by the Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook (1982) — Somalia (1982 |noyear)
“ Land boundaries: 2,263 km WATER Limits of territorial waters (claimed) : 200 nm Coastline: 3,025 km PEOPLE Population: 6,124,000 (July 1982) , average annual growth rate 3.5% Nationality: noun—Somali (s) ; adjective—Somali Ethnic divisions: 85% Hamitic, rest mainly Bantu; 30,000 Arabs, 3,000 Europeans, 800 Asians Religion: almost entirely Muslim Language: Somali (written form instituted by government in 1972) ; Arabic, Italian, English Literacy: 5-10% Labor force: 965,000 (1968 est.) ; very few are skilled laborers ”
