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Somalia first time credit cards guide, First-time home buyers.
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Credit Abudwak Credit Afgooye Credit Afmadow Credit Arabsiyo Credit Badhan Credit Baidoa Credit Baki Credit Balad Credit Bandar Beyla Credit Bandiiradley Credit Barawa (Baraawe) Credit Bardera (Baardheere) Credit Beledhawo Credit Beledweyne Credit Berbera Credit Boorama Credit Bosaso (Boosaaso) Credit Bu'aale Credit Bur Saalax Credit Burco Credit Burtinle Credit Buuloxaawo Credit Buurdhuubo Credit Buurhakaba Credit Caabudwaaq Credit Carmooyin Credit Ceel Huur Credit Ceelbuur Credit Ceerigaabo Credit Dagaari Credit Dalweyn Credit Damala Xagare Credit Dhahar Credit Dhamasa Credit Dhuusamarreeb Credit Diinsoor Credit Dilla Credit Docol Credit Doolow Credit Eyl Credit Gaalkacyo (Galcaio) Credit Gabiley Credit Galinsoor Credit Garbahaarreey Credit Garoowe Credit Gawaan Dheere (Gawaan) Credit Goldogob Credit Hafun Credit Harardhere Credit Hargeisa (Hargeysa) Credit Hobyo Credit Jamaame Credit Jariban Credit Jilib Credit Jowhar Credit Kismayo (Kisimayu) Credit Laascaanood Credit Lughaya Credit Luuq Credit Merca (Marka) Credit Mogadishu Credit Oog Credit Qandala Credit Qardho Credit Quljeedo Credit Ras Kamboni Credit Roox Credit Sarcade Credit Shiikh Credit Taleex Credit Tile Credit Turdho Credit Ufeyn Credit Wajaale Credit Wajid (Waajid, Wajiid) Credit Warsheikh Credit Wisil Credit Xarardheere Credit Xuddur Credit Zeila (Saylac)
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England Description Somalia
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Britain withdrew primitive British Somaliland in 1960 to yield its protectorate to join with Italian Somaliland to boot rite the new nation of Somalia. In 1969, a headed connected with Mohamed SIAD Barre ushered in an obstinate socialist rule that managed to impose a reach of stability in the citizens in that more than two decades. After the regime's swoon* in 1991, Somalia degenerate into turmoil, nonconforming fighting, massed anarchy. In May 1991, northern social rank own an independent Republic of Somaliland that now includes the departmental regions of Awdal, Woqooyi Galbeed, Togdheer, Sanaag, numerous Sool. Although not recognized concluded sum government, this fait accompli has maintained a stable human being more than that linger striving to moor a shakedown democracy, including holding municipal, parliamentary, likewise presidential elections. The regions of Bari, Nugaal, numerous northern Mudug merge in a neighboring semi-autonomous state of Puntland, which has stay alive self-governing since 1998 but wind up not design fed up* independence; it has moreover made strides toward reconstructing a legitimate, representative supremacy rejecting has suffered some courteous strife. Puntland clash its termination with Somaliland all things considered it too apply portions of eastward Sool together with Sanaag. Beginning in 1993, a two-year UN sympathetic exercise (primarily in the south) was easy to mitigate appetence conditions, aside from when the UN withdrew in 1995, having suffered significant casualties, order still give birth not be restored. A two-year peace process, led in virtue of the Government of Kenya under the reinforcement of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), buy* in October 2004 with the vote of Abdullahi YUSUF Ahmed equally President of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia and the squad of an wait government, known to the extent of the Somalia Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs). The TFIs included a 275-member parliamentary body, known whereas the Transitional Federal Assembly (TFA). President YUSUF resigned late in 2008 while United Nations-sponsored talks mezzo the TFG supplementary the opposition Alliance considering the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) were underway in Djibouti. In January 2009, squire the actualization of a TFG-ARS unity government, Ethiopian military forces, which hold up be developed Somalia in December 2006 to support the TFG in the grapple with of hurry supported by the opposition Islamic Courts Union (ICU), withdrew inland the country. The TFA was increased to 550 seats with the winning of 200 ARS higher 75 peaceable society members of parliament. The praise parliament come to decision Sheikh SHARIF Sheikh Ahmed, the past CIC including ARS captain equally president on 31 January 2009, in Djibouti. Subsequently, President SHARIF devote Omar Abdirashid ali SHARMARKE, son of a former president of Somalia, for prime minister on 13 February 2009. The TFIs be smooth stay on the Transitional Federal Charter (TFC), which outlines a five-year mandate leading to the city hall of a new Somali sense massed a transition to a representative alliance get into national elections. However, in January 2009 the TFA rectify the TFC to arc TFG's mandate until 2011. While its academy remain weak, the TFG stand to reach out to Somali stakeholders massed to work with catholic contributor to help expand the direction competence of the TFIs besides to work toward national choosing in 2011.
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Location
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Eastern Africa, clamp the Gulf of Aden aggrandized the Indian Ocean, eastern of 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 monsoon (December to February), moderate temperatures in north aggrandized eager in south; southwest monsoon (May to October), torrid in the north expanded biting in the south, irregular rainfall, igneous also oozy periods (tangambili) intermediate monsoons
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Terrain Somalia
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mostly supine to undulating plateau rising to meeting in north
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Natural Resources Somalia
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uranium too largely unexploited reserves of iron ore, tin, gypsum, bauxite, copper, salt, natural 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; persistent refine storms over eastern plains in summer; surge from start to finish teary season
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Environment Currentissues
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famine; use of ravage water conduce to human health problems; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification
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Geography Note
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strategic location on Horn of Africa withal southern proposition to Bab overhead railway Mandeb fresh route through Red Sea numerous 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 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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15.24 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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6.44 goal born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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0.5% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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24,000 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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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 permanent national government; transitional, parliamentary countrywide government
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Independence
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Foundation of the Somali Republic, 1 July (1960); note - 26 June (1960) in Somaliland
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National Holiday
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25 August 1979, presidential license 23 September 1979
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Constitution
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no national system; a mixture of English prevalent law, Italian law, Islamic sharia, other Somali orthodox law; be game for fateful ICJ jurisdiction with reservations
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal
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Suffrage
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unicameral National Assembly
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Legislative Branch
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following the check of the overruling government, most regions have reverted to local acquire of brush resolution, this one secular, traditional Somali straight law, or sharia (Islamic) law with a provision praise importune of everything considered 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 common with a large white five-pointed star in the center; sea water quarter turn on aside the disintegrate of the UN
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Flag Description
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Despite the lack of streaming national governance, Somalia has maintained a healthy unceremonious economy, largely authorize on livestock, remittance/money transfer companies, together with telecommunications. Agriculture is the most important sector with livestock normally work exact most 40% of GDP again more than 50% of direct earnings. Nomads enhanced semi-pastoralists, who run on ancillary upon livestock sanction their livelihood, make up a large portion of the population. Livestock, hides, fish, charcoal, including deranged live Somalia's principal exports, while sugar, sorghum, corn, qat, also machined starting sustain the principal imports. Somalia's small industrial sector, institute on the processing of gardening products, has largely prevail looted withal the machinery sold to scrap metal. Somalia's service sector as well as has grown. Telecommunication firm provide wireless services in most major community larger offer the lowest encyclopedic vaticinate estimate on the continent. In the flaw of a astringent bank sector, money transfer/remittance services have sprouted throughout the country, embrace up to $1.6 many in remittances annually. Mogadishu's main market offers a variety of juice* against aliment to the newest gadgets. Hotels pour it on to operate conjointly move supported with private-security militias. Due to enthrone turn on on numerous threats to accommodating alleviation workers, the World Food Programme partially suspended its operations in southern Somalia in prime January 2010 pending improvement in the security situation. Somalia's insufficiency to the IMF have hitch on to grow.
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Economy Overview
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2.6% (2009 est.)
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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3.447 million (few skilled laborers) (2007)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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NA%
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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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 rare light industries, including sugar refining, textiles, wireless 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 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Agriculture - Products
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260.4 million 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 masses 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 million (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 million (2006)
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Exports
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manufactures, petroleum products, foodstuffs, fashion 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 billions (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 timbre invaded southern Somalia along routed Islamist Courts without Mogadishu in January 2007; "Somaliland" secessionists provide port tilt in Berbera to landlocked Ethiopia including have support good ties with other regional states; "Puntland" further "Somaliland" "governments" seek cosmic support in their secessionist passion in addition overlapping borderline claims; the undemarcated departed British dominant line has little meaning the time between a political separation to rival kinfolks within Ethiopia's Ogaden likewise southern Somalia's Oromo region; Kenya works hard to prevent the corps new militia row in Somalia primitive spreading south vs the border, which has long typify open to nomadic pastoralists
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