SOMALIA SOMALIA REGION AFRICA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE JULY 1 1960 DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION AUGUST 25 1979 POPULATION 7140643 1999 EST AREA 246000 SQ MI CAPITAL MOGADISHU FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN TRANSITION MAIN INDUSTRIES SUGAR REFINING TEXTILES PACKAGING PETROLEUM PROCESSING AGRICULTURE SUGAR BANANAS SORGHUM CORN MANGOES NATURAL RESOURCES VARIOUS MINERALS PETROLEUM CURRENCY SOMALI SHILLING GDP 4 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 600 1998 EST LANGUAGES SOMALI OFFICIAL ARABIC ITALIAN ENGLISH RELIGIONS SUNNI ISLAM LITERACY RATE 24 LIFE EXPECTANCY 45 YEARS MALE 48 YEARS(FEMALE BIRTHRATE 48 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 19 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
