Somalia Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: none

Highways: 17,215 km total; 2,335 km bituminous surface, 2 880 km gravel, and 12,000 km improved earth or stabilized soil

Pipelines 15 km crude oil

Ports: 3 major (Mogadishu, Berbera, Chisimayu)

Civil air: 5 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 63 total, 49 usable; 6 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways over 3,659 m, 5 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 19 with runways 1,2202,439 m

Telecommunications: poor telephone and telegraph service; radio-relay system centered on Mogadishu connects a few towns; 6,000 telephones (0.2 per 100 popl.); 1 Indian Ocean satellite station; 2 AM, no FM stations; 1 TV station

NOTE: The information regarding Somalia on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Somalia 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Somalia 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.