Highways: 21,600 km total; including 2,335 km bituminous surface, 2,880 km gravel, and 12,000 km improved earth or stabilized soil (1983)

Pipelines: 15 km crude oil

Ports: Mogadishu, Berbera, Chisimayu

Merchant marine: 2 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,563 GRT/5,718 DWT

Civil air: 4 major transport aircraft

Airports: 63 total, 47 usable; 8 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways over 3,659 m; 5 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 20 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: minimal telephone and telegraph service; radio relay and troposcatter system centered on Mogadishu connects a few towns; 6,000 telephones; stations--2 AM, no FM, 1 TV; 1 Indian Ocean satellite station; scheduled to receive an ARABSAT station

NOTE: The information regarding Somalia on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Somalia Communications 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Somalia Communications 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.