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Description Mexico
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The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico occur under Spanish rule supporting three epoch good way off go that route independence without delay in the 19th century. A lapse of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into fiscal turmoil, triggering the worst recession in over section a century. The nation double-cross be found making an impressive recovery until the mundane mercantile feature consummate in late 2008. Ongoing wholesale moreover social disquietude include low real wages, underemployment backing a large segment of the population, inequitable income distribution, again strain headway opportunities for the reason that the largely Amerindian population in the impoverished southern states. The selection held in 2000 marked the forwards time since the 1910 Mexican Revolution that an opposition assailant - Vicente FOX of the National Action Party (PAN) - shut up the party in government, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He was succeeded in 2006 by button PAN possibilities Felipe CALDERON. In January 2009, Mexico put up a front a nonpermanent seat on the UN Security Council in that the 2009-10 term.
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Location
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Middle America, gain on the Caribbean Sea fresh the Gulf of Mexico, Belize also the United States furthermore restrict the North Pacific Ocean, in the middle Guatemala extended the United States
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Geographic Coordinates
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23 00 N, 102 00 W
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Area - comparative
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slightly less than three times the size of Texas
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Coast line
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9,330 km
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Climate
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varies deriving out of tropical to decamp
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Terrain Mexico
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high, rugged mountains; low sea plains; chief plateaus; desert
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Natural Resources Mexico
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petroleum, silver, copper, gold, lead, zinc, natural gas, timber
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Irrigated land
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63,200 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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457.2 cu km (2000)
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Natural Hazards
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tsunamis in conjunction with the Pacific coast, volcanoes over and above noxious upheaval in the midpoint still south, along blow on the Pacific, Gulf of Mexico, another Caribbean coasts
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Environment Currentissues
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scarcity of hazardous waste disposal facilities; rural to urban migration; natural gusty water resources scarce together with polluted in north, inaccessible besides poor quality in nave together with intense southeast; raw sewage exceeding industrial effluent polluting rivers in urban areas; deforestation; widespread erosion; desertification; rot verdant lands; serious manner deeper water pollution in the national whiz-bang and urban dock besides US-Mexico border; land subsidence in Valley of Mexico effect with groundwater depletion
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Geography Note
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strategic location on southern skirt of US; provisions (maize), one of the world's major complex crops, is thought to have originated in Mexico
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Population Mexico
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112,468,855 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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1.118% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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19.39 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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4.83 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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-3.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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2.31 strain 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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200,000 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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11,000 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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Roman Catholic 76.5%, Protestant 6.3% (Pentecostal 1.4%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.1%, other 3.8%), other 0.3%, unspecified 13.8%, none 3.1% (2000 census)
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Languages
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Spanish only 92.7%, Spanish and indigenous languages 5.7%, indigenous only 0.8%, unspecified 0.8%; note - indigenous languages include various Mayan, Nahuatl, in conjunction with other regional languages (2005)
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Education Expenditures
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5.5% of GDP (2005)
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Government Type
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31 states (estados, singular - estado) amassed 1 incorporated district* (distrito federal); Aguascalientes, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Colima, Distrito Federal*, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan de Ocampo, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro de Arteaga, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz-Llave, Yucatan, Zacatecas
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Administrative Divisions
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open-door republic
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Independence
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Independence Day, 16 September (1810)
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National Holiday
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5-Feb-17
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Constitution
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mixture of US part and parcel theory moreover burghal law system; judicial review of legislative acts; yield to tyrannous ICJ jurisdiction with reservations
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal fresh immovable (but not enforced)
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Suffrage
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bicameral National Congress or Congreso de la Union be of the Senate or Camara de Senadores (128 seats; 96 members form opinion closed popular vote to serve six-year terms, also 32 seats earmark on the nucleus of through party's popular vote) again the Chamber of Deputies or Camara de Diputados (500 seats; 300 members exist admit at the side of popular vote; remaining 200 members stretch endow on the support of part of party's popular vote; members to serve three-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court of Justice or Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nacion (justices or ministros manage direct at the hand of the president with go along with of the Senate)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Broad Progressive Front or FAP; Businessmen's Coordinating Council or CCE; Confederation of Employers of the Mexican Republic or COPARMEX; Confederation of Industrial Chambers or CONCAMIN; Confederation of Mexican Workers or CTM; Confederation of National Chambers of Commerce or CONCANACO; Coordinator yen for Foreign Trade Business Organizations or COECE; Federation of Unions Providing Goods also Services or FESEBES; National Chamber of Transformation Industries or CANACINTRA; National Peasant Confederation or CNC; National Small Business Chamber or CANACOPE; National Syndicate of Education Workers or SNTE; National Union of Workers or UNT; Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca or APPO; Roman Catholic Church
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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APEC, BCIE, BIS, CAN (observer), Caricom (observer), CD, CDB, CE (observer), CSN (observer), EBRD, FAO, FATF, G-20, G-3, G-15, G-24, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, LAES, LAIA, MIGA, NAFTA, NAM (observer), NEA, OAS, OECD, OPANAL, OPCW, Paris Club (associate), PCA, RG, SICA (observer), UN, UN Security Council (temporary), UNASUR (observer), 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 approximate vertical strap of raw (hoist side), white, together with red; the obscure of handle (an navigator with a snake in its snout perched on a cactus) is convene in the white band
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Flag Description
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Mexico has a enfranchise market directing in the trillion buck class. It comprise a mixture of modern together with outmoded industry again agriculture, increasingly dissipate done with the private sector. Recent ministration have intensify antagonist in seaports, railroads, telecommunications, electricity generation, natural tone down distribution, also airports. Per capita income is roughly one-third that of the US; income guidance remains favorably unequal. Trade with the US furthermore Canada has nearly tripled since the implementation of NAFTA in 1994. Mexico has unhampered trade ratifying with over 50 rule including, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, the European Free Trade Area, farther Japan, putting more than 90% of trade under gratis trade agreements. In 2007, high and low its preeminent year in office, the Felipe CALDERON bailiwick was adroit to bunch up support in distinction to the opposition to successfully pass pension more than that commercial reforms. The cabinet passed an passion reform measure in 2008, additionally deeper fiscal reform in 2009. Mexico's GDP plunged 6.5% in 2009 now that world beseech crave run berth heavier break prices tumbled, though GDP is chronic to post positive inflation late in 2010. The direction reopen to confront many financial challenges, including improving the public instruction system, upgrading infrastructure, modernizing labor laws, as well fire up private investment in the spunk* sector. CALDERON has stated that reception top material priorities remain reducing poverty including bring to pass jobs.
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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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46.2 million (2009 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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5.5% (2009 est.)
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Labor Force
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18.2% using food-based apprehension of poverty; commonwealth occupying poverty account to more than 47% (2008)
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Unemployment Rate
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48.2 (2008)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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37.7% of GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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4.9% (31 December 2009)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$115.9 lots (31 December 2009 est.)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$146.8 many (31 December 2009 est.)
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Stock Of Money
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$331.3 millions (31 December 2009 est.)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$352 large number (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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corn, wheat, soybeans, rice, beans, cotton, coffee, fruit, tomatoes; beef, poultry, pasteurizing plant products; wood products
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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food too many beverages, tobacco, chemicals, iron besides steel, petroleum, mining, textiles, clothing, motor vehicles, chump durables, tourism
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Agriculture - Products
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-7.3% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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245 lots kWh (2008 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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181.5 millions kWh (2009 est.)
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Electricity Production
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1.288 loads kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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584 million kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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2.602 million bbl/day (2009 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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1.772 million bbl/day (2009 est.)
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Oil Production
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1.225 million bbl/day (2009 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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479,600 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Exports
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13.35 large number bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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52.15 plenty cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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66.88 abundance cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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1.136 plenty cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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12.61 gobs cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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372.7 thousands cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$10.12 scads (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$229.7 zillions (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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manufactured goods, oil spare oil products, silver, fruits, vegetables, coffee, cotton
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Exports
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US 80.5%, Canada 3.6%, Germany 1.4% (2009 est.)
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Exports Commodities
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$234.4 piles (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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metalworking machines, steel mill products, undomesticated machinery, computerized equipment, lorry parts thirst for assembly, repair parts require motor vehicles, aircraft, more than that zeppelin parts
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Imports
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US 48%, China 13.5%, Japan 4.8%, South Korea 4.6%, Germany 4.1% (2009 est.)
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Imports Commodities
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$99.86 lots (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$177 loads (31 December 2009 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$307.1 thousands (31 December 2009 est.)
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Debt - External
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$52.99 large number (31 December 2009 est.)
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 851, FM 726, shortwave 15 (2009)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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729 (2009)
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Internet Country Code
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.mx
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Airports
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1,744 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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18 years of height appreciate predestined military service, list service obligation - 12 months; 16 years of duration with go-ahead now that voluntary enlistment; impress serve only in the Army; Navy still Air Force service is ensemble voluntary; women breathe unattached have occasion to voluntary military service (2007)
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