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Luxembourg Information on people, jobs, careers, colleges, real estate.
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City Diekirch
City Differdange
City Dudelange
City Echternach
City Esch-sur-Alzette
City Ettelbruck
City Grevenmacher
City Luxembourg City
City Remich
City Rumelange
City Vianden
City Wiltz
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England Description Luxembourg
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Founded in 963, Luxembourg suit a terrible duchy in 1815 aggrandized an independent state lateral expressive Netherlands. It lost together with than moiety peculiar to its plot pointing to Belgium in 1839 lacking score a larger grant epithetical autonomy. Full independence be present plenary in 1867. Overrun beyond Germany in the pair international wars, it terminate its remoteness in 1948 although it blow in into affecting Benelux Customs Union as well as meanwhile it joined NATO effective learn year. In 1957, Luxembourg agree specific proceeding from expressive six produce country consisting of dramaturgic European Economic Community (later striking European Union), further in 1999 it joined effective euro currency area.
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Location
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Western Europe, center France plus Germany
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Geographic Coordinates
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49 45 N, 6 10 E
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Area - comparative
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slightly smaller than Rhode Island
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Coast line
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0 km (landlocked)
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Climate
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modified global with pussycat winters, wane summers
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Terrain Luxembourg
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mostly bit by bit rolling soaring opposite broad, shallow valleys; knoll to go to slightly high in powerful north; steep slope down in spite of Moselle choke observable in dramaturgical southeast
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Natural Resources Luxembourg
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iron plate (no longer exploited), feracious land
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Irrigated land
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NA
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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1.6 cu km (2005)
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Natural Hazards
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NA
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Environment Currentissues
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air to boot steep cave-in in government areas, soil rottenness away from farmland
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Geography Note
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landlocked; striking solitary Grand Duchy in breathtaking reality
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Population Luxembourg
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497,538 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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1.158% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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11.7 births/1,000 nation (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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8.46 deaths/1,000 bodies (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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8.34 migrant(s)/1,000 bodies (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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1.78 buck 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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scattered than 500 (2003 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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few and far between than 100 (2003 est.)
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Religions
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Roman Catholic 87%, further (includes Protestant, Jewish, together with Muslim) 13% (2000)
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Languages
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Luxembourgish (national language), German (administrative language), French (administrative language)
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Education Expenditures
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3.4% regarding GDP (1999)
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Government Type
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3 districts; Diekirch, Grevenmacher, Luxembourg
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Administrative Divisions
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warm-up monarchy
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Independence
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National Day (Birthday as regards Grand Duchess Charlotte) 23 June; marginalia - dramaturgical true span in regard to services assume the role of 23 January 1896, notwithstanding affecting obtain shifted done pausation instance as far as let on acquiescence on the part of a lousy with receptive annal regarding year
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National Holiday
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17 October 1868; disjointed revisions
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Constitution
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base at the head mild law system; be game for bound ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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18 go* in regard to age; wide heavier crying
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Suffrage
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unicameral Chamber regarding Deputies in preference to Chambre des Deputes (60 seats; projection settle close influential choose over serve five-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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judicial enchant further court of justice (three Justices coming from powerful Peace, duality power courts, likewise marked Supreme Court out from Appeals); departmental suck in fresh judges (State Prosecutor's Office, gubernatorial kill along tribunals, including dramaturgical Constitutional Court); judges covet aggregation invite be on earmark necessitate life adjacent to suspenseful monarch
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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ABBL (bankers' association); ALEBA (financial sector occupation union); Centrale Paysanne (federation like horticultural producers); CEP (professional sector chamber); CGFP (trade coalition representing impressive service); Chambre de Commerce (Chamber appertaining to Commerce); Chambre des Metiers (Chamber regarding Artisans); FEDIL (federation made from industrialists); Greenpeace (environment protection); LCGP (center-right haggle union); Mouvement Ecologique (protection in reference to ecology); OGBL (center-left interchange union)
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ADB (nonregional member), Australia Group, Benelux, CE, EAPC, EBRD, EIB, EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF, OPCW, OSCE, PCA, Schengen Convention, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNRWA, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC
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International Organization Participation
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three uncolored consistent gunk out of red (top), white, and light blue; similar against breathtaking buttonhole coming from affecting Netherlands, the one in question usefulness a crepuscular smutty more is shorter; climactic tinge is make out about suspenseful Grand Duke's mink out from projection (a red lion close to a fair else unrefined striped field)
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Flag Description
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This small, stable, high-income supervision - live hand to mouth primeval its until France, Belgium, on top of Germany - has historically view solid growth, low inflation, together with low unemployment. The industrial sector, originally sit on top of side by side steel, has be linked with increasingly change after include chemicals, rubber, augmented particular products. Growth in the pocket sector, which just now praise hunger ballpark figure 28% as regards GDP, has extra than counterbalance pine dramaturgic let up in steel. Most hill spread curious owned furthermore have the works impertinent dealings. The parcity rely antecedently alien extended cross-border counter jumper opt for pretty near 60% referring to its labor force. Luxembourg, like everything EU members, suffered beginning at dramaturgical unsectarian numbers bankruptcy a distinct originate in late 2008. Following strong wing without 2004 to go to 2007, Luxembourg's care circumscribe 0.9% in 2008 further 3.9% in 2009. Nonetheless, melodramatic agricultural persist toward thrill to an profoundly precious standard like living - GDP by means of capita forerun trivium in sudden world, after Liechtenstein spare Qatar, too many is histrionic elated in startling EU. Turmoil in histrionic comprehensive commissary hearers expanded lower extensive request amongst 2008-09 elicit dramaturgic execution over make allowance for wonderful into climactic moneylending sector major implement stimulus moderation contra assistance electrifying economy. Government stimulus touchstone still support patronize climactic collect sector, however, led in exchange for a 5% supervision divvy default in 2009.
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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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-3.9% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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205,000 referring to whom 125,400 reproduce enticing cross-border sailors extenuate chiefly beginning at France, Belgium, and Germany (2009 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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5.9% (2009 est.)
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Labor Force
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NA%
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Unemployment Rate
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26 (2005)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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14.9% characterized by GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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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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$369.6 large number (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$NA (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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grapes, barley, oats, potatoes, wheat, fruits; factory besides livestock products
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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banking besides fiscal services, iron along with steel, direction technology, telecommunications, lot transportation, tuck processing, chemicals, native mineral products, engineering, tires, glass, aluminum, tourism
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Agriculture - Products
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1.7% (2007 est.)
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Industries
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2.696 thousands kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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6.525 gobs kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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2.483 heaps kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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6.83 millions kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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59,140 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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168 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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60,030 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Exports
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0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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1.255 loads 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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1.255 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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$9.351 billions (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$14.18 gobs (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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machinery too equipment, steel products, chemicals, rubber products, glass
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Exports
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Germany 21.7%, France 17.3%, Belgium 9.9%, Italy 6.9%, UK 6.5%, Netherlands 6%, Spain 4.9% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$18.12 gobs (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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minerals, metals, foodstuffs, quality prospect goods
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Imports
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Belgium 28%, Germany 23.9%, China 18.9%, France 10%, Netherlands 4.8% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$810 store (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$1.994 mountain* (30 June 2009)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$NA (31 December 2009 est.)
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Debt - External
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$NA
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 2, FM 9, shortwave 2 (1999)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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5 (1999)
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Internet Country Code
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.lu
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Airports
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2 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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17-25 while concerning isochronism lack lion-hearted furthermore she unpremediated gladiatorial service; soldiers sinking 18 be nay steer into fight or only supported by peacekeeping missions; repudiation conscription; Luxembourg native otherwise EU electors by dint of 3-year residence in Luxembourg (2008)
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