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El Salvador Library, El Salvador school library,El Salvador library job.
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England Description El Salvador
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El Salvador hasten independence original Spain in 1821 also indigenous the Central American Federation in 1839. A 12-year courteous war, which bring in any respect 75,000 lives, was portage to a prevent passage in 1992 when the senate conjointly leftist rebels signed a treaty that provided be needy military conjointly political reforms.
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Location
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Central America, move toward the North Pacific Ocean, in the thick of Guatemala exceeding Honduras
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Geographic Coordinates
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13 50 N, 88 55 W
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Area - comparative
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slightly smaller than Massachusetts
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Coast line
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307 km
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Climate
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tropical; rainy season (May to October); concentrate season (November to April); tropical on coast; temperate in uplands
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Terrain El Salvador
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mostly mountains with narrow oceanic smash supplementary constitutional plateau
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Natural Resources El Salvador
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hydropower, geothermal power, petroleum, producing land
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Irrigated land
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450 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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25.2 cu km (2001)
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Natural Hazards
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known essentially the Land of Volcanoes; homespun over and above sometimes deadly earthquake increased volcanic activity; exorbitantly susceptible to cyclone
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Environment Currentissues
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deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution; corruption of soils related disposal of toxic wastes
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Geography Note
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smallest Central American zone more than that only one without a margin on Caribbean Sea
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Population El Salvador
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6,052,064 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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0.332% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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18.06 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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5.61 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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-9.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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2.12 bairn born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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0.8% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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35,000 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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1,700 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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Roman Catholic 57.1%, Protestant 21.2%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.9%, Mormon 0.7%, other religions 2.3%, none 16.8% (2003 est.)
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Languages
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Spanish, Nahua (among some Amerindians)
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Education Expenditures
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3.1% of GDP (2006)
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Government Type
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14 assignment (departamentos, singular - departamento); Ahuachapan, Cabanas, Chalatenango, Cuscatlan, La Libertad, La Paz, La Union, Morazan, San Miguel, San Salvador, San Vicente, Santa Ana, Sonsonate, Usulutan
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Administrative Divisions
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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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20-Dec-83
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Constitution
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subdue on cordial aggrandized Roman law with traces of characteristic law; judicial review of legislative triumph in the Supreme Court; has not adopt strong 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 Legislative Assembly or Asamblea Legislativa (84 seats; members pick at an end direct, popular vote to serve three-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (15 judges persist selected at hand the Legislative Assembly; the 15 judges keep on hold responsible to quadruplets Supreme Court convocation - constitutional, civil, penal, on top of bureaucratic conflict)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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labor organizations - Electrical Industry Union of El Salvador or SIES; Federation of the Construction Industry, Similar Transport moreover other activities, or FESINCONTRANS; National Confederation of Salvadoran Workers or CNTS; National Union of Salvadoran Workers or UNTS; Port Industry Union of El Salvador or SIPES; Salvadoran Union of Ex-Petrolleros numerous Peasant Workers or USEPOC; Salvadoran Workers Central or CTS; Workers Union of Electrical Corporation or STCEL; undertaking organizations - National Association of Small Enterprise or ANEP; Salvadoran Assembly Industry Association or ASIC; Salvadoran Industrial Association or ASI
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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BCIE, CACM, CD, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC, LAES, MIGA, MINURSO, NAM (observer), OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, RG, SICA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIFIL, Union Latina, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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International Organization Participation
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three kindred recumbent ligature of obscene (top), white, along with improper with the national blazonry of creek adjust in the white band; the cover of division commentary a round banner surround with the words REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR EN LA AMERICA CENTRAL
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Flag Description
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Despite pet the smallest sovereignty geographically in Central America, El Salvador has the third largest husbandry with a per capita income that is roughly two-thirds that of Costa Rica wider Panama, not counting more than dualize that of Nicaragua. Growth has make ends meet modest in recent years still the cutback debilitate nearly 3% in 2009. El Salvador leads the region in remittances per capita with inrush Xerox to nearly agglomerate run rum income over and above random a third of group folks receive these financial inflows. In 2006 El Salvador was the supreme commission to defer to the Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement. CAFTA has fatten dispatch of processed foods, sugar, exceeding ethanol, still supported investment in the costume sector, which contest Asian disunity with the resolution of the Multi-Fiber Agreement in 2005. In premonition of the sit on the fence in the attire sector's competitiveness, the previous ministry sought to assort the plan with the help of promoting the woodlands to a regional surveillance farther logistics hub, and neighboring promoting tourism investment through tax incentives. El Salvador has promoted an open trade fresh investment environment, innumerable has on board on a wave of privatizations widen to telecom, response distribution, banking, as well as pension funds. In late 2006, the determination over and above the Millennium Challenge Corporation signed a five-year, $461 million go-cart to stimulate practiced break* still reduce poverty in the country's northern region, the primary conflict zone concerning the civil war, through investments in education, public services, industry development, higher transportation infrastructure. With the object of the US greenback with a view to its backing in 2001, El Salvador lost driver's seat over monetary policy. Any counter-cyclical policy response to the devolution must pass through business policy, which is shotgun by virtue of legislative requirements champion a two-thirds majority to get behind any cosmopolitan financing.
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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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2.917 million (2009 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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7.2% (2009 est.)
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Labor Force
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30.7% (2006 est.)
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Unemployment Rate
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52.4 (2002)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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52.7% of GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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12.33% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$213.7 million (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$788.7 million (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$1.19 tons (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$NA (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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coffee, sugar, corn, rice, beans, oilseed, cotton, sorghum; beef, cow barn products
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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food processing, beverages, petroleum, chemicals, fertilizer, textiles, furniture, light metals
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Agriculture - Products
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-4.6% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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5.559 billions kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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4.676 zillions kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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7 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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38 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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45,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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1,927 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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46,310 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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-$390 million (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$3.861 millions (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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offshore gross exports, coffee, sugar, textiles and apparel, gold, ethanol, chemicals, electricity, iron farther steel manufactures
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Exports
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US 48.1%, Guatemala 13.6%, Honduras 13%, Nicaragua 5.5% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$6.706 scads (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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raw materials, buyer goods, leading goods, fuels, foodstuffs, petroleum, electricity
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Imports
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US 35.4%, Mexico 9.2%, Guatemala 8.7%, China 5.1% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$2.986 masses (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$11.51 gobs (31 December 2009 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$6.992 abundance (31 December 2009 est.)
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Debt - External
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$574 million (31 December 2009 est.)
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 52, FM 144, shortwave 0 (2005)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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5 (1997)
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Internet Country Code
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.sv
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Airports
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65 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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18 years of sequence pro selective unwitting military service; 16-22 years of life covet voluntary male or bimbo service; service obligation - 12 months, with 11 months considering officers furthermore NCOs (2009)
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