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| Country |
: |
Somalia |
| Capital |
: |
Mogadishu |
| Total Area |
: |
246,200.74 sq mi
637,657.00 sq km
(slightly smaller than
Texas) |
| Population |
: |
7,488,773 (July 2001 est.)
Note: this estimate was derived
from an official census taken in 1975 by the Somali Government; population
counting in Somalia is complicated by the large number of nomads and by refugee
movements in response to famine and clan warfare |
| Estimated Population in 2050 |
: |
25,499,605 |
| Languages |
: |
Somali (official), Arabic, Italian, English |
| Literacy |
: |
24.0% total, 36.0% male, 14% female (1990
est.) |
| Religions |
: |
Sunni Muslim |
| Life Expectancy |
: |
44.99 male, 48.25 female (2001 est.) |
| Government Type |
: |
Parliamentary |
| Currency |
: |
1 Somali shilling (So. Sh.) = 100 cents |
| GDP (per capita) |
: |
$600 (2000 est.) |
| Industry |
: |
A few small industries, including sugar refining, textiles,
petroleum refining (mostly shut down), wireless communication |
| Agriculture |
: |
Cattle, sheep, goats; bananas, sorghum, corn, sugarcane,
mangoes, sesame seeds, beans; fish |
| Arable Land |
: |
2% |
| Natural Resources |
: |
Uranium and largely unexploited reserves of iron ore, tin,
gypsum, bauxite, copper, salt |
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