GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

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Page last updated on February 6, 2013

Airports:
62 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 80
[see also: Airports country ranks ]

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 7
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - total country ranks ]
over 3,047 m: 4
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2012)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 55
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - total country ranks ]
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 20
914 to 1,523 m: 24
under 914 m: 6 (2012)

Roadways:
total: 22,100 km
country comparison to the world: 104
paved: 2,608 km
unpaved: 19,492 km (2000)
[see also: Roadways country ranks ]

Merchant marine:
total: 1
country comparison to the world: 155
by type: cargo 1 (2008)
[see also: Merchant marine country ranks ]

Ports and terminals:
Berbera, Kismaayo

Transportation - note:
the International Maritime Bureau reports the territorial and offshore waters in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean remain the region of greatest risk for piracy and armed robbery against ships accounting for 50% of all attacks in 2010; 217 vessels, including commercial shipping and pleasure craft, were attacked or hijacked both at anchor and while underway; hijackings off the coast of Somalia accounted for 92% of all ship seizures in 2010; as of May 2011, 26 vessels and 522 hostages were being held for ransom by Somali pirates; the presence of several naval task forces in the Gulf of Aden and additional anti-piracy measures on the part of ship operators have reduced piracy incidents in that body of water; in response Somali-based pirates, using hijacked fishing trawlers as "mother ships" to extend their range, shifted operations as far south as the Mozambique Channel and eastward to the vicinity of the Maldives

NOTE: The information regarding Somalia on this page is re-published from the 2013 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Somalia Transportation 2013 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Somalia Transportation 2013 should be addressed to the CIA.