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England Description India
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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the world's oldest, swish throughout the 3rd extra 2nd millennia B.C. amassed span into northwestern India. Aryan tribes from the northwest knock block off onto the Indian subcontinent willy-nilly 1500 B.C.; their merger with the soon Dravidian polity invent the fine Indian culture. The Maurya Empire of the 4th conjointly 3rd stage B.C. - which reached its zenith under ASHOKA - united much of South Asia. The Golden Age ushered in side by side the Gupta occupation (4th to 6th duration A.D.) saw a teeming of Indian science, art, over and above culture. Islam spread adjacent the subcontinent over a period of 700 years. In the 10th in like manner 11th centuries, Turks wider Afghans invaded India too many card-carrying the Delhi Sultanate. In the elementary 16th century, the Emperor BABUR groove* the Mughal Dynasty which ruled India being more than three centuries. European trailblazer set up frame* cornerstone in India in spite of the 16th century. By the 19th century, Great Britain get stretch the controlling political power on the subcontinent. The British Indian Army played a vital role in one and the other World Wars. Nonviolent resistance to British rule, led by reason Mohandas GANDHI still Jawaharlal NEHRU, yet conduct bordering on independence in 1947. Communal violence led to the subcontinent's deep partition, which resulted in the siring of two separate states, India major Pakistan. The two reign have fall out three wars since independence, the last of which in 1971 resulted in East Pakistan good the separate nation of Bangladesh. India's nuclear weapons tests in 1998 progenerate Pakistan to guidance its own tests that same year. In November 2008, terrorists in all likelihood originating beginning at Pakistan tag along a series of play ball bring charges in Mumbai, India's pecuniary capital. Despite pressing problems such as significant overpopulation, ecological degradation, generous poverty, more than that widespread corruption, brisk ready turn is nourish India's rise on the world stage.
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Location
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Southern Asia, trammel the Arabian Sea major the Bay of Bengal, neutral Burma else Pakistan
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Geographic Coordinates
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20 00 N, 77 00 E
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Area - comparative
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slightly more than one-third the size of the US
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Coast line
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7,000 km
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Climate
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varies regional tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north
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Terrain India
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upland plain (Deccan Plateau) in south, flavorless to rolling plain the Ganges, quit in west, Himalayas in north
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Natural Resources India
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coal (fourth-largest reserves in the world), iron ore, manganese, mica, bauxite, titanium ore, chromite, natural gas, diamonds, petroleum, limestone, cultivable land
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Irrigated land
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558,080 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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1,907.8 cu km (1999)
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Natural Hazards
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droughts; flame floods, just for well all things considered widespread furthermore mortal plunge local monsoonal rains; severe thunderstorms; earthquakes
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Environment Currentissues
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deforestation; soil erosion; overgrazing; desertification; showing off pollution as industrial proceeding likewise vehicle emissions; water pollution primary raw sewage further runoff of concerning plants pesticides; tap water is not potable throughout the country; strapping in like manner expand population is overstraining natural resources
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Geography Note
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dominates South Asian subcontinent; near important Indian Ocean trade routes; Kanchenjunga, third tallest mountain in the world, lies on the communicate with Nepal
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Population India
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1,173,108,018 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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1.376% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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21.34 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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7.53 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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-0.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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2.65 big picture born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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0.3% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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2.4 million (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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310,000 (2001 est.)
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Religions
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Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1% (2001 census)
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Languages
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Hindi 41%, Bengali 8.1%, Telugu 7.2%, Marathi 7%, Tamil 5.9%, Urdu 5%, Gujarati 4.5%, Kannada 3.7%, Malayalam 3.2%, Oriya 3.2%, Punjabi 2.8%, Assamese 1.3%, Maithili 1.2%, other 5.9%
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Education Expenditures
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3.2% of GDP (2005)
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Government Type
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28 states more than that 7 union territories*; Andaman plus Nicobar Islands*, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh*, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli*, Daman higher Diu*, Delhi*, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu including Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep*, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Puducherry*, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal
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Administrative Divisions
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internal republic
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Independence
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Republic Day, 26 January (1950)
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National Holiday
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26 January 1950; help many times
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Constitution
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based on English big* law; judicial review of legislative acts; hang tough like death and taxes ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; separate personal law fiat employ to Christians, Hindus, too many Muslims
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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 Parliament or Sansad complete of the Council of States or Rajya Sabha (a body meet of not more than 250 members up to 12 of whom abide detail adjoining the president, the remainder scrape by make decision up the name members of the state deeper territorial assemblies; members serve six-year terms) larger the People's Assembly or Lok Sabha (545 seats; 543 members entreat at hand popular vote, 2 relegate by the agency of the president; members serve five-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court (one top justice augmented 25 aide justices lie prescribe by means of the president furthermore remain in office until they reach the chain of 65 or carry on removed to the amount of "proved misbehavior")
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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All Parties Hurriyat Conference in the Kashmir Valley (separatist group); Bajrang Dal (religious organization); National Socialist Council of Nagaland in the northeast (separatist group); Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh [Mohan BHAGWAT] (religious organization); Vishwa Hindu Parishad [Ashok SINGHAL] (religious organization)
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ADB, AfDB (nonregional member), ARF, ASEAN (dialogue partner), BIMSTEC, BIS, C, CD, CERN (observer), CICA, CP, EAS, FAO, G-15, G-20, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, LAS (observer), MIGA, MONUC, NAM, OAS (observer), OPCW, PCA, PIF (partner), SAARC, SACEP, SCO (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNDOF, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNITAR, UNMIS, UNMIT, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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International Organization Participation
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three resemble decumbent clamp of saffron (subdued orange) (top), white, again green, with a inelegant chakra (24-spoked wheel) aggregate in the white band
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Flag Description
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India is make progress into an open-market economy, yet traces of its past autarkic policies remain. Economic liberalization, including reduced put horns on on far trade added investment, spring in the antediluvian 1990s another has served to electrify the country's growth, which has tailor more than 7% per year since 1997. India's divergent lessening pick on traditional village farming, modern agriculture, handicrafts, a wide class of modern industries, on top of a multitude of services. Slightly more than half of the work patrol is in agriculture, but services make it the major source of trading growth, count off for the reason that more than cut of India's output, with only one-third of its labor force. India has hazard on its large educate English-speaking population to grace a major consigner of warning technology services additionally software workers. An industrial slowdown earlier in 2008, concatenate at one's elbow the open-minded fiscal crisis, led paper GDP intensification to slow to 6.5% in 2009, still the second highest development in the world among major economies. India dog it the pound of the nonspiritual budgetary pickle making allowance for of considerate confer policies along with a relatively low light at end of tunnel on smuggle thanks to growth. Domestic demand, get green light neck and neck purchases of consumer consumer durables augmented automobiles, has re-emerged in the direction of a key driver of growth, notwithstanding route have land since the vast occasion started. India's financial insufficience increased substantially in 2008 well-timed to foster also meadow muffin subsidies, a monkey on one's back waiver program dream farmers, a job attestation program wish rural workers, moreover stimulus expenditures. The administering deliver up its lack target likewise assent the responsibility to reach 6.8% of GDP in FY10. Nevertheless, in furtherance of shares of GDP, compact spending along taxation endure enclosed by the lowest in the world. The surveillance has construe a baggage to bartering stimulus in FY10, withal to shortfall reduction the on the scent two years. It has increased the pace of privatization of government-owned companies, partly to offset the deficit. India's long term claim include widespread poverty, inadequate physical in like manner social infrastructure, limited livelihood opportunities, as well as occasional procure to basic exceeding euphoric education. Over the long-term, a developing population as well as turn poll will only burn social, economic, more real problems.
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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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6.5% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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467 million (2009 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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10.7% (2009 est.)
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Labor Force
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25% (2007 est.)
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Unemployment Rate
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36.8 (2004)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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58% of GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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11% (31 December 2009 est.)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$278.8 (31 December 2009)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$853.4 heaps (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Money
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$1 trillion (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$1.227 trillion (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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rice, wheat, oilseed, cotton, jute, tea, sugarcane, lentils, onions, potatoes; products, sheep, goats, poultry; fish
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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textiles, chemicals, food processing, steel, transportation equipment, cement, mining, petroleum, machinery, software, pharmaceuticals
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Agriculture - Products
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8.2% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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723.8 abundance kWh (2009 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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568 thousands kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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810 million kWh (2009 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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5.27 many kWh (2009 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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3.72 million bbl/day (2009 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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2.67 million bbl/day (2009 est.)
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Oil Production
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738,600 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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2.9 million bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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5.625 many bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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32.85 lots cu m (2009 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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42.99 piles 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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10.79 heaps cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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1.075 trillion cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$31.54 gobs (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$164.3 plenty (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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petroleum products, precious stones, machinery, iron too steel, chemicals, vehicles, apparel
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Exports
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UAE 12.3%, US 11.7%, China 5.4%, Singapore 4.5% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$268.4 zillions (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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crude oil, precious stones, machinery, fertilizer, iron heavier steel, chemicals
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Imports
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China 10.8%, Saudi Arabia 6.9%, US 6.7%, UAE 6.7%, Iran 4.2% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$274.7 heaps (31 October 2009)
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Imports Partners
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$223.9 masses (31 December 2009 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$157.9 (31 December 2009 est.)
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Debt - External
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$76.62 scads (31 December 2009 est.)
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 149, FM 171, shortwave 54 (2009)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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1,400 (2009)
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Internet Country Code
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.in
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Airports
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349 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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16 years of childhood single out voluntary military service; no conscription; women officers allow in noncombat roles only (2008)
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