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landlocked; strategic location at the crossroads of central Europe with many easily traversable Alpine passes and valleys; major river is the Danube; population is concentrated on eastern lowlands because of steep slopes ...
www.exxun.com/Austria/b_mp.html
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... government and creating a more competitive business environment, further strengthening Austria's attractiveness as an investment location. It has implemented effective pension reforms; however, lower taxes in 2005-06 led to a small ...
www.exxun.com/Austria/e_ec.html
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... Turkey and the nations of Europe. Long-term prospects will depend on world oil prices, the location of new oil and gas pipelines in the region, and Azerbaijan's ability to manage ...
www.exxun.com/Azerbaijan/e_ec.html
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strategic location adjacent to US and Cuba; extensive island chain of which 30 are inhabited
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... a British protectorate. The archipelago attained its independence in 1971. Bahrain's small size and central location among Persian Gulf countries require it to play a delicate balancing act in foreign affairs ...
www.exxun.com/Bahrain/a_fg.html
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close to primary Middle Eastern petroleum sources; strategic location in Persian Gulf, through which much of the Western world's petroleum must transit to reach open ocean
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2,500 km (use limited by location on perimeter of country and by shallowness) (2003)
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This modern, private-enterprise economy has capitalized on its central geographic location, highly developed transport network, and diversified industrial and commercial base. Industry is concentrated mainly in the populous Flemish area in ...
www.exxun.com/Belgium/e_ec.html
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landlocked; strategic location between China and India; controls several key Himalayan mountain passes
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archipelago of 55 islands; Diego Garcia, largest and southernmost island, occupies strategic location in central Indian Ocean; island is site of joint US-UK military facility
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strategic location near Turkish Straits; controls key land routes from Europe to Middle East and Asia
www.exxun.com/Bulgaria/b_mp.html
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strategic location near major Indian Ocean shipping lanes
www.exxun.com/Burma/b_mp.html
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second-largest country in world (after Russia); strategic location between Russia and US via north polar route; approximately 90% of the population is concentrated within 160 km of the US border
www.exxun.com/Canada/b_mp.html
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strategic location 500 km from west coast of Africa near major north-south sea routes; important communications station; important sea and air refueling site
www.exxun.com/CapeVerde/b_mp.html
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important location between Cuba and Central America
www.exxun.com/CaymanIslands/b_mp.html
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strategic location relative to sea lanes between Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (Strait of Magellan, Beagle Channel, Drake Passage); Atacama Desert is one of world's driest regions
www.exxun.com/Chile/b_mp.html
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lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location 5 m
www.exxun.com/Cocos_Keeling_Islands/b_mp.html
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important location at northern end of Mozambique Channel
www.exxun.com/Comoros/b_mp.html
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... of Uganda's Lords Resistance Army forces take refuge in DROC's Garamba National Park; the location of the boundary in the broad Congo River with the Republic of the Congo is ...
www.exxun.com/Congo_DemocraticRepublic/i_ti.html
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... neighboring states, primarily from the Pool border area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; the location of the boundary in the broad Congo River with the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
www.exxun.com/Congo_Republic/i_ti.html
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location on Cato Island 6 m
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... strategic geographic location at the mouth of the Red Sea and serves as an important transshipment location for goods entering and leaving the east African highlands. The present leadership favors close ties ...
www.exxun.com/Djibouti/a_fg.html
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strategic location near world's busiest shipping lanes and close to Arabian oilfields; terminus of rail traffic into Ethiopia; mostly wasteland; Lac Assal (Lake Assal) is the lowest point in Africa
www.exxun.com/Djibouti/b_mp.html
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The economy is based on service activities connected with the country's strategic location and status as a free trade zone in the Horn of Africa. Two-thirds of Djibouti's inhabitants ...
www.exxun.com/Djibouti/e_ec.html
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... passing through Ecuadorian Pacific waters; importer of precursor chemicals used in production of illicit narcotics; attractive location for cash-placement by drug traffickers laundering money because of dollarization and weak anti-money ...
www.exxun.com/Ecuador/i_ti.html
