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Nicaragua Library, Nicaragua school library,Nicaragua library job.
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England Description Nicaragua
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The Pacific get off of Nicaragua was settled being a Spanish gathering in distinction to Panama in the earlier 16th century. Independence aboriginal Spain was recognize in 1821 as well as the citizenry adorn an independent republic in 1838. Britain occupied the Caribbean Coast in the at the outset bisected of the 19th century, regardless separately waive handling of the region in subsequent decades. Violent opposition to commanding manipulation withal exploitation spread to wide line for 1978 as a consequence resulted in a short-lived communal war that yield the Marxist Sandinista revolutionary to power in 1979. Nicaraguan alleviate to leftist rebels in El Salvador think up the US to sponsor anti-Sandinista counter contender through much of the 1980s. Free license in 1990, 1996, as well 2001, saw the Sandinistas defeated, except voting in 2006 divulged the return of previous Sandinista President Daniel ORTEGA Saavedra. The 2008 municipal ticket were earmark* placed at widespread irregularities. Nicaragua's basement supplementary sobriety - hard blast by way of the at once like-minded war along as a result Hurricane Mitch in 1998 - personify slowly bum* rebuilt, withal benignant investiture brook new go after under the ORTEGA administration.
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Location
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Central America, close one and the other the Caribbean Sea as well as the North Pacific Ocean, midmost Costa Rica spare Honduras
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Geographic Coordinates
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13 00 N, 85 00 W
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Area - comparative
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slightly smaller than New York state
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Coast line
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910 km
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Climate
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tropical in lowlands, shivery in highlands
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Terrain Nicaragua
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bountiful Atlantic abyssal plains rising to bottom-line local mountains; narrow Pacific natatorial plain interrupted in consequence of volcanoes
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Natural Resources Nicaragua
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gold, silver, copper, tungsten, lead, zinc, timber, fish
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Irrigated land
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610 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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196.7 cu km (2000)
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Natural Hazards
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unfortunate earthquakes; volcanoes; landslides; roughly susceptible to typhoon
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Environment Currentissues
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deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution
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Geography Note
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largest power in Central America; contain the largest freshwater sum in Central America, Lago de Nicaragua
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Population Nicaragua
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5,995,928 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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1.74% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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22.77 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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4.28 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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-1.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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2.51 matter born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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0.2% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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7,700 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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few than 500 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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Roman Catholic 58.5%, Evangelical 21.6%, Moravian 1.6%, Jehovah's Witness 0.9%, other 1.7%, none 15.7% (2005 census)
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Languages
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Spanish 97.5% (official), Miskito 1.7%, other 0.8% (1995 census)
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Education Expenditures
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3.1% of GDP (2003)
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Government Type
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15 tabulating (departamentos, singular - departamento) including 2 monarchal regions* (regiones autonomistas, singular - region autonoma); Atlantico Norte*, Atlantico Sur*, Boaco, Carazo, Chinandega, Chontales, Esteli, Granada, Jinotega, Leon, Madriz, Managua, Masaya, Matagalpa, Nueva Segovia, Rio San Juan, Rivas
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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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9 January 1987; revised in 1995, 2000, together with 2005
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Constitution
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urban law system; Supreme Court may review managing acts; suffer reluctant ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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16 years of age; universal
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Suffrage
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unicameral National Assembly or Asamblea Nacional (92 seats; 90 members pick proportional representation besides party lists to serve five-year terms; 1 seat for the previous president, 1 seat yen for the runner-up in previous presidential election)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court or Corte Suprema de Justicia (16 judges slot support five-year terms verging on the National Assembly)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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National Workers Front or FNT (a Sandinista umbrella quantity of octet labor unions including: Farm Workers Association or ATC, Health Workers Federation or FETASALUD, Heroes together with Martyrs Confederation of Professional Associations or CONAPRO, National Association of Educators of Nicaragua or ANDEN, National Union of Employees or UNE, National Union of Farmers exceeding Ranchers or UNAG, Sandinista Workers Central or CST, on top of Union of Journalists of Nicaragua or UPN); Permanent Congress of Workers or CPT (an umbrella punch* of non-Sandinista labor unions including: Autonomous Nicaraguan Workers Central or CTN-A, Confederation of Labor Unification or CUS, Independent General Confederation of Labor or CGT-I, including Labor Action moreover Unity Central or CAUS); Nicaraguan Workers' Central or CTN (an independent labor union); Superior Council of Private Enterprise or COSEP (a combination of trust groups)
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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BCIE, CACM, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, LAES, LAIA (observer), MIGA, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, PetroCaribe, RG, SICA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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International Organization Participation
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three allied stratum clamp of boorish (top), white, likewise sapphire with the national smear of load get detail in the white band; the cape of wing guise a triangle wheel settled the words REPUBLICA DE NICARAGUA on the top massed AMERICA CENTRAL on the bottom
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Flag Description
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Nicaragua, the poorest periphery in Central America, has widespread underemployment also poverty. GDP action as a consequence well-nigh 3% in 2009, apropos to droop send out passion in the US together with Central American markets, lower stockpile prices seeing key countrified exports, plus low remittance growth - remittances reach like to remarkably 15% of GDP. The US-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) has exist in aftereffect since April 2006 together with has puff out shift opportunities by cause of many rustic enhanced manufactured goods. Textiles increased tatters retort be inadequate nearly 60% of Nicaragua's exports, with the exception of increases in the minimum wage between the ORTEGA berth will likely scrape its expected assistance in this industry. Nicaragua relies on global popular ministration to meet internal- augmented external-debt plunge obligations. Foreign benefactor have coagulate this funding, however, in response to November 2008 electoral fraud. In inaugural 2004, Nicaragua secured some $4.5 masses in out of sight loss reduction under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative, including in October 2007, the IMF certify a new poverty reduction conjointly improvement service (PRGF) program.
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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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-2.9% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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2.283 million (2009 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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8.2% (2009 est.)
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Labor Force
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48% (2005)
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Unemployment Rate
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43.1 (2001)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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63.1% of GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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13.17% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$507.5 million (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$1.81 masses (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$4.272 large number (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$NA
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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coffee, bananas, sugarcane, cotton, rice, corn, tobacco, sesame, soya, beans; beef, veal, pork, poultry, dairy farm products; shrimp, lobsters
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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food processing, chemicals, machinery including metal products, textiles, clothing, petroleum refining to boot distribution, beverages, footwear, wood
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Agriculture - Products
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-2.8% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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3.286 large number kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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2.569 millions 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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63.95 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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29,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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213 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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29,570 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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-$802 million (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$2.384 loads (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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coffee, beef, shrimp as well as lobster, tobacco, sugar, gold, peanuts; textiles conjointly apparel
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Exports
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US 32.3%, El Salvador 14.6%, Costa Rica 6.9%, Honduras 6.8%, Mexico 5.3%, Canada 5%, Guatemala 5% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$3.93 gobs (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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consumer goods, machinery likewise equipment, raw materials, petroleum products
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Imports
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US 21%, Venezuela 14.3%, Mexico 8.4%, Costa Rica 8%, China 7.8%, Guatemala 6.1%, El Salvador 5.2% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$1.573 plenty (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$4.7 thousands (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 63, FM 32, shortwave 1 (1998)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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16 (2009)
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Internet Country Code
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.ni
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Airports
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143 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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17 years of maturity forasmuch as voluntary military service; tour of subject 18-36 months (2008)
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