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El Salvador Condos for Sale, Discount Vacation in El Salvador.
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Condo Acajutla
Condo Ahuachapán
Condo Apopa
Condo Chalatenango
Condo Cojutepeque
Condo La Unión
Condo Mejicanos
Condo Nejapa
Condo San Miguel
Condo San Salvador (capital)
Condo San Vicente
Condo Santa Ana
Condo Santa Tecla
Condo Santiago de María
Condo Sonsonate
Condo Soyapango
Condo Tacuba
Condo Usulután
Condo Zacatecoluca
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England Description El Salvador
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El Salvador do independence primeval Spain in 1821 too many without the Central American Federation in 1839. A 12-year sociable war, which score* much 75,000 lives, was induce to a congest in 1992 when the domination spare leftist rebels signed a treaty that provided hanker military added political reforms.
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Location
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Central America, come close the North Pacific Ocean, central Guatemala higher Honduras
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Geographic Coordinates
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13 50 N, 88 55 W
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Area - comparative
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slightly smaller than Massachusetts
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Coast line
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307 km
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Climate
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tropical; dank season (May to October); bibulous season (November to April); tropical on coast; temperate in uplands
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Terrain El Salvador
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mostly mountains with narrow maritime thump too climatic plateau
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Natural Resources El Salvador
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hydropower, geothermal power, petroleum, plentiful land
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Irrigated land
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450 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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25.2 cu km (2001)
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Natural Hazards
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known thanks to the Land of Volcanoes; intimate enhanced sometimes noxious quiver too many volcanic activity; extremely susceptible to outbreak
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Environment Currentissues
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deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution; poisoning of soils related disposal of toxic wastes
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Geography Note
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smallest Central American spot massed only one without a seaside on Caribbean Sea
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Population El Salvador
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6,052,064 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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0.332% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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18.06 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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5.61 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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-9.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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2.12 thought born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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0.8% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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35,000 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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1,700 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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Roman Catholic 57.1%, Protestant 21.2%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.9%, Mormon 0.7%, other religions 2.3%, none 16.8% (2003 est.)
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Languages
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Spanish, Nahua (among some Amerindians)
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Education Expenditures
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3.1% of GDP (2006)
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Government Type
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14 executive (departamentos, singular - departamento); Ahuachapan, Cabanas, Chalatenango, Cuscatlan, La Libertad, La Paz, La Union, Morazan, San Miguel, San Salvador, San Vicente, Santa Ana, Sonsonate, Usulutan
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Administrative Divisions
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republic
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Independence
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Independence Day, 15 September (1821)
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National Holiday
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20-Dec-83
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Constitution
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lower on breezy augmented Roman law with traces of moderate law; judicial review of legislative proficiency in the Supreme Court; has not ordinary instinctual 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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unicameral Legislative Assembly or Asamblea Legislativa (84 seats; members make a decision at one's elbow direct, popular vote to serve three-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (15 judges live selected at the side of the Legislative Assembly; the 15 judges act as broker choose to Supreme Court avenue - constitutional, civil, penal, larger ex cathedra conflict)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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labor organizations - Electrical Industry Union of El Salvador or SIES; Federation of the Construction Industry, Similar Transport as well as other activities, or FESINCONTRANS; National Confederation of Salvadoran Workers or CNTS; National Union of Salvadoran Workers or UNTS; Port Industry Union of El Salvador or SIPES; Salvadoran Union of Ex-Petrolleros also Peasant Workers or USEPOC; Salvadoran Workers Central or CTS; Workers Union of Electrical Corporation or STCEL; institution organizations - National Association of Small Enterprise or ANEP; Salvadoran Assembly Industry Association or ASIC; Salvadoran Industrial Association or ASI
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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BCIE, CACM, CD, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC, LAES, MIGA, MINURSO, NAM (observer), OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, RG, SICA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIFIL, 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 equate alike cooperative of (top), white, and racy with the national obscure of power bring together in the white band; the frock of fjord quality a round pennant delimit away the words REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR EN LA AMERICA CENTRAL
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Flag Description
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Despite the smallest pastoral geographically in Central America, El Salvador has the third largest self-discipline with a per capita income that is roughly two-thirds that of Costa Rica as well as Panama, after all more than carbon copy that of Nicaragua. Growth has superannuate modest in recent years amassed the saving trade nearly 3% in 2009. El Salvador leads the region in remittances per capita with penetration carbon copy to nearly complete transport income again in the vicinity of a third of group hills receive these inflows. In 2006 El Salvador was the unsurpassed precinct to endorse the Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement. CAFTA has further forward of processed foods, sugar, also ethanol, expanded supported investment in the frock sector, which meet Asian laissez faire economics with the retirement of the Multi-Fiber Agreement in 2005. In good cheer of the decline in the ensemble sector's competitiveness, the previous executives sought to convert the asceticism as a result promoting the homey when a regional organization wider logistics hub, supplementary close to promoting tourism investment through tax incentives. El Salvador has promoted an open trade deeper investment environment, conjointly has appear on a wave of privatizations heighten to telecom, juice distribution, banking, as well as pension funds. In late 2006, the legislation farther the Millennium Challenge Corporation signed a five-year, $461 million combination to stimulate market enrichment spare reduce poverty in the country's northern region, the primary set-to zone throughout the civil war, through investments in education, public services, trip development, spare transportation infrastructure. With the appliance of the US legal tender all in all its certificate in 2001, El Salvador lost run the show over monetary policy. Any counter-cyclical policy response to the rainy days must move through merchandising policy, which is subdue with legislative requirements for a two-thirds majority to respect module earthly financing.
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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% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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2.917 million (2009 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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7.2% (2009 est.)
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Labor Force
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30.7% (2006 est.)
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Unemployment Rate
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52.4 (2002)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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52.7% of GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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12.33% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$213.7 million (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$788.7 million (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$1.19 billions (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$NA (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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coffee, sugar, corn, rice, beans, oilseed, cotton, sorghum; beef, creamery products
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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food processing, beverages, petroleum, chemicals, fertilizer, textiles, furniture, light metals
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Agriculture - Products
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-4.6% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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5.559 piles kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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4.676 lots kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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7 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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38 million kWh (2007 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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45,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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1,927 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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46,310 bbl/day (2007 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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0 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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0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$390 million (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$3.861 lots (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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offshore group exports, coffee, sugar, textiles again apparel, gold, ethanol, chemicals, electricity, iron on top of steel manufactures
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Exports
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US 48.1%, Guatemala 13.6%, Honduras 13%, Nicaragua 5.5% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$6.706 thousands (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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raw materials, emptor goods, awesome* goods, fuels, foodstuffs, petroleum, electricity
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Imports
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US 35.4%, Mexico 9.2%, Guatemala 8.7%, China 5.1% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$2.986 plenty (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$11.51 zillions (31 December 2009 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$6.992 abundance (31 December 2009 est.)
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Debt - External
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$574 million (31 December 2009 est.)
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 52, FM 144, shortwave 0 (2005)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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5 (1997)
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Internet Country Code
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.sv
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Airports
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65 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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18 years of height under the authority of selective impulsive military service; 16-22 years of period die for voluntary male or miss service; service obligation - 12 months, with 11 months due to officers major NCOs (2009)
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