Country (long form) Somalia
Capital Mogadishu
Total Area 246,200.74 sq mi
637,657.00 sq km
Population 7,253,137 (July 2000 est.)
Languages Somali (official), Arabic, Italian, English
Religions Sunni Muslim
Government Type none
Currency 1 Somali shilling (So. Sh.) = 100 cents
Labor Force (by occupation) agriculture (mostly pastoral nomadism) 71%, industry and services 29%
Industry a few small industries, including sugar refining, textiles, petroleum refining (mostly shut down)
Agriculture bananas, sorghum, corn, sugarcane, mangoes, sesame seeds, beans; cattle, sheep, goats; fish
Exports livestock, bananas, hides, fish (1997)
Natural Resources uranium and largely unexploited reserves of iron ore, tin, gypsum, bauxite, copper, salt