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<text id=93CT1265>
<title>
Somalia--Geography
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Somalia
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: Eastern Africa, bordering the northwestern Indian
Ocean, south of the Arabian Peninsula
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 637,660 km2</l>
<l> land area: 627,340 km2</l>
<l> comparative area: slightly smaller than Texas</l>
</list>
<p>Land boundaries: total 2,366 km, Djibouti 58 km, Ethiopia
1,626 km, Kenya 682 km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 3,025 km
</p>
<list>
<l>Maritime claims:</l>
<l> territorial sea: 200 nm</l>
</list>
<p>International disputes: southern half of boundary with
Ethiopia is a Provisional Administrative Line; territorial
dispute with Ethiopia over the Ogaden; possible claims to
Djibouti and parts of Ethiopia and Kenya based on unification of
ethnic Somalis
</p>
<p>Climate: desert; northeast monsoon (December to February),
cooler southwest monsoon (May to October); irregular rainfall;
hot, humid periods (tangambili) between monsoons
</p>
<p>Terrain: mostly flat to undulating plateau rising to hills in
north
</p>
<p>Natural resources: uranium and largely unexploited reserves of
iron ore, tin, gypsum, bauxite, copper, salt
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: 2%</l>
<l> permanent crops: 0%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: 46%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: 14%</l>
<l> other: 38%</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: 1,600 km2 (1989 est.)
</p>
<p>Environment: recurring droughts; frequent dust storms over
eastern plains in summer; deforestation; overgrazing; soil
erosion; desertification
</p>
<p>Note: strategic location on Horn of Africa along southern
approaches to Bab el Mandeb and route through Red Sea and Suez
Canal
</p></body></article></text>