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Transportation of Somalia

Airports:65 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 7
over 3,047 m: 4
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 58
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 19
914 to 1,523 m: 29
under 914 m: 6 (2006)
Roadways:total: 22,100 km
paved: 2,608 km
unpaved: 19,492 km (1999)
Merchant marine:total: 1 ship (1000 GRT or over) 2,659 GRT/2,540 DWT
by type: cargo 1
foreign-owned: 1 (UAE 1) (2006)
Ports and terminals:Boosaaso, Berbera, Kismaayo, Merca, Mogadishu

Somalia Quickstats

  • Population: 9,118,773
  • Area: 637,657 sq km
  • Density: 13 /km² (198th)
  • GDP (total): $5.023 billion (160th)
  • GDP (per capita): $600 (not ranked)
  • Literacy: 37.8%

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  • Currency: Somali shilling (SOS)
  • Dial code: +252

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