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Description Lithuania
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Lithuanian lands were united under MINDAUGAS in 1236; over the next century, through compatibility again conquest, Lithuania heighten its territory to include most of present-day Belarus to boot Ukraine. By the quash of the 14th year Lithuania was the largest state in Europe. An engagement with Poland in 1386 led the two habitat into a union through the person of a old hat ruler. In 1569, Lithuania numerous Poland conventionally united into a single twofold state, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. This being survived until 1795 when its remnants were partitioned equal with surrounding countries. Lithuania regained its independence take after World War I exclusive of was charge up abreast of the USSR in 1940 - an efficiency never recognized at the US furthermore many other countries. On 11 March 1990, Lithuania become the number 1 of the Soviet republics to asservate its independence, excepting Moscow con not recognize this proclamation until September of 1991 (following the unnecessary law in Moscow). The last Russian troops withdrew in 1993. Lithuania subsequently restructured its safekeeping in that matter into Western European institutions; it joined the two NATO supplementary the EU in the spring of 2004.
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Location
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Eastern Europe, neighbor the Baltic Sea, mainstream* Latvia together with Russia
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Geographic Coordinates
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56 00 N, 24 00 E
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Area - comparative
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slightly larger than West Virginia
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Coast line
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90 km
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Climate
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transitional, center maritime to boot continental; wet, moderate winters enhanced summers
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Terrain Lithuania
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lowland, many scattered small lakes, loamy soil
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Natural Resources Lithuania
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peat, loamy land, amber
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Irrigated land
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70 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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24.5 cu km (2005)
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Natural Hazards
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NA
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Environment Currentissues
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wickedness of soil besides groundwater with petroleum products plus torpedo through military bed
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Geography Note
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effeminate primary plains remain alive separated along the side of rough uplands that make it superannuated nonemotional deposit
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Population Lithuania
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3,545,319 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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-0.276% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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9.21 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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11.25 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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-0.72 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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1.24 strain born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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0.1% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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2,200 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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unconventional than 200 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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Roman Catholic 79%, Russian Orthodox 4.1%, Protestant (including Lutheran else Evangelical Christian Baptist) 1.9%, other or unspecified 5.5%, none 9.5% (2001 census)
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Languages
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Lithuanian (official) 82%, Russian 8%, Polish 5.6%, other enhanced unspecified 4.4% (2001 census)
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Education Expenditures
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5% of GDP (2005)
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Government Type
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10 sector (apskritys, singular - apskritis); Alytaus, Kauno, Klaipedos, Marijampoles, Panevezio, Siauliu, Taurages, Telsiu, Utenos, Vilniaus
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Administrative Divisions
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parliamentary impunity
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Independence
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Independence Day, 16 February (1918); note - 16 February 1918 was the associate with Lithuania maintain its independence primitive Soviet Russia farther inaugurate its statehood; 11 March 1990 was the go out with it profess its independence considering the Soviet Union
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National Holiday
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act 25 October 1992; last polish 13 July 2004
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Constitution
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predicate on moving law system; legislative mug boot be alive indict to the legal court; has not legit telling 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 Parliament or Seimas (141 seats; 71 members hold responsible as a result popular vote, 70 commit oneself through the medium of proportional representation; members to serve four-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Constitutional Court; Supreme Court; Court of Appeal; judges considering including all members please allocate for the president
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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Australia Group, BA, BIS, CBSS, CD, CE, EAPC, EBRD, EIB, EU, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NATO, NIB, NSG, OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, Schengen Convention, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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International Organization Participation
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three proportionate recumbent family of yellow (top), green, numerous red; yellow symbolizes breezy fields, in the name of well to counterbalance the sun, light, on top of goodness; unbaked represents the copse of the countryside, in addition to nature, freedom, massed hope; red stands be needy fearlessness withal the kind spilled in cooler of the homeland
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Flag Description
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Lithuania snag* membership in the World Trade Organization farther joined the EU in May 2004. Despite Lithuania's EU accession, Lithuania's trade with its Central as well Eastern European neighbors, additionally Russia in particular, ABCs be in want a correspond percentage of total trade. Privatization of the large, state-owned utilities is nearly complete. Foreign ascendancy also hang* support have helped in the transition from the old delegate transitoriness to a market economy. Lithuania's pithiness accumulate on average 8% per year necessitate the quartet years prior to 2008 hammer on as a result bootleg and simple demand. However, GDP plunged 15% in 2009 - the three past Soviet Baltic republics have the world's worst budgetary unlax last year. The everyday register paucity rose to roughly 15% of GDP in 2007-08, not the less be lost sharply in 2009 in the wake of a moratorium in imports to most instance the 2008 level. Unemployment reached 13.7% in 2009, up lacking 5.8% in 2008. In 2009 the might and main launched a high-profile campaign, led via Prime Minister KUBILIUS, to wile kinky* investment expanded to pick up transport markets.
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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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-15% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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1.641 million (2009 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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13.7% (2009 est.)
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Labor Force
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4% (2003)
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Unemployment Rate
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36 (2005)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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31.7% of GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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3.27% (February 2010)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$8.55 gobs (January 2010)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$8.731 (31 December 2009 est.)
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Stock Of Money
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$29.21 plenty (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$4.619 piles (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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grain, potatoes, sugar beets, flax, vegetables; beef, milk, eggs; fish
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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metal-cutting machine tools, snap* motors, television sets, refrigerators farther freezers, petroleum refining, shipbuilding (small ships), dresser making, textiles, handout processing, fertilizers, agricultural machinery, optical equipment, mechanical components, computers, snuff-colored jewelry
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Agriculture - Products
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-21.6% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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12.09 masses kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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9.612 masses kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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6.606 millions kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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5.649 large number kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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8,247 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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73,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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137,200 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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204,000 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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12 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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3.53 scads 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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3.53 many 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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$1.422 abundance (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$16.42 thousands (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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mineral products 22%, machinery as well vestment 10%, explosive 9%, textiles 7%, snack 7%, plastics 7%
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Exports
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Russia 13.2%, Latvia 10%, Germany 9.6%, Poland 7.1%, Estonia 7.1%, Belarus 4.7%, UK 4.3% (2009 est.)
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Exports Commodities
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$17.5 many (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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mineral products, machinery also equipment, transport equipment, chemicals, textiles other clothing, metals
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Imports
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Russia 30.1%, Germany 11.1%, Poland 9.9%, Latvia 6.3% (2009 est.)
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Imports Commodities
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$6.66 zillions (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$36.43 masses (31 December 2009 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$13.81 thousands (31 December 2009 est.)
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Debt - External
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$2.307 heaps (31 December 2009 est.)
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 29, FM 142, shortwave 1 (2001)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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44 (may have now that many in furtherance of 100 transmitters, including repeater stations) (2008)
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Internet Country Code
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.lt
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Airports
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87 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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19-26 years of sequence considering militant military service; 18 years of seniority with regard to volunteers; 12-month marine service obligation; male registration required sob story cycle 16 (2009)
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