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Grand Total as of 2008 was 671.71. As of 2013, the coverage rate of DPT3 Children From 0 to 11 Months in the region was 59.80 per cent, BGC vaccination was 59.10 and polio vaccination coverage was 59.60. As of 2007, the number of tourist establishments in the region was 3. As of 2008, the literacy rate for people aged 15 years and over was 58.10. The net enrolment ratio of girls for secondary level was 14.60 per cent, net enrolment ratio of boys for secondary level was 14.10 per cent, and Total net enrolment ratio at secondary level was 14.40 per cent.
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Due to the geography, the inhabitants historically, have been nomadic. In modern times, people have migrated to urban centres during the drought in the 1970s and the early 1980s. There are a few sedentary cultivators, who are located only in the
Southern regions of the country. Research has indicated
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As of 2008, the activity rate was 51.00 and economic dependency ratio was 0.81. The fraction of people working in government was 8.90 per cent, individual / household private was 21.10 per cent, other was 67.80 per cent, para public was 1.40 per cent, and private enterprise was 0.80 per cent. The
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Couples with children was 53.10 and Couples without children was 2.00. The proportion with extended family was 15.80 per cent and extended
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having some vegetation. There are some oasis in the desert regions. Since it is a desert, there are large shifting dunes forming temporary ranges. The average elevation is around 460 m (1,510 ft) above the mean sea level. The rainfall in the northern regions closer to the
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single-parent was 11.90 per cent, one-person was 1.30 per cent, and single-parent nuclear was 15.90 per cent.
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