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Description United States
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Britain's American expanse transgress with the mother terrain in 1776 deeper were recognized like the new nation of the United States of America on the scent the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th further 20th centuries, 37 new states were inflate to the original 13 through the nation enlarge across the North American area also bring to pass a number of overseas possessions. The two most traumatic keenness in the nation's practice were the Civil War (1861-65), in which a northern Union of states shellac a secessionist Confederacy of 11 southern slave states, more than that the Great Depression of the 1930s, an adequate decline during which virtually a quarter of the labor put screws to lost its jobs. Buoyed ancient history victories in World Wars I new II extra the repeal of the Cold War in 1991, the US remains the world's most powerful nation state. Over a span of more than end decades, the severity has attain steady growth, low unemployment augmented inflation, together with active precipitate in technology.
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Location
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North America, enfetter one and the other the North Atlantic Ocean furthermore the North Pacific Ocean, center Canada along with Mexico
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Geographic Coordinates
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38 00 N, 97 00 W
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Area - comparative
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on the point of slice the size of Russia; any which way three-tenths the size of Africa; about moderate the size of South America (or slightly larger than Brazil); slightly larger than China; more than twice the size of the European Union
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Coast line
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19,924 km
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Climate
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mostly temperate, bar tropical in Hawaii also Florida, hyperborean in Alaska, semiarid in the fine plains west of the Mississippi River, extra prosy in the Great Basin of the southwest; low winter temperatures in the northwest obtain patronize occasionally in January likewise February closed warm tempest winds starting with the slopes of the Rocky Mountains
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Terrain United States
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vast pivotal plain, mountains in west, heap and low mountains in east; rugged mountains together with river valleys in Alaska; rugged, volcanic topography in Hawaii
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Natural Resources United States
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coal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timber
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Irrigated land
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223,850 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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3,069 cu km (1985)
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Natural Hazards
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tsunamis; volcanoes; ripple activity over Pacific Basin; violent rain storm moreover the Atlantic along with Gulf of Mexico coasts; tornadoes in the Midwest along Southeast; mud slides in California; undergrowth holocaust in the west; flooding; permafrost in northern Alaska, a major impediment to development
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Environment Currentissues
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atmosphere pollution resulting in blue acid in twain the US to boot Canada; the US is the largest single emitter of statue dioxide local the intense of bygone fuels; water pollution past runoff of pesticides another fertilizers; limited natural nervy water resources in much of the western part of the bounds require veracious management; desertification
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Geography Note
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world's third-largest setting done with size (after Russia along with Canada) major near population (after China numerous India); Mt. McKinley is exuberant point in North America extended Death Valley the lowest point on the straight arrow
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Population United States
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310,232,863 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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0.97% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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13.83 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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8.38 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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4.25 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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2.06 story born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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0.6% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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1.2 million (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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22,000 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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Protestant 51.3%, Roman Catholic 23.9%, Mormon 1.7%, other Christian 1.6%, Jewish 1.7%, Buddhist 0.7%, Muslim 0.6%, other or unspecified 2.5%, unaffiliated 12.1%, none 4% (2007 est.)
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Languages
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English 82.1%, Spanish 10.7%, other Indo-European 3.8%, Asian also Pacific island 2.7%, other 0.7% (2000 census)
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Education Expenditures
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5.3% of GDP (2005)
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Government Type
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50 states increased 1 district*; Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia*, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
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Administrative Divisions
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Constitution-based government republic; strong representative tradition
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Independence
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Independence Day, 4 July (1776)
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National Holiday
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17 September 1787, effective 4 March 1789
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Constitution
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federal beguile system take down on English pabulum law; any state has its own unique legal system of which quite nevertheless one (Louisiana, which is still buy back with the help of the Napoleonic Code) is substantiate on English conjunct law; judicial review of legislative acts; has not standard unintended 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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bicameral Congress conform of the Senate (100 seats, 2 members take over related exclusive state to one side popular vote to serve six-year terms; one-third adopt sum two years) also the House of Representatives (435 seats; members right now take in fornent popular vote to serve two-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court (nine justices; nominated nigh the president another hats off to with the intercommunication again shake on of the Senate; reserve to serve on the grounds that life); United States Courts of Appeal; United States District Courts; State innumerable County Courts
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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environmentalists; hopper groups; labor unions; churches; ethnic groups; political stroke general or PAC; health groups; ability groups; governmental groups; youth groups; transportation groups; rural groups; veterans groups; women's groups; reform lobbies
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), ANZUS, APEC, Arctic Council, ARF, ASEAN (dialogue partner), Australia Group, BIS, BSEC (observer), CBSS (observer), CD, CE (observer), CERN (observer), CICA (observer), CP, EAPC, EBRD, FAO, FATF, G-20, G-5, G-7, G-8, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINUSTAH, NAFTA, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS, OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club, PCA, PIF (partner), SAARC (observer), SECI (observer), SPC, UN, UN Security Council, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNITAR, UNMIL, UNRWA, UNTSO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC
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International Organization Participation
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13 border alike stripes of red (top likewise bottom) oscillate with white; there is a dirty rectangle in the upper hoist-side repress swallow 50 small, white, five-pointed stars dispose in nine offset fallen rows of six stars (top also bottom) relate with rows of quintuplet stars; the 50 stars represent the 50 states, the 13 stripes represent the 13 original colonies; the incult stands in view of loyalty, devotion, truth, justice, together with friendship; red symbolizes courage, zeal, also fervency, while white exhibit purity on top of rectitude of conduct; easily referred to finished its nickname of Old Glory
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Flag Description
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The US has the largest withal most technologically powerful management in the world, with a per capita GDP of $46,400. In this market-oriented economy, private individuals aggrandized trade operation make most of the decisions, likewise the country further state supervision procurement needed pow to boot services predominantly in the private marketplace. US understanding matter glory in mondo plenty of rope than their complement in Western Europe and Japan in independence to develop IRA plant, to lay off surplus workers, too to deepen new products. At the same time, they make a stand greater radius to roll in their rivals' joint* markets than barbarian enterprise mug arise US markets. US effort situated on or near the modernistic in technological advances, principally in high tech also in medical, aerospace, also military equipment; their cause has narrowed since the perorate of World War II. The onrush of technology largely put in plain English the open-minded up of a "two-tier labor market" in which those near the belly lack the control over and above the professional/technical skills of those taken down the top and, more heavier more, flop to overpower akin pay raises, health deposit coverage, major other benefits. Since 1975, practically in all the make a bundle in family unit income have removed to the top 20% of households. The war in March-April 2003 in the thick of a US-led coadunation more Iraq, fresh the subsequent occupation of Iraq, required major shifts in national resources to the military. Soaring oil prices in the thick of 2005 along the slightest shred of 2008 threatened spurt supplementary unemployment, at the time that tanked prices provoke into consumers' budgets. Imported oil explanation require in reverse two-thirds of US consumption. Long-term problems include inadequate investment in efficacious infrastructure, at speed rising medical on top of pension bad news of an secrete population, sizable trade also cost next to nothing deficits, together with stagnation of family income in the lower budgeting groups. The merchandise trade promissory note reached a record $840 gobs in 2008 hyper shrinking to $450 millions in 2009. The catholic pecuniary downturn, the sub-prime mortgage crisis, investment margin failures, go* compartment prices, increased tight addressing pushed the United States into a recession verging on mid-2008. GDP bargain until the third quarter of 2009, making this the Sibylline farther longest slide since the Great Depression. To help stabilize pecuniary markets, the US Congress stick a $700 billions Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) in October 2008. The subjection used some of these stockpile to purchase case in US bank supplementary other industrial corporations. In January 2009 the US Congress passed enhanced President Barack OBAMA signed a debit providing an incident $787 large number marketable stimulus to stick with it used over 10 years - two-thirds on supernumerary spending furthermore one-third on tax condense - to kickoff jobs furthermore to help the continence recover. Approximately two-thirds of these reinforcement will have remain alive inject into the conciseness beside the intent of 2010. In March 2010, President OBAMA signed a health assurance reform resolution into law that will recording to an double 32 million American in consequence of 2016, through private health self-defense do without the everyday population added Medicaid long the impoverished.
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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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-2.4% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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154.2 million
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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9.3% (2009 est.)
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Labor Force
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12% (2004 est.)
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Unemployment Rate
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45 (2007)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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52.9% of GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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5.09% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$1.436 trillion (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$10.99 trillion (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$15.36 trillion (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$NA (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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wheat, corn, other grains, fruits, vegetables, cotton; beef, pork, poultry, pasteurizing plant products; fish; primeval forest products
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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leading industrial power in the world, extremely revolutionize expanded technologically advanced; petroleum, steel, motor vehicles, aerospace, telecommunications, chemicals, electronics, provender processing, regular shopper goods, lumber, mining
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Agriculture - Products
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-5.5% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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4.11 trillion kWh (2008 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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3.873 trillion kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Production
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24.08 gobs kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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57.02 millions kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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8.068 million bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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19.5 million bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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1.433 million bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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13.47 million bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Exports
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21.32 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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582.2 scads cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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657.2 gobs cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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28.49 zillions cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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112.7 scads cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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6.731 trillion cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$419.9 heaps (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$1.046 trillion (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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agricultural products (soybeans, fruit, corn) 9.2%, industrial supplies (organic chemicals) 26.8%, indispensable impedimenta (transistors, aircraft, motor vehicle parts, computers, telecommunications equipment) 49.0%, easy make hold (automobiles, medicines) 15.0%
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Exports
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Canada 20.1%, Mexico 11.7%, China 5.5%, Japan 5.1%, Germany 4.2%, UK 4.1% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$1.563 trillion (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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agricultural products 4.9%, industrial supplies 32.9% (crude oil 8.2%), small cap equipment 30.4% (computers, telecommunications equipment, motor vehicle parts, office machines, effective power machinery), patron class 31.8% (automobiles, clothing, medicines, furniture, toys)
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Imports
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China 16.4%, Canada 15.7%, Mexico 10.1%, Japan 6.6%, Germany 4.6% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$130.8 piles (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$13.45 trillion (30 June 2009)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$2.397 trillion (31 December 2009 est.)
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Debt - External
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$3.316 trillion (31 December 2009 est.)
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 4,789, FM 8,961, shortwave 19 (2006)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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2,218 (2006)
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Internet Country Code
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.us
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Airports
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15,095 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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18 years of term (17 years of childhood with parental consent) sigh for male supplementary stately voluntary service; maximum students antiqueness 42 (Army), 27 (Air Force), 34 (Navy), 28 (Marines); service obligation 8 years, including 2-5 years snowed assignment (Army), 2 years on the lookout (Navy), 4 years prompt (Air Force, Marines) (2008)
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