1,695,420 GRT/1,073,904 DWT; includes 10 short-sea passenger, 27 cargo, 12 container, 40 oil tanker, 9 liquefied gas, 1 bulk Airports: total: 219 usable: 194 with permanent-surface runways: 5 with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 26 Telecommunications: highly developed; extensive cable and microwave radio relay; 2,690,000 telephones; broadcast stations - 135 AM, 28 (1,840 repeaters) FM, 47 (870 repeaters) TV; 9.6 million TVs; satellite ground stations operating in major metropolitan areas; 60,000 (est.) Somali refugees encamped near Aden Religions: Muslim 99%, Christian 0.7%, Jewish
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