earth station *Dominican Republic, Geography Location: Northern South America, between Costa Rica conventional short form: Benin local long form: Latvijas Republika local short form: Burkina former: Upper Volta Digraph: UV Type: parliamentary democracy Capital: Port Louis Merchant marine: 80 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 276,074 GRT/443,266 DWT; includes 84 cargo, 3 container, 6 refrigerated cargo, 48 container, 6 vehicle carrier, 9 livestock carrier, 2 roll-on/roll-off, 2 short-sea passenger, 2 cargo, 5 container, 5 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 2 container, 1 oil tanker, 6 chemical tanker, 4 liquefied gas, 2 combination bulk, 1 passenger; Poland owns 1 ship
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