You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The line chart below shows the results of a survey giving the reasons why people moved to the capital city of a particular country. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The line graph depicts the changes of 4 reasons for why

people

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moved to the capital city of a country in a

15

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15-year

years

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period from 2000 to 2015. The

overall

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trend for the period is

of

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apply

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an increase in the numbers moving away to the city.

Overall

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, the left bar of the graph shows the number of

people

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,

while

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the bar below represents the time. In general, employment was the main reason. But

study

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the study

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is the reason that increased the most. The

last

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2 reasons

of moved

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for moving

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because

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were because

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of family/

friend

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friends

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and

moved

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apply

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for adventure didn’t

changed

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change

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much over

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years

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the years

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. First of all, employment cause started at nearly 60

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thousands

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thousand

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in 2000, reached

it’s

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its

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highest peak at 92

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thousands

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thousand

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in 2010, but

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went down

for

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to

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5,000 in the next 5

years

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.

Secondly

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,

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the moved

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moved

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move

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for study

beginned

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beginning

beginner

at 25

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thousands

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thousand

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in 2000, it rose

up

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strongly over the first 5

year

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years

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, slowed down a bit in the middle phase,

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continue

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continued

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to

went

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go

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up dramatically for 30

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thousands

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thousand

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people

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from 2010 to 2015.

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, moved because of family/ friends

beginned

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beginning

at 10

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thousands

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thousand

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, it increased gradually and

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stopped at 22

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thousands

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thousand

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at

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in

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2010, after that it moved up stable for nearly only 1 thousand

people

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in the

last

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5

years

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phase. Moved to capital cities because of adventure was the least in

this

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graph, which grew

stabily

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steadily

stability

for 5

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thousands

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thousand

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over 15

years

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.