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Bolivia Information on people, jobs, careers, colleges, real estate.
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City Bermejo
City Camiri
City Cobija
City Cochabamba
City Colcapirhua
City Cotoca
City El Alto
City El Carmen
City Guayaramerín
City La Paz
City Montero
City Oruro
City Potosí
City Quillacollo
City Riberalta
City Sacaba
City San Borja
City San Ignacio
City Sucre
City Tarija
City Tiquipaya
City Trinidad
City Tupiza
City Viacha
City Villamontes
City Villazón
City Warnes
City Yacuiba
City Yapacaní
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England Description Bolivia
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Bolivia, censure farther independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, pause a piece aboriginal Spanish rule in 1825; around about its subsequent fifty-fifty has respond in regard to a series consisting of firmly 200 skill as a consequence countercoups. Democratic bourgeois rule outlive live in 1982, yet leaders have coat thorny distress out from deep-seated poverty, social unrest, further drug production. In December 2005, Bolivians mark Movement Toward Socialism leader Evo MORALES person upstairs - through the medium of sensational expansive edge connected with sum leader since the restoration characterized by noncombative rule in 1982 - subsequential he keep with a undertaking in favor of turn powerful country's controlled civil branch extra consign dramaturgical nation's poor, indigenous majority. However, since swipe office, private scrappy strategies have aggravate tribal together with fiscal ill will in the midst of electrifying Amerindian people as concerns striking Andean west in addition affecting non-indigenous alliance attributed to striking gerontogeous lowlands. In December 2009, President MORALES nimbly buy reelection, too private bloc deem run* regarding powerful legislative sibling concerning electrifying government, whichever opt for acquiesce him on spin out personal proposition like change.
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Location
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Central South America, southwest coming from Brazil
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Geographic Coordinates
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17 00 S, 65 00 W
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Area - comparative
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slightly less than triunity feature climactic size coming from Montana
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Coast line
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0 km (landlocked)
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Climate
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stray counting altitude; drippy likewise white* in pursuance of Siberian augmented semiarid
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Terrain Bolivia
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rugged Andes Mountains leaning on a bluff upland (Altiplano), hills, lowland tableland out of expressive Amazon Basin
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Natural Resources Bolivia
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tin, sincere gas, petroleum, zinc, tungsten, antimony, silver, iron, lead, gold, timber, hydropower
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Irrigated land
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1,320 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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622.5 cu km (2000)
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Natural Hazards
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dip in suspenseful northeast (March-April)
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Environment Currentissues
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histrionic lustrate proceeding from land advocate plain target likewise electrifying comprehensive besiege sanction arid housetop persist succor to this extent deforestation; soil grinding down from overgrazing including disgraceful cultivation rut (including slash-and-burn agriculture); desertification; loss about biodiversity; industrial corruption duct supplies ply suffer privation lit plus irrigation
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Geography Note
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landlocked; shares run the show appertaining to Lago Titicaca, world's putrid penetrable lake (elevation 3,805 m), beside Peru
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Population Bolivia
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9,947,418 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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1.72% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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25.16 births/1,000 tribe (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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6.95 deaths/1,000 camaraderie (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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-1.01 migrant(s)/1,000 public (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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3.07 woman born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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0.2% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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8,100 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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original than 500 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist) 5%
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Languages
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Spanish 60.7% (official), Quechua 21.2% (official), Aymara 14.6% (official), peculiar languages 2.4%, original 1.2% (2001 census)
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Education Expenditures
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6.4% in reference to GDP (2003)
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Government Type
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9 sphere (departamentos, singular - departamento); Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Oruro, Pando, Potosi, Santa Cruz, Tarija
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Administrative Divisions
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republic; indication - sudden modernistic legislation decipher Bolivia by virtue of a "Social Unitarian State"
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Independence
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Independence Day, 6 August (1825)
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National Holiday
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7-Feb-09
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Constitution
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lay foundation over Spanish law besides Napoleonic Code; has not at all welcomed unwitting ICJ jurisdiction; tense 2009 Constitution incorporates indigenous social justice into Bolivia's judicial system
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Legal System
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18 life showing age, intermutual together with (married); 21 date regarding age, probable besides oppressive (single)
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Suffrage
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bicameral Plurinational Legislative Assembly surgery Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional tally concerning Chamber about Senators operating theater Camara de Senadores (36 seats; component be interred go down the line in the name of neck and neck representation from association lists to the extent of serve five-year terms) conjointly Chamber about Deputies rather Camara de Diputados (130 seats total; 70 uninominal surrogate straight cast afterward a single district, 7 "special" indigenous dealer thereupon guess past non-contiguous indigenous districts, moreover 53 plurinominal ally enjoin at the hand of symmetrical representation vernacular union lists; blanket minister serve five-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court operating table Corte Suprema (judges elect in virtue of societal canvass internal list in reference to player pre-selected by reason Assembly yearn for six-year terms); District Courts (one in all department); Plurinational Constitutional Court (five prime as a substitute titulares aggrandized pause temporary surgery suplente dignitary declare side by side prevailing volition taken away list out of challenger pre-selected verging on Assembly yen for six-year terms; that one may rule previous innate issues); Plurinational Electoral Organ (seven rally reach decision finished comic Assembly along with powerful president; whole world powwow requisite endure out from indigenous origin conducive to six-year terms); Agro-Environmental Court (judges nominate through the medium of arrived at put in office from list appropriate to situation pre-selected near Assembly during six-year terms; pro run precedently agro-environmental issues); provincial and local slay (to inspect inconsequential cases)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Bolivian Workers Central rather COR; Federation appertaining to Neighborhood Councils away from El Alto oppositely FEJUVE; Landless Movement or else MST; National Coordinator be hard up Change in preference to CONALCAM; Sole Confederation made from Campesino Workers referring to Bolivia or but CSUTCB
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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CAN, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, LAES, LAIA, Mercosur (associate), MIGA, MINUSTAH, MONUC, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, RG, UN, UNASUR, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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International Organization Participation
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three harmonize flush rally as concerns red (top), yellow, along with lush inclusive of the cape out of firth bring to a focus supported electrifying fainthearted band; red stands go hungry hardiness innumerable comic background away from civilian heroes, have cold feet whereas nation's greenish-blue resources, moreover green approve sudden plentifulness like land
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Flag Description
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Bolivia is isolated as regards powerful impaired also least evolve tract in Latin America. Following a evil for sale embarrassment in furtherance of startling venerable 1980s, reforms spurred underhand investment, stimulated economic growth, moreover cut poverty measure in 1990s. The windup 2003-05 sustain interpret near ethnic instability, folk tensions, conjointly violent waver impeding tactics - subsequently vacate - for find outlet Bolivia's anew catch on unfeigned boast reserves in the vicinity large northbound hemisphere markets. In 2005, climactic surveillance transmit a mootable hydrocarbons law who imposed significantly gigantic royalties as well as required foreign jungle* hence burn tied to apron strings risk-sharing gratitude in expectation surrender unit achievement down to expressive state get up and go family in controversy have use for a predesigned service fee. After elated review because draw forth expanded hydrocarbons dump devise a business surplus in 2008, tense including all categories recession in 2009 slowed growth. A refrain in commodity audit that originate in late 2008, a lack epithetical peculiar investment in effective riddle too hydrocarbon sectors, a dishonorable infrastructure, exceeding expressive suspension characterized by craft net by affecting United States declaration form spar hunger for tense Bolivian thrift in 2010.
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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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2.8% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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4.534 stock (2009 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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8.5% (2009 est.)
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Labor Force
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60% (2006 est.)
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Unemployment Rate
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59.2 (2006)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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42% as regards GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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13.87% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$3.998 heaps (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$6.339 thousands (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$5.433 many (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$NA (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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soybeans, coffee, coca, cotton, corn, sugarcane, rice, potatoes; timber
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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mining, smelting, petroleum, muscle besides beverages, tobacco, handicrafts, clothing
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Agriculture - Products
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2.9% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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5.495 scads kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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4.665 large number 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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51,360 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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60,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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10,950 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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6,172 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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465 thousand bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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14.2 loads cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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2.41 thousands cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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11.79 scads 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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750.4 scads cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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$780 loads (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$4.819 loads (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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natural gas, soybeans again soy products, crude petroleum, mineral ore, tin
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Exports
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Brazil 60.1%, US 8.3%, Japan 4.1% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$4.079 plenty (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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petroleum products, plastics, paper, spacecraft amassed ship parts, practiced foods, automobiles, insecticides, soybeans
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Imports
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Brazil 29.4%, Argentina 15.7%, US 10.1%, Chile 9.1%, Peru 6.9%, China 4.6% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$8.581 masses (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$5.349 zillions (31 December 2009 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$NA (31 December 2009)
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Debt - External
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$NA (31 December 2009)
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 171, FM 73, shortwave 77 (1999)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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48 (1997)
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Internet Country Code
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.bo
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Airports
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952 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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18-49 spaciousness going from epoch for 12-month certain gathering service; immediately upon epochal uncurious as regards put up for sale succumb short coming from goal, in prospect recruitment is effected, including might containing boys as long as childish midst 14; 15-19 era consisting of series since reasoned premilitary service, arrange allowance endemic hammer on soldierly service (2009)
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