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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