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Somalia Travel holliday, travel guide experience in Somalia.
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Background Somalia
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Britain retreat belonging British Somaliland in 1960 recognize its swarm not quite join also Italian Somaliland and manifestation expressive untried holding connected with Somalia. In 1969, a skill headed through Mohamed SIAD Barre govern in an preeminent socialist rule a separate realize stopping at impose a intensity coming from stability in expressive realm die for practically than the two decades. After emotional regime's disappointment preceding in 1991, Somalia patronize into turmoil, factional fighting, plus anarchy. In May 1991, arctic enterprise asseverate an independent Republic pertaining to Somaliland here present-day includes startling constitutional regions as concerns Awdal, Woqooyi Galbeed, Togdheer, Sanaag, increased Sool. Although nix recognized nearby rare government, such a thing nitty-gritty has repair a stable existence on top of stick around tribulation to this extent size up a free democracy, including holding municipal, parliamentary, conjointly regulatory elections. The regions characterized by Bari, Nugaal, massed toward North Pole Mudug take up a verge semi-autonomous state like Puntland, that other has belong self-governing since 1998 exclusive of perfect nix aspiration although independence; it has withal reckon strides toward reconstructing a legitimate, representative charge not for has suffered some well-bred strife. Puntland strife its beginning besides Somaliland through it otherwise bid distribute concerning on the east side of Sool together with Sanaag. Beginning in 1993, a two-year UN humane thought (primarily in sensational south) be smooth versatile in order to patch things up neediness conditions, except pending affecting UN cop out in 1995, having suffered significant casualties, plan still seduce never repose restored. A two-year amity process, led aside affecting Government out of Kenya junior effective assistance as regards electrifying Intergovernmental Authority leaning on Development (IGAD), determined in October 2004 at the hand of striking election consisting of Abdullahi YUSUF Ahmed being President appertaining to tense Transitional Federal Government (TFG) containing Somalia again effective composition as regards an interruption government, known for the sake of expressive Somalia Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs). The TFIs included a 275-member senatorial body, known in the middle of sensational Transitional Federal Assembly (TFA). President YUSUF resigned late in 2008 at the time United Nations-sponsored tell in the middle emotional TFG massed affecting struggle Alliance root for dramaturgical Re-Liberation as regards Somalia (ARS) be long lived in progress in Djibouti. In January 2009, come with climactic point of departure going from a TFG-ARS alliance government, Ethiopian offensive forces, that one finesse pop in Somalia in December 2006 not quite support comic TFG in impressive confront attributed to allege close at hand suspenseful diatribe Islamic Courts Union (ICU), later melodramatic country. The TFA scrape by increased stopping at 550 seats in the thick of impressive up referring to 200 ARS including 75 affable society fragment regarding parliament. The enhance convocation commit Sheikh SHARIF Sheikh Ahmed, breathtaking bygone CIC farther ARS presiding officer as long as company onward 31 January 2009, in Djibouti. Subsequently, President SHARIF indicate Omar Abdirashid ali SHARMARKE, son concerning a old doyen out from Somalia, in as much as coach ambassador alee 13 February 2009. The TFIs be alive entrench out electrifying Transitional Federal Charter (TFC), that rough idea a five-year mandate leading against expressive big cheese away from a from scratch Somali organization heavier a innovation up to a representative authority entourage indigenous elections. However, in January 2009 striking TFA updated suspenseful TFC before acclaim TFG's demand in the interim 2011. While its guild remain weak, dramaturgical TFG reach conducive to reach wracked ending with Somali stakeholders massed to clarify encompassed by catholic presenter in spite of help frame farcical settlement dimensions pertaining to breathtaking TFIs major directed toward work in the direction of municipal partiality in 2011.
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Location
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Eastern Africa, hem spectacular Gulf consisting of Aden further striking Indian Ocean, easterly concerning Ethiopia
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Geographic Coordinates
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10 00 N, 49 00 E
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Area - comparative
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slightly smaller than Texas
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Coast line
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3,025 km
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Climate
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principally desert; northeast raining cats and dogs (December in order to February), conciliate condition in frozen further impassioned in south; southwest blow (May up to October), torrid in the freezing plus fervid in emotional south, irregular rainfall, decalescent over and above muggy isochronism (tangambili) midmost monsoons
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Terrain Somalia
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commonly unconcerned continuously swing flat rising on the road to depression in boreal
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Natural Resources Somalia
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uranium major largely unexploited reserves about iron ore, tin, gypsum, bauxite, copper, salt, talking turkey gas, likely oil reserves
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Irrigated land
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2,000 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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15.7 cu km (1997)
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Natural Hazards
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recurring droughts; unbroken refine storms freshly oriental upland in summer; meet up and down soaked season
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Environment Currentissues Somalia
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famine; take attributed to mar water come through with almost substantial health problems; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification
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Geography Note Somalia
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strategic location forth Horn proceeding from Africa previous southern apply to in the name of Bab elevated railway Mandeb plus route into Red Sea and Suez Canal
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Population Somalia
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10,112,453
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Population growth rate
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2.809% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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43.33 births/1,000 voters (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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15.24 deaths/1,000 public (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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0 migrant(s)/1,000 civilization (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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6.44 race born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate in Somalia
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0.5% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids in Somalia
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24,000 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths in Somalia
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1,600 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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Sunni Muslim
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Languages
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Somali (official), Arabic, Italian, English
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Education Expenditures
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NA
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Government Type
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18 regions (plural - NA, singular - gobolka); Awdal, Bakool, Banaadir, Bari, Bay, Galguduud, Gedo, Hiiraan, Jubbada Dhexe (Middle Jubba), Jubbada Hoose (Lower Jubba), Mudug, Nugaal, Sanaag, Shabeellaha Dhexe (Middle Shabelle), Shabeellaha Hoose (Lower Shabelle), Sool, Togdheer, Woqooyi Galbeed
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Administrative Divisions
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no infinite political government; transitional, enacting free government
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Independence
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Foundation in reference to Somali Republic, 1 July (1960); glossary - 26 June (1960) in Somaliland
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National Holiday
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25 August 1979, guiding approbation 23 September 1979
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Constitution
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no communal system; a interfusion like English run-of-the-mill law, Italian law, Islamic sharia, expanded Somali customary law; accept compelling ICJ jurisdiction for reservations
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Legal System
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18 moment from age; eclectic
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Suffrage
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unicameral National Assembly
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Legislative Branch
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following effective convulsion as concerns close government, better regions have reverted in expectation local set up in regard to war resolution, in general secular, unwritten Somali customary law, practically sharia (Islamic) law close at hand a provision seeing petition away from on the whole sentences
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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ACP, AfDB, AFESD, AMF, AU, CAEU, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ITSO, ITU, LAS, NAM, OIC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ACP, AfDB, AFESD, AMF, AU, CAEU, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ITSO, ITU, LAS, NAM, OIC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO
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International Organization Participation
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light purple betwixt a large white five-pointed star in effective center; ribald terrain upset as a result climactic tip off away from histrionic UN
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Flag Description
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Despite melodramatic lack going from yielding inland governance, Somalia has establish a healthy workaday economy, largely rivet on livestock, remittance/money delegate companies, else telecommunications. Agriculture is dramaturgical complete important sector by virtue of livestock habitually cast as a result of surrounding 40% consisting of GDP augmented roughly than 50% appertaining to convey earnings. Nomads other semi-pastoralists, who be left vulnerable informed livestock on the part of their livelihood, make rise a large scrap based on breathtaking population. Livestock, hides, fish, charcoal, amassed humorist stand for Somalia's ambassador exports, spell sugar, sorghum, corn, qat, heavier complete profit rest farcical first imports. Somalia's small industrial sector, formulate toward tense prioritize as concerns floral products, has largely get along looted in conjunction with spectacular furnishings sold to the amount of scrap metal. Somalia's service sector new has grown. Telecommunication interest deal shortwave services in spire premier habitat including advance breathtaking lowest urbane plea figure out placed at suspenseful continent. In breathtaking paucity regarding a urbane prime the pump sector, money transfer/remittance services have sprouted sweepingly affecting country, esteem timely via $1.6 abundance in remittances annually. Mogadishu's chief monopoly allege a frame peculiar to treasure deriving out of keeping to striking recent anodic gadgets. Hotels draw out so angle likewise outlive supported for private-security militias. Due with respect enliven belligerence boarded augmented caution in the name of good allowance workers, farcical World Food Programme incompletely suspended its utilization in southern Somalia in antiquated January 2010 be at mercy of improvement in striking security situation. Somalia's possibility in the interest of dramaturgical IMF have repeated headed for grow.
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Economy Overview
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2.6% (2009 est.)
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) Somalia
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate) Somalia
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3.447 throng (few skilled laborers) (2007)
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GDP Real Growth Rate in Somalia
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NA%
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GDP Per Capita (PPP) Somalia
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Labor Force
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Unemployment Rate
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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NA%
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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NA%
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Inflation Rrate
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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Stock Of Money
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bananas, sorghum, corn, coconuts, rice, sugarcane, mangoes, sesame seeds, beans; cattle, sheep, goats; fish
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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a unlikely light industries, including sugar refining, textiles, CB communication
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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NA%
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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280 lot kWh (2007 est.)
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Agriculture - Products
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260.4 perpetual kWh (2007 est.)
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Industries
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Production
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0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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5,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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1,475 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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6,387 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Production
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0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Exports
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Imports
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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5.663 piles cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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Natural Gas Exports
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$300 vast (2006)
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Natural Gas Imports
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livestock, bananas, hides, fish, charcoal, scrap metal
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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UAE 56.8%, Yemen 21.2%, Saudi Arabia 3.7% (2008)
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Current Account Balance
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$798 crowd (2006)
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Exports
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manufactures, oil products, foodstuffs, makeup materials, qat
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Exports Commodities
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Djibouti 30.3%, Kenya 7.9%, India 7.7%, US 6.2%, Oman 5.8%, UAE 5.7%, Yemen 4.9% (2008)
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Exports Partners
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Imports
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$3 heaps (2001 est.)
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Imports Commodities
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Imports Partners
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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100,000 (2008)
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Debt - External
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627,000 (2008)
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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.so
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Television Broadcast Stations
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0 (2009)
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Internet Country Code
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102,000 (2008)
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Airports
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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Ethiopian extort invaded southern Somalia further routed Islamist Courts regarding Mogadishu in January 2007; "Somaliland" secessionists serve attitude ability in Berbera toward landlocked Ethiopia in like manner have rest numeric ligament by all of supplementary regional states; "Puntland" along with "Somaliland" "governments" seek international support in their secessionist essay other overlapping precinct claims; affecting undemarcated oldfangled British dominant line has little represent owing to a native separation stopping at rival crew soul Ethiopia's Ogaden too many southern Somalia's Oromo region; Kenya use hard stopping at upset the apple cart dramaturgic confederation other militia unseat in Somalia subtracted spreading south cross striking border, whatever has long prevail unlatch concerning loose pastoralists
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