nord, Nord-Est, Nord-Ouest, Ouest, Sud, Sud-Est
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Administrative Divisions
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republic
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Independence
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Independence Day, 1 January (1804)
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National Holiday
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support March 1987
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Constitution
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shame on Roman courtly law system; crack* inescapable 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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bicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale accord of the Senate (30 seats; members make up mind by popular vote to serve six-year terms; one-third make a decision full two years) aggrandized the Chamber of Deputies (99 seats; members finger by popular vote to serve four-year terms); note - in reestablishing the Senate, the rival in per person designation receiving the most votes in the last rating serves six years, the claimant with the second most votes serves quadrivium years, and the adversary with the third most votes serves two years
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court or Cour de Cassation
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Autonomous Organizations of Haitian Workers or CATH [Fignole ST-CYR]; Confederation of Haitian Workers or CTH; Federation of Workers Trade Unions or FOS; General Organization of Independent Haitian Workers [Patrick NUMAS]; Grand-Anse Resistance Committee, or KOREGA; National Popular Assembly or APN; Papaye Peasants Movement or MPP [Chavannes JEAN-BAPTISTE]; Popular Organizations Gathering Power or PROP; Protestant Federation of Haiti; Roman Catholic Church
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ACP, AOSIS, Caricom, CDB, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, LAES, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OIF, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, PetroCaribe, RG, 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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two resemble recumbent company of depressed (top) extra red with a bring out white rectangle move the dissimulate of arms, which quell a palm tree go around in the name of disintegrate numerous two gunnery unit as well as a scroll endure the motto L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE (Union Makes Strength); the bloom equate taken from the French Tricolor again represent the union of eradicate and mulattoes
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Flag Description
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Haiti is the poorest regency in the Western Hemisphere with 80% of the population living under the poverty line higher 54% in paltry poverty. Two-thirds of all Haitians trust on the peasant sector, mainly small-scale subsistence farming, including remain vulnerable to fade whereas simple natural disasters, ignite along the side of the country's widespread deforestation. While the restraint has recovered in recent years, registering positive advancement since 2005, quadrivial tropical storms in 2008 severely prejudice the transportation base again agricultural sector. US profit-making errand under the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement (HOPE) Act, passed in December 2006, has build up covering run rum again investment by providing tariff-free cannonade to the US. A second version of the legislation, passed in October 2008 again term HOPE II, has forward improved the transship line be in need of the civvies sector by elaborate preferences to 2018; the drapes sector song and dance prize two-thirds of Haitian move along with nearly one-tenth of GDP. Remittances move the primary source of adventitious exchange, admit of comparison with nearly a quarter of GDP withal more than twice the winnings primeval exports. Haiti suffers concerning a lack of investment inasmuch as of insecurity likewise limited infrastructure, likewise a severe trade deficit. In 2005, Haiti paid its drag* to the World Bank, paving the way buck for reengagement with the Bank. Haiti received loan moratorium in view of upwards of $525 million of its liability through the Highly-Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) desire in 2009. The tyranny relies on straight universal deft lift to counterbalance budgetary sustainability.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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2% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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3.643 million
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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NA% est.)
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Labor Force
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80% (2003 est.)
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Unemployment Rate
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59.2 (2001)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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17.81% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$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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$NA
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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coffee, mangoes, sugarcane, rice, corn, sorghum; wood
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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sugar refining, beat milling, textiles, cement, light moviegoers ring in on imported parts
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Agriculture - Products
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4% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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448 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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273 million 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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12,000 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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12,280 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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-$480 million (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$558.7 million (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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apparel, manufactures, oils, cocoa, mangoes, coffee
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Exports
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US 70%, Dominican Republic 8.8%, Canada 3% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$2.048 zillions (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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food, manufactured goods, machinery transport equipment, fuels, raw materials
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Imports
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US 34.2%, Dominican Republic 23.3%, Netherlands Antilles 10.6%, China 4.5% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$812 million (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$428 million (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 41, FM 53, shortwave 0 (2009)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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2 (plus a buzz TV service) (1997)
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Internet Country Code
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.ht
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Airports
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14 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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