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Turkey      Country: Turkey Internet: .tr Continent: Asia / Middle East Government URL: http://www.mfa.gov.tr Area: 780580 sq km Population: 70,413,958 (CIA World Factbook est as of 2006) Population: 74174.882 (United Nations est as of 2006, in thousands) Population Men: 37362.217 Population Women: 36812.665 Annual Growth Rate: 1.403 % Birth Rate: 16.62 % Death Rate: 5.97 % Life Expectancy: 72.62 years Infant Mortality Rate: 39.69 % Fertility Rate: 1.92 % HIV AIDS Adult Prev Rate: 0.1 % Labor Force: 24,800,000 Unemployment Rate: 10.2 % GDP Per Capita: $8,900 GDP Purchasing Power: $627,200,000,000 GDP Real Growth: 5.2 Industrial Growth: 5.5 Inflation Rate CP: 9.8 % Investment Gross Fixed: 20.1 Public Debt: 64.7 Capital: Ankara Capital Population: 3582000 (metro area) / 3456100 (city proper) Capital Coordinates: 39 56 N, 32 52 E UTC Offset: 2 Washington D.C. UTC Offset Note: 7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time Daylight Saving Time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October Merchant Marine: 545 (total ships 1,000 GRT or over) Waterways: 1200 km Roadways: 426906 km Railways: 8697 km Airports: 117 (total paved or unpaved) Internet Users: 16000000 Internet Hosts: 1313135 Telephones Mobile: 43,609,000 Telephones Main: 18978000 Debt External: $193,600,000,000 Foreign Exchange Reserves: $53,420,000,000 Imports: $120,900,000,000 Exports: $85,210,000,000 Current Account Balance: -$25,990,000,000 Natural Gas Reserves: 8,495,000,000 Natural Gas Imports: 21,730,000,000 Natural Gas Exports: 0 Natural Gas Consumption: 22,600,000,000 Natural Gas Production: 688,000,000 Electricity Consumption: 140,300,000,000 Electricity Production: 143,300,000,000 Oil Consumption: 715,100 Oil Exports: 46,110 Oil Imports: 616,500 Oil Production: 50,000 Oil Reserves: 288,400,000  Map of Turkey

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