.) per US$1 -
approximately 7,000 (January 1996), 5,000 (1 January 1995), 2,616 (1
July 1993), 4,200 (December 1992), 3,800.00 (December 1990), 490.7
(1989),

Fiscal year: calendar year

Transportation
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Railways: 0 km

Highways:
total: 22,500 km
paved: 2,700 km
unpaved: 19,800 km (1992 est.)

Pipelines: crude oil 15 km

Ports: Bender Cassim (Boosaaso), Berbera, Chisimayu (Kismaayo),
Merca, Mogadishu

Merchant marine:
total: 2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,529 GRT/6,892 DWT
ships by type: cargo 1, refrigerated cargo 1 (1995 est.)

Airports:
total: 52
with paved runways over 3 047 m: 3
with paved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 1
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 2
with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 1
with paved runways under 914 m: 6
with unpaved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 4
with unpaved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 15
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 20 (1995 est.)

Communications
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Telephones: 9,000 (1991 est.)

Telephone system: the public telecommunications system was
completely destroyed or dismantled by the civil war factions; all
relief organizations depend on their own private systems
domestic: recently, local cellular telephone systems have been
established in Mogadishu and in several other population centers
international: international connections are available from
Mogadishu by satellite

Radio broadcast stations: AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA (there are at
least five radio broadcast stations of NA type)

Radios: 350,000 (1992 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 0 (Somalia's only TV station was
demolished during the civil strife, sometime in 1991)

Televisions: 113,000 (1992 est.)

Defense
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Branches: NA; note - no functioning central government military
forces; clan militias continue to battle for control of key economic
or political prizes

Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: 2,333,994
males fit for military service: 1,301,954 (1996 est.)

Defense expenditures: $NA, NA% of GDP

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@South Africa
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Map
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Location: 29 00 S, 24 00 E -- Southern Africa, at the southern tip
of the continent of Africa

Flag
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Description: two equal width horizontal bands of red (top) and
blue separated by a central green band which splits into a