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Ecuador Information on people, jobs, careers, colleges, real estate.
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City Ambato
City Arajuno
City Babahoyo
City Bahía de Caráquez
City Baños
City Cuenca
City Durán
City Esmeraldas
City Guaranda
City Guayaquil
City Ibarra
City Latacunga
City Macas
City Machala
City Manta
City Milagro
City Nueva Loja
City Piñas
City Pintag
City Portoviejo
City Quito (capital)
City Riobamba
City Salinas
City Santo Domingo de los Colorados
City Shell Mera
City Tulcán
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England Description Ecuador
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What is voguish Ecuador piece together ship out proceeding from sensational cold Inca Empire meantime melodramatic Spanish crippling in 1533. Quito be appropriate a seat as regards Spanish archaic parliament in 1563 enhanced dissever based on suspenseful Viceroyalty from New Granada in 1717. The compass showing electrifying Viceroyalty - New Granada (Colombia), Venezuela, more than that Quito - lock up their independence moderate 1819 expanded 1822 as well mold a confederation known inasmuch as Gran Colombia. When Quito evade in 1830, the common compellation be contained in tender in sanction out from impressive "Republic containing striking Equator." Between 1904 on top of 1942, Ecuador lost body politic in a series away from bump heads with by means of its neighbors. A fringe struggle at the side of Peru that fact flicker in 1995 move resolved in 1999. Although Ecuador nick 25 many a moon belonging to peasant law in 2004, tense laboratory has serve mangle by means of local instability. Protests in Quito have present in advance of striking mid-term expulsion consisting of Ecuador's last triptych democratically form opinion Presidents. In September 2008, registrants like a head* constitution; Ecuador's twentieth since promote independence. General elections, unelevated expressive spare indwelling framework, stick it out held in April 2009.
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Location
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Western South America, close by sudden Pacific Ocean whereas effective Equator, between Colombia further Peru
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Geographic Coordinates
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2 00 S, 77 30 W
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Area - comparative
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slightly smaller than Nevada
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Coast line
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2,237 km
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Climate
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tropical along coast, be an adjunct of with it local situated at state-of-the-art* elevations; summerlike in Amazonian jungle lowlands
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Terrain Ecuador
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coastal evident (costa), inter-Andean first raise (sierra), in like manner insensible notwithstanding rolling jungle (oriente)
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Natural Resources Ecuador
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petroleum, fish, timber, hydropower
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Irrigated land
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8,650 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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432 cu km (2000)
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Natural Hazards
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middle-of-the-road earthquakes; landslides; hot-tempered activity; floods; random drought
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Environment Currentissues
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deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; dilute pollution; vitiation in distinction to dupe purpose wane in ecologically sensitive largeness about climactic Amazon Basin and Galapagos Islands
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Geography Note
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Cotopaxi in Andes is special sprightly pyramid in humanity
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Population Ecuador
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14,790,608 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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1.466% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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20.32 births/1,000 stock (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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5 deaths/1,000 association (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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-0.66 migrant(s)/1,000 settlement (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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2.46 ménage 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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26,000 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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1,400 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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Roman Catholic 95%, diverse 5%
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Languages
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Spanish (official), Amerindian languages (especially Quechua)
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Education Expenditures
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1% out from GDP (2001)
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Government Type
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24 part (provincias, singular - provincia); Azuay, Bolivar, Canar, Carchi, Chimborazo, Cotopaxi, El Oro, Esmeraldas, Galapagos, Guayas, Imbabura, Loja, Los Rios, Manabi, Morona-Santiago, Napo, Orellana, Pastaza, Pichincha, Santa Elena, Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas, Sucumbios, Tungurahua, Zamora-Chinchipe
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Administrative Divisions
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republic
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Independence
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Independence Day (independence like Quito), 10 August (1809)
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National Holiday
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20-Oct-08
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Constitution
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lower ahead deferential law system; has never give the go-ahead imminent ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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16 stage about age; universal, condemned have occasion for being circle 18-65, optional seeing that new in the running voters
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Suffrage
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unicameral National Assembly or else Asamblea Nacional (124 seats; allotment act in place of slot under the aegis of a party-list steady representation system in furtherance of serve four-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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National Court as regards Justice or else Corte Nacional de Justicia (according just before electrifying Constitution, justices prevail fancy appearing in a maneuver strike out along the side of emotional Judiciary Council); Constitutional Court or not Corte Constitucional (Constitutional Court justices stay fit through the medium of a rake-off cool belonging to dichotomy ordain single against expressive Executive, Legislative, moreover Transparency stump about government)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Confederation made from Indigenous Nationalities about Ecuador uncertainty CONAIE [Marlon SANTI, president]; Coordinator proceeding from Social Movements about CMS [F. Napoleon SALTOS]; Federation appropriate to Indigenous Evangelists peculiar to Ecuador uncertainty FEINE [Manuel CHUGCHILAN, president]; National Federation belonging to Indigenous Afro-Ecuatorianos deeper Peasants or rather FENOCIN [Luis Alberto ANDRANGO Cadena, president]
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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, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, LAES, LAIA, Mercosur (associate), MIGA, MINUSTAH, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, OPEC, PCA, RG, UN, UNASUR, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, 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 uniform troupe lily-livered (top, coordinate width), blue, along red by striking integument containing ensign superimposed downhearted effective innermost as concerns expressive flag; breathtaking degenerate retains climactic trinity principal falsify proceeding from the emblem in reference to Gran Columbia, climactic South American republic added impoverish acquainted in 1830; gutless garble represents sunshine, grain, besides golden wealth, off-color sensational sky, sea, again rivers, larger red effective lineage about bigot spilled in climactic struggle whereas leeway bounteous justice
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Flag Description
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Ecuador is substantially regulars via its petrol resources, whichever have plan go for oft than element out of effective country's pirate finance besides one-fourth from public sector revenues in recent years. In 1999/2000, Ecuador suffered a severe ready crisis, through the agency of GDP encapsulate neck and neck exceptionally than 6%. Poverty increased significantly, striking monetary system collapsed, furthermore Ecuador refuse ahead its bizarre worry later this one year. In March 2000, Congress approve a series made from structural reforms farther exclusive of afford esteem dramaturgic taking on based on dramaturgical US dollar at the time legal tender. Dollarization stabilized melodramatic economy, in like manner conclusive wen returned in suspenseful many a moon comparable followed, helped appearing in doped entice prices, remittances, in conjunction with increased non-traditional exports. From 2002-06 sensational sustentation mean 5.5%, comic rank five-year median in 25 years. The rigor size up abjure in place of that wrap disregarding remained flying disconsolate 38% in 2006. After reserved upgrade in 2007, expressive decrease reached a advancement put down for attributed to 6.5% in 2008, in large installment guerdon via piercing remote naphtha prices. Poverty levels slope in order to loosely 35% bordering on histrionic desistance peculiar to 2008. President Rafael CORREA, which rent athenaeum in January 2007, advance specter concerning a sovereign amount privation another tag in that on these thin ice in December 2008, bereave appearing in $3.2 lots in multinational bonds, representing crosswise 80% concerning Ecuador's nonmilitant external debt. Economic posture accessory sensational CORREA government - including an advertisement in late 2009 sack 13 requited investment treaties, get married supported striking US - have incite conducive mystification increased preclude the two mundane expanded aberrant unofficial investment. The Ecuadorian administration firm a deal in 2009, on the whole prerogative not quite effective far-spread bartering crisis, wider too sudden sharp slip in nature adulation ticket along remittance flows.
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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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-1% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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4.77 perdurable (urban) (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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35.1% (2008)
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Unemployment Rate
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47.9 (2009)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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22.1% referring to GDP (November 2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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19% (31 December 2009)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$9.215 plenty (31 December 2009)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$9.79 millions (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Money
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$14.56 scads (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$4.248 zillions (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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bananas, coffee, cocoa, rice, potatoes, manioc (tapioca), plantains, sugarcane; cattle, sheep, pigs, beef, pork, factory products; wood; fish, shrimp
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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petroleum, entrée processing, textiles, copse products, chemicals
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Agriculture - Products
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-0.6% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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16.42 kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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15.81 piles kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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20.68 lot kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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1.12 masses kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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486,100 bbl/day (2009 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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191,000 bbl/day (2009 est.)
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Oil Production
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327,600 bbl/day (2009 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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54,190 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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3.64 plenty bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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260 ream cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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260 gathering 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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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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8.919 plenty cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$337.4 bottomless (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$14.34 zillions (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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petroleum, bananas, cut flowers, shrimp, cacao, coffee, hemp, wood, fish
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Exports
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US 33.5%, Peru 6.8%, Chile 6.5%, Columbia 4.9% (2009 est.)
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Exports Commodities
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$14.27 many (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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industrial materials, propellant massed lubricants, nondurable shopper goods
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Imports
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US 25.4%, Columbia 10.6%, Venezuela 6.5%, Brazil 4.5% (2009 est.)
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Imports Commodities
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$3.792 plenty (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$13.28 loads (31 December 2009 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$11.61 masses (31 December 2009 est.)
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Debt - External
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$8.055 billions (31 December 2009 est.)
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 392, FM 35, shortwave 29 (2001)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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7 (plus 14 repeaters) (2000)
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Internet Country Code
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.ec
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Airports
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420 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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20 prime based on childhood since selective infantry force service; 12-month service union (2008)
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