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SOMALIA
Somalia Democratic Republic GEOGRAPHY: - Location:----------------- Eastern Africa
- Area:
Total area:--- 637,660 sq. km
Land area:--- 627,340 sq. km
- Capital
city:------------- Mogadishu
- Natural Resources:---------------- Uranium and largely unexploited
reserves of iron ore, tin, gypsum, bauxite, copper, salt.
PEOPLE:
- Population:----------------
6,841,695
- Literacy rate:-------------- 24% of total population, (Males:36%, Females:14%).
- Languages:------------------ Somali (official), Arabic, Italian, English.
- Religious:-----------------
Sunni Muslim.
VITAL STATISTICS:
- Birth rate:------------- 45.49 (per 1,000 population)
- Death rate:------------- 18.34 (per 1,000 population)
- Infant
Mortality rate:------------ 125.8 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
- Fertility rate:---------------
6.76 (per woman)
- Life Expectancy at birth:
Total population:--- 46.23 (Males:44.66,
Females:47.85)
GOVERNMENT:
- Type of Government:-------------- None
- Independence:-------------- July 1, 1960 (from British)
- President:-------------- None.
ECONOMY:
- GDP:--------------- purchasing power parity - $3.6 billion (1995)
GDP real growth rate:--- 2%
GDP per capita:--- $500
- Inflation
rate (consumer prices):------------- NA%
- National budget:
Revenues:--- $NA
Expenditures:--- $NA
- External Debt:-------------- $2.6 billion
- Currency:--------------- 1 Somali shilling = 100 cent
- Labor force:---------------
3.7 million (very few skilled laborers)(1993)
- Unemployment rate:---------------- NA%
- Agriculture:---------------- Bananas, sorghum, corn, mangoes, sugarcane; cattle, sheep, goats; fishing potential
largely unexploited.
- Industries:--------------- A few small industries, including sugar refining,
textiles, petroleum refining (mostly shutdown).
- Exports:---------------- $130 million
Commodities:--- Bananas, live animals, fish, hides. - Imports:---------------- $269 million
Commodities:--- Petroleum products, foodstuffs, construction materials.
DEFENCE:
- Defence Expenditures:--------------- $NA, NA% of GDP
Geography:Somalia
is located in the Horn of Africa, with the Indian Ocean on the east and Kenya and Ethiopia on the west.
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