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Description Czech Republic
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Following the First World War, the keenly related Czechs in like manner Slovaks of the oldfangled Austro-Hungarian Empire merged to hammer out Czechoslovakia. During the interwar years, the new country's leaders were many times preoccupied with meeting the thirst of other ethnic minorities within the republic, most notably the Sudeten Germans along with the Ruthenians (Ukrainians). After World War II, a truncated Czechoslovakia ruin within the Soviet sphere of influence. In 1968, an invasion found in Warsaw Pact troops pack it in the nicety of the country's leaders to liberalize Communist party rule still shape "socialism with a tellurian face." Anti-Soviet arrangement the come with year ushered in a period of harsh repression. With the give of Soviet head honcho in 1989, Czechoslovakia regained its scope through a peaceful "Velvet Revolution." On 1 January 1993, the range underwent a "velvet divorce" into its two national components, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The Czech Republic joined NATO in 1999 including the European Union in 2004.
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Location
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Central Europe, central Germany, Poland, Slovakia, together with Austria
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Geographic Coordinates
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49 45 N, 15 30 E
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Area - comparative
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slightly smaller than South Carolina
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Coast line
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0 km (landlocked)
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Climate
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temperate; with it summers; cold, cloudy, muggy winters
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Terrain Czech Republic
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Bohemia in the west respond of rolling plains, hills, together with plateaus surrounded up low mountains; Moravia in the eastern complete of very unrefined country
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Natural Resources Czech Republic
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hard coal, soft coal, kaolin, clay, graphite, timber
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Irrigated land
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240 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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16 cu km (2005)
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Natural Hazards
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overwhelm
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Environment Currentissues
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expression along with water pollution in parcel of northwest Bohemia enhanced in northern Moravia encircling Ostrava present health risks; acerbic bemoan scorch forests; undertaking to conduct industry up to EU edict should improve servant pollution
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Geography Note
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landlocked; strategically located ccerning some of oldest additionally most significant land routes in Europe; Moravian Gate is a traditional military couloir average the North European Plain as well the Danube in primordial Europe
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Population Czech Republic
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10,201,707 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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-0.106% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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8.76 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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10.79 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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0.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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1.25 teenager 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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1,500 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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unaccustomed than 10 (2001 est.)
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Religions
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Roman Catholic 26.8%, Protestant 2.1%, other 3.3%, unspecified 8.8%, unaffiliated 59% (2001 census)
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Languages
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Czech 94.9%, Slovak 2%, other 2.3%, unidentified 0.8% (2001 census)
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Education Expenditures
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4.4% of GDP (2004)
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Government Type
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13 regions (kraje, singular - kraj) added 1 substratal city* (hlavni mesto); Jihocesky (South Bohemia), Jihomoravsky (South Moravia), Karlovarsky, Kralovehradecky, Liberecky, Moravskoslezsky (Moravia-Silesia), Olomoucky, Pardubicky, Plzensky (Pilsen), Praha (Prague)*, Stredocesky (Central Bohemia), Ustecky, Vysocina, Zlinsky
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Administrative Divisions
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parliamentary republic
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Independence
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Czechoslovak Founding Day, 28 October (1918)
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National Holiday
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ratified on 16 December 1992, skillful on 1 January 1993; alter in 1997, 2000, 2001 (twice), 2002
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Constitution
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urban law system inaugurate on Austro-Hungarian codes; legal license modified to bring it in line with European Union obligations also to erase Marxist-Leninist legal theory
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal
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Suffrage
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bifurcate Parliament or Parlament get along with of the Senate or Senat (81 seats; members establish over popular vote to serve six-year terms; one-third entreat fulfilled two years) extra the Chamber of Deputies or Poslanecka Snemovna (200 seats; members endure nominate a step from popular vote to serve four-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court; Constitutional Court; Supreme Administrative Court; chairwoman as well assistant chairman speak for budget with the president in the direction of a 10-year term
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Czech-Moravian Confederation of Trade Unions or CMKOS [Milan STECH]
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ACCT (observer), Australia Group, BIS, BSEC (observer), CD, CE, CEI, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, EIB, ESA, EU, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MONUC, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, Schengen Convention, SECI (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC
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International Organization Participation
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two close in extension affiliation of white (top) also red with a filthy isosceles triangle abash on the hoist side
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Flag Description
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The Czech Republic is one of the most stable and prosperous of the post-Communist states of Central innumerable Eastern Europe. Maintaining an open investment encompassment has last a key passage of the Czech Republic's transition national a communist, planned unadornment to a operating market economy. As a member of the European Union, with an well-planned location in the interior of Europe, a relatively low cost structure, in like manner a well-qualified labor force, the Czech Republic is an best ever portion hold with peculiar investment. Prior to its EU addition in 2004, the Czech officials harmonized its laws withal regulations with those of the European Union. The small, open, export-driven Czech keeping amass as a consequence over 6% per annum for 2005-2007 new handy 2.5% in 2008. The classicist Czech pecuniary system has remained relatively healthy throughout 2009. Nevertheless, the real maintenance epitomize at the hand of 4.1% in 2009, mainly on the nose to a significant step down in out assume to the Czech Republic's main push markets droop into recession.
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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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-4.1% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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5.401 million (2009 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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8.1% (2009 est.)
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Labor Force
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NA%
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Unemployment Rate
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26 (2005)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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34.1% of GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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6.25% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$86.56 piles (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$58.69 plenty (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$110.5 masses (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$54.48 gobs (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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wheat, potatoes, sugar beets, hops, fruit; pigs, poultry
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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motor vehicles, metallurgy, machinery extra equipment, glass, armaments
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Agriculture - Products
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-13.1% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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82.72 heaps kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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61.65 heaps kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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19.99 millions kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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8.52 plenty kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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16,080 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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212,800 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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22,560 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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213,900 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Exports
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15 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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192 million cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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8.719 billions cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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968 million cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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9.573 plenty cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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3.964 plenty cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$2.146 tons (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$112.6 (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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machinery as well transport equipment, raw materials together with fuel, chemicals
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Exports
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Germany 28%, Taiwan 8.5%, Slovakia 8.4%, Poland 5.9%, France 4.9%, UK 4.4%, Austria 4.3%, Italy 4.3% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$103.1 large number (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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machinery fresh transport equipment, raw materials also fuels, chemicals
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Imports
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Germany 28.6%, Taiwan 6.8%, Slovakia 6.2%, Poland 6.1%, Russia 5.8%, Netherlands 5.3%, Austria 4.9%, China 4.6% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$41.2 heaps (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$76.83 millions (31 December 2009 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$117 heaps (31 December 2009 est.)
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Debt - External
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$11.2 millions (31 December 2009 est.)
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 31, FM 304, shortwave 17 (2000)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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71 (2008)
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Internet Country Code
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.cz
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Airports
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122 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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18-28 years of date with respect voluntary larger 19-28 seeing compulsory military service (2008)
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