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Mauritius Condos for Sale, Discount Vacation in Mauritius.
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Condo Albion Condo Amaury Condo Amitié - Gokhoola Condo Arsenal Condo Baie du Cap Condo Baie du Tombeau Condo Baie Malgache Condo Bambous Condo Bambous Virieux Condo Bananes Condo Beau Vallon Condo Beau-Bassin/Rose-Hill Condo Bel Air Condo Belle Vue Maurel Condo Bénarès Condo Bois Chéri Condo Bois des Amourettes Condo Bon Accueil Condo Brisée Verdière Condo Britannia Condo Calebasses Condo Camp de Masque Condo Camp de Masque Pavé Condo Camp Diable Condo Camp Ithier Condo Camp Thorel Condo Cap Malheureux (Cape Malheureux) Condo Cascavelle Condo Case Noyale Condo Centre de Flacq Condo Chamarel Condo Chamouny Condo Chemin Grenier Condo Clémencia Condo Cluny Condo Congomah Condo Coromandel - Graviers Condo Cottage Condo Crève Coeur Condo Curepipe Condo Dagotière Condo D'Épinay Condo Dubreuil Condo Écroignard Condo Espérance Condo Espérance Trébuchet Condo Flic en Flac Condo Fond du Sac Condo Goodlands Condo Grand Baie Condo Grand Baie - Montagne Goyaves Condo Grand Bel Air Condo Grand Bois Condo Grand Gaube Condo Grand River South East Condo Grand Sable Condo Grande Rivière Noire Condo Gros Cailloux Condo La Ferme Condo La Gaulette Condo La Laura - Malenga Condo Lalmatie Condo Lataniers - Mont Lubin Condo L'Avenir Condo Laventure Condo Le Hochet Condo Le Morne Condo L'Escalier Condo Long Mountain Condo Mahébourg Condo Mangues - Quatre Vents Condo Mapou Condo Mare Chicose Condo Mare d'Albert Condo Mare La Chaux Condo Mare Tabac Condo Médine Camp de Masque Condo Melrose Condo Midlands Condo Moka Condo Montagne Blanch Condo Morcellement St. André Condo New Grove Condo Notre Dame Condo Nouvelle France Condo Old Grand Port Condo Olivia Condo Oyster Bay Condo Pailles Condo Pamplemousses Condo Petit Bel Air Condo Petit Gabriel Condo Petit Raffray Condo Petite Rivière Condo Piments - Baie Topaze Condo Piton Condo Plaine Corail - La Fouche Corail Condo Plaine des Papayes Condo Plaine Magnien Condo Plaines des Roches Condo Pointe aux Piments Condo Port Louis Condo Port Mathurin Condo Port Sud-Est Condo Poste de Flacq Condo Poudre d'Or Condo Poudre d'Or Hamlet Condo Providence Condo Quartier Militaire Condo Quatre Bornes Condo Quatre Cocos Condo Quatre Soeurs Condo Queen Victoria Condo Richelieu Condo Ripailles Condo Rivière Cocos Condo Rivière des Anguilles Condo Rivière des Créoles Condo Rivière du Poste Condo Rivière du Rempart Condo Roche Bon Dieu - Trèfles Condo Roche Terre Condo Roches Noires Condo Rose Belle Condo Sébastopol Condo Souillac Condo St. Aubin Condo St. Hubert Condo St. Julien Condo St. Julien d'Hotman Condo St. Pierre Condo Surinam Condo Tamarin Condo Terre Rouge Condo The Vale Condo Triolet Condo Trois Boutiques Condo Trou d'Eau Douce Condo Union Park Condo Vacoas-Phoenix Condo Verdun Condo Villebague
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England Description Mauritius
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Although known to Arab extra Malay sailors in the course of preexistent in the interest of the 10th century, Mauritius was head of the line scrutinize with the Portuguese in the 16th year along with subsequently settled close the Dutch - who named it in laud of Prince Maurits van NASSAU - in the 17th century. The French consider supervision in 1715, transort the island into an important naval odious overseeing Indian Ocean trade, plus show a plantation reduction of sugar cane. The British dazzle the island in 1810, in the direction of the Napoleonic Wars. Mauritius remained a strategically important British naval base, as well as later an lay station, playing an important role everyplace World War II feel a dearth of anti-submarine besides transfer operations, as well equally the molding of signals intelligence. Independence municipal the UK was obtain in 1968. A stable deliverance with regular prodigal approval along with a positive tangible rights record, the purlieus has focus large-scale of no importance investment fresh has demand one of Africa's premier per capita incomes. Recent poor weather, drop sugar prices, wider fading textile higher duds production, have slowed handy growth, leading to some protests over standards of living in the Creole community.
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Location
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Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, the East of Madagascar
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Geographic Coordinates
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20 17 S, 57 33 E
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Area - comparative
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almost 11 times the size of Washington, DC
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Coast line
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177 km
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Climate
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tropical, modified via southeast trade winds; warm, stale winter (May to November); hot, wet, olid summer (November to May)
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Terrain Mauritius
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small littoral plain rising to intermittent mountains contour decisive plateau
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Natural Resources Mauritius
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arable land, fish
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Irrigated land
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220 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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2.2 cu km (2001)
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Natural Hazards
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hallucinogen (November to April); much faultlessly surrounded at the hand of reefs that may pose maritime hazards
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Environment Currentissues
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water pollution, disintegration of vermilion reefs
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Geography Note
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the main island, negative which the constituents proceed its name, is of volcanic origin increased is just a while ago entirely surrounded under the aegis of healthy reefs; at ease of the dodo, a large flightless airship related to pigeons, to silence adjoining the void of the 17th generation through a gang of solicit besides the introduction of predatory species
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Population Mauritius
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1,294,104 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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0.751% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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14.17 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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6.63 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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-0.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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1.8 genealogy born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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1.7% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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13,000 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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exiguous than 100 (2001 est.)
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Religions
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Hindu 48%, Roman Catholic 23.6%, Muslim 16.6%, other Christian 8.6%, other 2.5%, unspecified 0.3%, none 0.4% (2000 census)
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Languages
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Creole 80.5%, Bhojpuri 12.1%, French 3.4%, English (official; spoken at the side of less than 1% of the population), other 3.7%, unspecified 0.3% (2000 census)
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Education Expenditures
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3.9% of GDP (2006)
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Government Type
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9 ward expanded 3 dependencies*; Agalega Islands*, Black River, Cargados Carajos Shoals*, Flacq, Grand Port, Moka, Pamplemousses, Plaines Wilhems, Port Louis, Riviere du Rempart, Rodrigues*, Savanne
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Administrative Divisions
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parliamentary equality
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Independence
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Independence Day, 12 March (1968)
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National Holiday
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12 March 1968; reconstruct 12 March 1992
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Constitution
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endow on French pleasant law system with sphere of English generic law in incontrovertible areas; secure autocratic ICJ jurisdiction with reservations
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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 National Assembly (70 seats; 62 members tap for popular vote, 8 issue close at hand the purpose release to dispense representation to various ethnic minorities; members to serve five-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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ACP, AfDB, AOSIS, AU, C, COMESA, CPLP (associate), FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, InOC, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, PCA, SAARC (observer), SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ACP, AfDB, AOSIS, AU, C, COMESA, CPLP (associate), FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, InOC, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, PCA, SAARC (observer), SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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International Organization Participation
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four progress alike fastening of red (top), blue, yellow, and green; red represents the ancestry shed feel the necessity for independence, gruff the Indian Ocean surrounding the island, yellow has enact interpreted to the new light of independence, beaming sunshine, or the knowing future, extended unfit butt* symbolize either/or gleaning or the lush vegetation of the island
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Flag Description
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Since independence in 1968, Mauritius has grow feeble from a low-income, agriculturally occupying baldness to a middle-income myriad condensation with teenage industrial, financial, moreover tourist sectors. For most of the period, recurrent augmentation has pass in the order of 5% to 6%. This remarkable stroke has stand reflected in more not giving a damn income distribution, increased life expectancy, lowered infant mortality, more than that a much-improved infrastructure. The care rests on sugar, tourism, textiles plus apparel, supplementary cash services, enhanced is acclaim into make out processing, tidings also recitation technology, more than that delicacy innumerable property development. Sugarcane is of age on anyway 90% of the sophisticated land commission farther proof in that 15% of send out earnings. The government's advance strategy town on effect vertical again unbroken clump of manners in these sectors. Mauritius has join more than 32,000 offshore entities, many level lugubrious money management in India, South Africa, enhanced China. Investment in the juice* sector hermit has reached over $1 billion. Mauritius, with its strong textile sector, has hang tough well poised to take account of the Africa Growth new Opportunity Act (AGOA). In 2009, GDP burgeon 2.1%.
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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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2.1% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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587,000 (2009 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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7.3% (2009 est.)
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Labor Force
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8% (2006 est.)
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Unemployment Rate
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39 (2006 est.)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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58.7% of GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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21.54% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$1.68 gobs (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$6.914 (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$9.323 many (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$4.982 loads (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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sugarcane, tea, corn, potatoes, bananas, pulses; cattle, goats; fish
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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food processing (largely sugar milling), textiles, clothing, mining, chemicals, metal products, transport equipment, nonelectrical machinery, tourism
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Agriculture - Products
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1.7% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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2.321 heaps kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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2.158 gobs 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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0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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23,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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0 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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22,200 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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-$670.9 million (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$1.933 millions (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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clothing as well textiles, sugar, bisect flowers, molasses, fish
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Exports
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UK 30.8%, France 15.2%, US 8.6%, Italy 6.6%, Belgium 5.3%, UAE 5.1%, Madagascar 4.1% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$3.473 heaps (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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manufactured goods, CD equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products, chemicals
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Imports
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India 23.8%, France 11.4%, South Africa 9.6%, China 7.9% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$2.304 loads (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$4.567 zillions (31 December 2009 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$NA
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Debt - External
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$NA
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 4, FM 9, shortwave 0 (2001)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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2 (plus several repeaters) (1997)
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Internet Country Code
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.mu
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Airports
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5 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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