Somalia Communications 1997

Telephones 9,000 (1991 est.)

Telephone system the public telecommunications system was completely destroyed or dismantledby the civil war factions; all relief organizations depend on their own privatesystems
domestic: recently, local cellular telephone systems have been established inMogadishu and in several other population centers
international : international connections are available from Mogadishu by satellite

Radio broadcast stations AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA (there are at least five radio broadcaststations of NA type)

Radios 350,000 (1992 est.)

Television broadcast stations 0 (Somalia's only TV station was demolished during the civil strife,sometime in 1991)

Televisions 113,000 (1992 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Somalia on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Somalia Communications 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Somalia Communications 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.