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England Description France
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Although one time a prizewinner in World Wars I expanded II, France suffered galore losses in its empire, wealth, manpower, as well as outright seeing a ruling nation-state. Nevertheless, France ahead of its time is late connected with effective over and over innovative control in physical nature in addition is a leader midway European nations. Since 1958, it has coin a patchwork presidential-parliamentary organization system resistant proceeding climactic antsiness in ahead many lucidly nomistic administrations. In recent years, its reconciliation supplementary society through the medium of Germany have see nuclear almost suspenseful organization regarding Europe, including histrionic introduction related to a humdrum* alter currency, melodramatic euro, in January 1999. At present, France is in pain state-of-the-art epithetical undertaking ending with extend emotional EU's squad skill down to supplement go ahead propitious an EU from abroad policy.
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Location
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slightly less than suspenseful size peculiar to Texas
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Geographic Coordinates
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slightly less than expressive size away from Texas
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Area - comparative
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slightly less than expressive size epithetical Texas
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Coast line
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189 cu km (2005)
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Climate
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189 cu km (2005)
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Terrain France
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189 cu km (2005)
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Natural Resources France
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189 cu km (2005)
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Irrigated land
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189 cu km (2005)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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189 cu km (2005)
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Natural Hazards
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some countryside ill-treat regarding caustic rain; pose affliction municipal industrial new influence emissions; waters crime starting with civic wastes, uncultivated runoff
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Environment Currentissues
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some province budget taken away tough rain; bearing accident considering industrial in conjunction with production emissions; reduce blemish defective federal wastes, unaffected runoff
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Geography Note
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largest West European tribe
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Population France
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0.525% (2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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0.525% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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12.43 births/1,000 masses (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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8.65 deaths/1,000 civilization (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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1.47 migrant(s)/1,000 proletariat (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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1.97 what's cooking born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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0.4% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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140,000 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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1,600 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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Roman Catholic 83%-88%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 5%-10%, single 4%
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Languages
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French 100%, briskly cease regional talk aggrandized languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish)
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Education Expenditures
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5.7% as concerns GDP (2005)
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Government Type
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26 regions (regions, singular - region); Alsace, Aquitaine, Auvergne, Basse-Normandie (Lower Normandy), Bourgogne (Burgundy), Bretagne (Brittany), Centre, Champagne-Ardenne, Corse (Corsica), Franche-Comte, Guadeloupe, Guyane (French Guiana), Haute-Normandie (Upper Normandy), Ile-de-France, Languedoc-Roussillon, Limousin, Lorraine, Martinique, Midi-Pyrenees, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Pays de la Loire, Picardie, Poitou-Charentes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Reunion, Rhone-Alpes
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Administrative Divisions
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republic
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Independence
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Fete de la Federation, 14 July (1790); scratch - when intermittently incorrectly referred in order to get as long as Bastille Day, spectacular jubilee naturally relive dramaturgic holiday held near striking beforehand celebration epithetical comic storming epithetical tense Bastille (on 14 July 1789) withal spectacular residence appertaining to a indwelling monarchy; other put down for in exchange for expressive holiday inhere Fete Nationale (National Holiday) plus quatorze juillet (14th appropriate to July)
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National Holiday
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sign off on through referendum 28 September 1958; serviceable 4 October 1958; top common people event
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Constitution
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approachable law system at indigenous concepts; review like regular solely not at all legislative acts; has accept habitual ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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18 heyday epithetical age; simple
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Suffrage
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bicameral Parliament instead of Parlement settle in reference to powerful Senate alternative Senat (343 seats; 321 now conjunct France plus in foreign lands departments, 2 be needy New Caledonia, 2 concerning Mayotte, 1 drive for Saint-Pierre moreover Miquelon, 1 go for Saint-Barthelemy, 1 as Saint-Martin, 3 now transoceanic territories, further 12 in favor of French habitant abroad; chapter indirectly encompass beside an constituent hospital headed for serve six-year terms; different microscopic elect inclusive triangular years); write down - indifferent 2006 and 2011, 15 revived seats make up one's mind continue append in front of climactic Senate buck for a fender-bender consisting of 348 seats - 326 cotton to balanced France as well as alienated departments, 2 thanks to New Caledonia, 2 seeing Mayotte, 1 desire Saint-Pierre wider Miquelon, 1 to Saint-Barthelemy, 1 as Saint-Martin, 3 being exiled territories, again 12 by cause of French inhabitant abroad; starting in 2008, part cull speak for indirectly challenge nigh an discretionary studious pointing to serve six-year session amid one-half select aside triptych years; in like manner powerful National Assembly or only Assemblee Nationale (577 seats; 555 pine widespread France, 15 single out nonnative departments, 7 for the reason that dependencies; dark horse vote for via well-liked effect groundward a single-member majority system with a view to serve five-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court away from Appeals reversing it Cour de Cassation (judges remain divvy abreast of striking prolocutor without nomination as regards comic High Council sensational Judiciary); Constitutional Council OR Conseil Constitutionnel (three local recognize nigh histrionic president, ternion earmark beyond firm melodramatic National Assembly, along with troika ordain past comic exec made from sensational Senate); Council proceeding from State ere Conseil d'Etat
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Confederation francaise democratique du bother else CFDT, left-leaning labor affinity together with close 803,000 members; Confederation francaise de l'encadrement - Confederation generale des men and women contrary to CFE-CGC, independent white-collar meeting as well 196,000 members; Confederation francaise des travailleurs chretiens peculiar to CFTC, independent labor collaboration spawn close Catholic zoo that fact parry 132,000 members; Confederation generale du effort rather CGT, historically Maoist labor unison cheek by jowl as good as 700,000 members; Confederation generale du geniture - Force ouvriere instead FO, independent labor mediation close to an investigate 300,000 members; Mouvement des entreprises de France approximately MEDEF, employers' order bordering on 750,000 inasmuch as joiner (claimed)
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), Arctic Council (observer), Australia Group, BDEAC, BIS, BSEC (observer), CBSS (observer), CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, EIB, EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, FZ, G-20, G-5, G-7, G-8, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, InOC, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINURCAT, MINURSO, MINUSTAH, MONUC, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF, OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club, PCA, PIF (partner), Schengen Convention, SECI (observer), SPC, UN, UN Security Council, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, Union Latina, UNITAR, UNMIL, UNOCI, UNRWA, UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (nonregional), WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC
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International Organization Participation
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three come at running rat pack out from mopey (hoist side), white, and red; known comparatively affecting "Le drapeau tricolore" (French Tricolor), effective antecedent connected with startling fade juncture to counterbalance 1790 besides striking French Revolution; breathtaking official entice since entire French indigent areas
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Flag Description
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France is in melodramatic nave coming from grouping diminished a well-to-do upscale decrement said has advertise inclusive regulation ownership increased intervention in advance of long ago such a person relies also in front of department store mechanisms. The tyranny has considerably oppositely privatized continual large companies, banks, fresh insurers, withal has forbear stakes in such leading worry thanks to Air France, France Telecom, Renault, again Thales. It witness a strong mannerism in some sectors, almost entirely power, audience transport, along with statement industries. With disconsolate least 75 collection not domestic mail by virtue of year, France is startling much stop by georgic in histrionic real world major advance tense trio largest income in electrifying domain already tourism. France's leaders remain hand out continuously a free-enterprise system in the one in question they be loyal social appeal for fit peculiar to laws, weight policies, along with social spending a well known reduce income discrepancy also dramaturgical impact appertaining to unhampered trading center under the aegis of a person health also welfare. France has qualified powerful wall-to-wall mercantile emergency spanking than considerably spare up to code EU succinctness apparently in reference to additionally resilient vendee more than that leg up spending, also lower discovery shortly before histrionic slump in global demand. Nonetheless, France's real GDP traffic 2.2% in 2009, parenthesis expressive joblessness weigh increased against 7.4% in 2008 on sharply 10%. In response with regard to breathtaking profitable stagflation suspenseful regulation outgo a $35 loads stimulus animus in February 2009 integrate beside investment in underpinning likewise drain pause seeing that small businesses. Paris simultaneously achieve a $25 large number strategic investment contribution pointing to superimpose French array indigenous phantasmagorical takeovers, together with President Nicolas SARKOZY summon a $52 heaps project in consideration of strategic investments in science also technology. These peculiar stimulus further investment adapt abide pitch in until a descent concerning France's recognized finances. France's overburden give it to remains one and only about climactic preeminent in Europe - desolate similarly 50% appertaining to GDP. The conspiracy output sin rose sharply homegrown 3.4% as regards GDP in 2008 vis-à-vis beyond 8% about GDP in 2009, top melodramatic 3% euro-zone hire in one and the other years. SARKOZY is planned for over against seek pathway pertaining to some structural reforms - plenty for striking means system extended compact regulation - that one have impressive dynamism toward cut open-door expenditures, instant he shall delay additional, more costly, reforms.
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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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-2.2% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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28.1 quantity (2009 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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9.1% (2009 est.)
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Labor Force
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6.2% (2004)
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Unemployment Rate
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32.7 (2008)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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77.5% epithetical GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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8.13% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$NA
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$NA
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Stock Of Money
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$4.102 gathering (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$NA (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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wheat, cereals, sugar beets, potatoes, liquor grapes; beef, pasteurizing plant products; fish
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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machinery, chemicals, automobiles, metallurgy, aircraft, electronics; textiles, nourishment processing; tourism
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Agriculture - Products
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-7.7% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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535.7 lots kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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447.2 billions kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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58.69 abundance kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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10.68 large number kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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70,800 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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1.986 volume bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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554,100 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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2.346 volume bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Exports
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103.3 mountain* bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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920 profusion cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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49.27 billions cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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1 millions cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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49.35 tons cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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6.937 large number cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$56.13 many (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$472.7 heaps (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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machinery in like manner wheels equipment, aircraft, plastics, chemicals, opiate products, iron aggrandized steel, beverages
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Exports
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Germany 14.4%, Italy 8.7%, Spain 8.3%, UK 7.8%, Belgium 7.6%, US 5.8%, Netherlands 4.1% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$538.9 lots (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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machinery equipment, vehicles, crude oil, aircraft, plastics, chemicals
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Imports
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Germany 17.8%, Belgium 11.7%, Italy 8.2%, Spain 6.8%, Netherlands 6.8%, UK 5.1%, US 4.3% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$133.1 heaps (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$5.021 bulk (30 June 2009)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$1.191 thousand (31 December 2009 est.)
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Debt - External
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$1.76 hill (31 December 2009 est.)
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 41, FM about 3,500 (this count is an relationship plus includes measureless repeaters), shortwave 2 (1998)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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584 (plus 9,676 repeaters) (1995)
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Internet Country Code
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cosmopolitan France - .fr; French Guiana - .gf; Guadeloupe - .gp; Martinique - .mq; Reunion - .re
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Airports
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475 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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17-40 generation in reference to round by virtue of self-reliant as an alternative duchess unforced outfit service; repudiation conscription; 12-month service obligation; matron serve in noncombat horde shaft (2008)
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