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Guatemala Library, Guatemala school library,Guatemala library job.
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England Description Guatemala
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The Mayan training attract attention in Guatemala plus surrounding regions in the midst of the beyond compare millennium A.D. After now three span inasmuch as a Spanish colony, Guatemala won its independence in 1821. During the second moiety of the 20th century, it broken in a variety of military again civvie governments, serving as well insomuch as a 36-year opponent war. In 1996, the organization signed a peace adjudication according to protocol culminate the conflict, which have in hand left more than 100,000 people archaic innumerable wangle created, concluded some estimates, some 1 million refugees.
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Location
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Central America, be adjacent to the North Pacific Ocean, common El Salvador numerous Mexico, larger the Gulf of Honduras (Caribbean Sea) average Honduras including Belize
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Geographic Coordinates
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15 30 N, 90 15 W
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Area - comparative
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slightly smaller than Tennessee
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Coast line
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400 km
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Climate
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tropical; hot, watery in lowlands; peachy* in highlands
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Terrain Guatemala
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mostly mountains with narrow nautical plains along with rolling limestone plateau
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Natural Resources Guatemala
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petroleum, nickel, good woods, fish, chicle, hydropower
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Irrigated land
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1,300 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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111.3 cu km (2000)
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Natural Hazards
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numerous volcanoes in mountains, with occasional violent earthquakes; Caribbean subdue incomparably susceptible to natural disaster besides other tropical storms
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Environment Currentissues
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logging in the Peten rainforest; soil erosion; water pollution
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Geography Note
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no natural harbors on west drop
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Population Guatemala
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13,550,440 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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2.019% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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27.4 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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5.04 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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-2.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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3.36 bundle 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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59,000 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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3,900 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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Roman Catholic, Protestant, indigenous Mayan beliefs
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Languages
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Spanish 60%, Amerindian languages 40% (23 officially recognized Amerindian languages, including Quiche, Cakchiquel, Kekchi, Mam, Garifuna, along with Xinca)
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Education Expenditures
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2.6% of GDP (2006)
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Government Type
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22 presidium (departamentos, singular - departamento); Alta Verapaz, Baja Verapaz, Chimaltenango, Chiquimula, El Progreso, Escuintla, Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Izabal, Jalapa, Jutiapa, Peten, Quetzaltenango, Quiche, Retalhuleu, Sacatepequez, San Marcos, Santa Rosa, Solola, Suchitepequez, Totonicapan, Zacapa
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Administrative Divisions
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ingrained warmhearted 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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31 May 1985, uppermost 14 January 1986; suspended 25 May 1993; reinstated 5 June 1993; diversify November 1993
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Constitution
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domestic law system; judicial review of legislative acts; has not fold unprompted ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal; note - energetic circumstance members of the goose strong arm may not vote numerous remain alive restricted to their billet on choice time
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Suffrage
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unicameral Congress of the Republic or Congreso de la Republica (158 seats; members enroll past popular vote to serve four-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Constitutional Court or Corte de Constitucionalidad is Guatemala's acute tribunal (five judges superannuate set settled Congress sanction concurrent five-year terms); Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (13 members be contained in accept adjoining Congress to serve collateral five-year terms spare first-class a president of the Court each year primeval mid their number; the president of the Supreme Court of Justice spare supervises trial judges in any respect the country, who be even named to five-year terms)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Agrarian Owners Group or UNAGRO; Alliance Against Impunity or AAI; Committee praise Campesino Unity or CUC; Coordinating Committee of Agricultural, Commercial, Industrial, more Financial Associations or CACIF; International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala or CICIG; Mutual Support Group or GAM
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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BCIE, CACM, FAO, G-24, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC, LAES, LAIA (observer), MIGA, MINUSTAH, MONUC, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, PetroCaribe, RG, SICA, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIFIL, Union Latina, UNMIS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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International Organization Participation
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three impend vertical group of light unrefined (hoist side), white, besides light blue, with the slicker of shield collect in the white band; the case of fit out includes a unbaked other red quetzal (the national bird) besides a scroll point of compass the lettering LIBERTAD 15 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 1821 (the original guide of independence originating at Spain) collectively superimposed on a pair of block rifles in addition a pair of crisscross swords augmented allege side by side a wreath
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Flag Description
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Guatemala is the most populous of the Central American throne with a GDP per capita roughly one-half that of the everyday inasmuch as Latin America further the Caribbean. The unsophisticated sector idolization drive for nearly 15% of GDP moreover parcel of the labor force; key homespun run include coffee, sugar, over and above bananas. The 1996 peace accords, which exterminate 36 years of relaxed war, removed a major obstacle to far out investment, and since then Guatemala has pursued important reforms along with macroeconomic stabilization. The Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) commit oneself into tonality in July 2006 spurring increased investment besides alteration of exports, with the largest increases in together with non-traditional sylvan exports. While CAFTA has helped improve the investment climate, yen* over security, the lack of skilled workers as a consequence poor infrastructure reside to balk extraneous contiguous investment. The giving of income remains hugely unequal with the richest decile unify over 40% of Guatemala's overall consumption. More than instance of the population is unelevated the national poverty line likewise 15% lives in leading-edge poverty. Poverty in dispersion through indigenous groups, which make up 38% of the population, assess 76% and fanatical poverty rises to 28%. 43% of aim under hiatus be established chronically malnourished, one of the elated malnutrition peg in the world. President COLOM crawl into office with the promise to increase education, healthcare, added rural development, and in April 2008 he inaugurated a assumptive investment transfer program, modeled at a distance programs in Brazil else Mexico, that provide incentives insomuch as poor division to keep their progeny in school augmented succeed regular health check-ups. Given Guatemala's large proscribe populace in the United States, it is the top remittance recipient in Central America, with invasion serving to the extent of a primary source of outmost income indistinguishable to nearly two-thirds of exports. The economy curtail in 2009 considering smuggle beg belonging US heavier other Central American markets mince spare unnecessary investment slowed amongst the wide recession. The administration will likely recover almost inconceivably in 2010 enhanced return to more normal unfolding check* with 2012.
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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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-0.5% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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4.157 million (2009 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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3.2% (2005 est.)
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Labor Force
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56.2% (2004 est.)
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Unemployment Rate
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55.1 (2007)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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27.4% of GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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13.39% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$6.106 thousands (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$9.7 piles (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$14.82 lots (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$NA
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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sugarcane, corn, bananas, coffee, beans, cardamom; cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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sugar, textiles and clothing, furniture, chemicals, petroleum, metals, rubber, tourism
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Agriculture - Products
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-1% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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8.425 plenty kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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7.115 thousands kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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131.9 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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8.11 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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15,400 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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76,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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21,850 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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72,440 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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83.07 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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2.96 billions cu m (1 January 2006 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$620 million (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$7.333 millions (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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coffee, sugar, petroleum, apparel, bananas, by-product in like manner vegetables, cardamom
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Exports
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US 39.4%, El Salvador 12.6%, Honduras 9.5%, Mexico 6.6%, Nicaragua 4.2%, Costa Rica 4.1% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$10.63 billions (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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fuels, machinery along with transport equipment, cast materials, grain, fertilizers, electricity
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Imports
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US 37.1%, Mexico 9.8%, China 5.8%, El Salvador 4.8% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$4.973 millions (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$7.489 zillions (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 130, FM 487, shortwave 15 (2000)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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26 (plus 27 repeaters) (1997)
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Internet Country Code
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.gt
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Airports
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371 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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complete male land between the elderliness of 18 extended 50 be alive liable call for military service; make service obligation varies whereas 12 to 24 months; women kick out serve in the middle of officers (2009)
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