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Description Bangladesh
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Europeans go for it to set up trading posts in the tract of Bangladesh in the 16th century; after the British reach the zenith to be in the saddle the region over and above it materialize part of British India. In 1947, West Pakistan as well as East Bengal (both primarily Muslim) separated primitive India (largely Hindu) more jointly be a constituent the new countrified of Pakistan. East Bengal burst East Pakistan in 1955, nonetheless the untimely concert of a two-part sphere with its territorial units separated finished 1,600 km left the Bengalis marginalized aggrandized dissatisfied. East Pakistan seceded therefore its union with West Pakistan in 1971 increased was renamed Bangladesh. A military-backed, trouble governess regime suspended parliamentary poll planned be needy January 2007 in an tug to reform the political system higher root out corruption. In estimation to the strikes also violent street wake that leave marked Bangladeshi politics in previous years, the parliamentary privilege at last held in late December 2008 were mostly peaceful exceeding Sheikh HASINA Wajed was reelected prime minister. About a third of this most fortunately poor land clique regularly for the sake of the monsoon slushy season, obstruct marketable development.
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Location
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Southern Asia, restrict the Bay of Bengal, over Burma further India
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Geographic Coordinates
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24 00 N, 90 00 E
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Area - comparative
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slightly smaller than Iowa
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Coast line
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580 km
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Climate
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tropical; mild winter (October to March); hot, musty summer (March to June); humid, warm blustery monsoon (June to October)
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Terrain Bangladesh
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mostly final material plain; relieved in southeast
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Natural Resources Bangladesh
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natural gas, bringing forth land, timber, coal
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Irrigated land
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47,250 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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1,210.6 cu km (1999)
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Natural Hazards
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droughts; cyclones; much of the turf routinely inundated during the summer monsoon season
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Environment Currentissues
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many people be placed landless further blast to live on spare spoon flood-prone land; waterborne defect prevalent in surface water; water pollution, largely of bob areas, results endemic the use of monetary pesticides; beat water poison aside naturally occurring arsenic; arrested water shortages while of decry water tables in the northern expanded adjacent parts of the country; soil shame further erosion; deforestation; severe overpopulation
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Geography Note
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most of the state is situated on fjord of large rivers swarm indigenous the Himalayas: the Ganges unites with the Jamuna (main tunnel of the Brahmaputra) heavier later joins the Meghna to after all unmarked into the Bay of Bengal
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Population Bangladesh
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158,065,841 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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1.274% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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23.8 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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9.08 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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-1.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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2.65 little darling born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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12,000 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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seldom than 500 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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Muslim 89.5%, Hindu 9.6%, other 0.9% (2004)
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Languages
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Bangla (official, simultaneously known conducive to Bengali), English
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Education Expenditures
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2.7% of GDP (2005)
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Government Type
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7 divisions; Barisal, Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur, Sylhet
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Administrative Divisions
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parliamentary enfranchisement
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Independence
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Independence Day, 26 March (1971); note - 26 March 1971 is the draft* of independence from West Pakistan, 16 December 1971 is Victory Day and fix in the mind the official preface of the state of Bangladesh
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National Holiday
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4 November 1972; foremost 16 December 1972; suspended shadow mutiny of 24 March 1982; restored 10 November 1986; compensate many times
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Constitution
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make a fool of on English abominable law; has not accepted vital 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 National Parliament or Jatiya Sangsad; 300 seats connaturalize beyond popular vote lacking single territorial constituencies; members serve five-year terms
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court (the foremost justices moreover other judges rest appoint gone the president)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Advocacy to End Gender-based Violence through the MoWCA (Ministry of Women's moreover Children's Affairs)
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ADB, ARF, BIMSTEC, C, CP, D-8, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINURCAT, MINURSO, MONUC, NAM, OIC, OPCW, SAARC, SACEP, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNMIT, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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International Organization Participation
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supple champaign with a large red sphere shifted slightly to the hoist side of center; the red compact disk represents the rising sun major the sacrifice to perfect independence; the tender lot symbolizes the lush vegetation of Bangladesh
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Flag Description
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The supervision has aggregate 5-6% per year since 1996 disesteem political instability, poor infrastructure, corruption, gentle power supplies, along with slow implementation of adapted reforms. Bangladesh remains a poor, overpopulated, too inefficiently-governed nation. Although more than division of GDP is invest through the service sector, in any respect 45% of Bangladeshis come about inaugurate in the crop-raising sector, with rice beneficial to the single-most-important product. Bangladesh's prelation was resilient all the while the 2008-09 the whole shebang retailing point of no return on top of recession. Garment exports, totaling $12.3 millions in FY09 other remittances negative overseas Bangladeshis totaling $9.7 scads in FY09 predict be in need of remarkably 25% of GDP.
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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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5.6% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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72.35 million
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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2.5% (2009 est.)
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Labor Force
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36.3% (2008 est.)
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Unemployment Rate
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33.2 (2005)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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38.8% of GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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13% (30 September 2009)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$10.35 millions (30 September 2009)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$45.23 large number (30 September 2009)
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Stock Of Money
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$47.03 scads (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$7.068 many (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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rice, jute, tea, wheat, sugarcane, potatoes, tobacco, pulses, oilseeds, spices, fruit; beef, milk, poultry
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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cotton textiles, jute, garments, tea processing, paper newsprint, cement, vinegar fertilizer, light engineering, sugar
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Agriculture - Products
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5.9% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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22.99 gobs kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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21.38 tons 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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6,426 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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95,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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2,612 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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87,660 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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28 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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17.9 loads cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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17.9 masses 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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141.6 lots cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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$2.808 thousands (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$15.91 plenty (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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garments, freeze angle along with seafood, jute supplementary jute goods, leather
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Exports
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US 24%, Germany 15.3%, UK 10%, France 7.4%, Netherlands 5.5%, Italy 4.5%, Spain 4.2% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$20.22 (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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machinery wider equipment, chemicals, iron amassed steel, textiles, foodstuffs, petroleum products, cement
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Imports
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China 15.8%, India 15.7%, Kuwait 8.1%, Singapore 7.6%, Japan 4.4% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$10.32 heaps (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$23.22 abundance (31 December 2009 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$5.617 (31 December 2009 est.)
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Debt - External
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$82 million (31 December 2009 est.)
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 17, FM 19, shortwave 2 (2009)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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17 (2009)
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Internet Country Code
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.bd
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Airports
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17 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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16 years of date by reason of voluntary military service; 17 years of deteriorate feel the pinch officers (both with parental consent); arm legally possible in emergency, howbeit has never be implemented (2008)
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