s almost completely destroyed or dismantled by the civil war
factions; private wireless companies offer service in most major cities
and charge the lowest international rates on the continent domestic:
local cellular telephone systems have been established in Mogadishu
and in several other population centers international: international
connections are available from Mogadishu by satellite (2001)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 0, FM 1, shortwave 5 (2001)

Radios: 470,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations: 3 note: two in Mogadishu; one in Hargeisa
(2001)

Televisions: 135,000 (1997)

Internet country code: .so

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 3 (one each in Boosaaso, Hargeisa,
and Mogadishu) (2000)

Internet users: 200 (2000)

Transportation Somalia

Railways: 0 km

Highways: total: 22,100 km paved: 2,608 km unpaved: 19,492 km (1996)

Waterways: none

Pipelines: crude oil 15 km

Ports and harbors: Boosaaso, Berbera, Chisimayu (Kismaayo), Merca,
Mogadishu

Merchant marine: none (2002 est.)

Airports: 54 (2001)

Airports - with paved runways: total: 6 over 3,047 m: 4 1,524 to 2,437 m:
1 (2001)

Airports - with unpaved runways: 15 914 to 1,523 m: Military Somalia

Military branches: A Somali National Army is being reformed under the
interim government; numerous factions and clans maintain independent
militias, and the Somaliland and Puntland regional governments maintain
their own security and police forces

Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 1,881,634 (2002 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49: 1,040,662
(2002 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure: $15.3 million (FY01)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 0.9% (FY01)

Transnational Issues Somalia

Disputes - international: most of the southern half of the boundary with
Ethiopia is a provisional administrative line; in the Ogaden, regional
states have established a variety of conflicting relationships with
the Transitional National Government in Mogadishu, feuding factions in
Puntland region, and the economically stabile break-away "Somaliland"
region; Djibouti maintains economic ties and border accords with
"Somaliland" leadership while politically supporting Somali Transitional
National Government in Mogadishu; arms smuggling and Oromo rebel
activities prompt strict border regime with Kenya

This page was last updated on 1 January 2002

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