MAP - Resources of Somalia [Partial]

[Monk-of-Mogadishu]

This map just pertains to one corner of Somalia, though it is where the bulk of the resources are located. Consider it the Katanga province of Somalia.



RESOURCE - Location

Coal - Caluula
Oil - Sool, Nugaal, southern Bari
Iron Ore - Al-Masqat Mountains (between Qandala and Ufeyn)
Heavy Mineral Sands - Qandala, Bender Beyla, Las Qoray
Tin - Calmadow Mountains (between Las Qoray and Hadaaftimo towards Galgala)
Copper - Calmadow Mountains (between Las Qoray and Hadaaftimo towards Galgala)
Lead - Calmadow Mountains (between Las Qoray and Hadaaftimo towards Galgala)
Zinc - Calmadow Mountains (between Las Qoray and Hadaaftimo towards Galgala)

The fish people were not blessed with oil but damn they have a lot of industrial metal resources. Galgala is also rumored to have Gold!

[barakaboy10]

according to who???

[Monk-of-Mogadishu]

Geological surveys taken by Conoco sub-contractors in the 1980s.

[dagameison]

according to who???

At least they are planning for the future in puntland, are you and your people?. Even when oil is producing ppl will always hate and say it will run out and then we will argue we are diversifying it or you guys will kill each other for it. If that was the case then wed kill each other for the ports and airports of the state a long time ago. Its just not going to happen.We need sharing of resources is crucial for peace and prosperity. Why u think ppl go into shareholders and stuff like that in pland its because if we all own it then noone will want to destroy it u get it?

[CismanMaxamud1]

Manshallah

[AbdiWahab252]

Monk,

Alas without any true central government it will never be exploited.

Shid, there were significant discoveries in the late 1960s and 1980s but the Marxists vetoed the prospecting. If we were pumping out the black crude, we wouldn't have ended up as a shid hole.

[Monk-of-Mogadishu]

AW252, Iraqi Kurdistan is not only exploiting its own oil but also selling it to Iran under the noses of Baghdad and Washington. Autonomous regions have a very long history conducting trade on this level. I have no idea where this notion that only central gov'ts can exploit resources comes from. It is even easier for autonomous regions to conduct this kind of trade in the complete or partial absence of a central government, as Iraqi Kurdistan has proven with the fall of Baghdad - as well as the renewed exploration in Puntland almost immediately after the fall of the Siyaad regime.

And I also disagree on your other thought; I'm glad the Marxists didn't exploit the resources. Each region should be liable for its own development, especially if it is derived from the land. Water wells belong to independent groups of people who carve them out, oil should be the same.

[AbdiWahab252]

Monk,

Brother, Kurdistan is part of the central government. The President is a Kurd. They are engaged with the central government and importantly, inherited the oil infrastructure from the Saddam regime.

I do wish oil was being pumped before the collapse of the regime as it may have prevented Somalia from going to shit. All in all, these cot damn skinnies don't realize that there is more than enough $$ to go around. There are not many of us and so we could all get some serious welfare cheques if we agreed to split our natural resources be it oil, uranium, natural gas, agriculture, etc.

[Monk-of-Mogadishu]

Puntland is part of the TFG and the prime minister is a Puntlander, and Puntland is engaged with the central gov't, see its the same situation as the Kurds minus your last point, which is not the main issue.

I don't think oil or any resource could trump the clan system. Its not a lack of wealth that drove people into factions, its the control over that wealth. The civil war would've still happened, with even bigger stakes. Look at Libya, and they are even less divided than us and they even have a history of being forced to live under central rule. And they couldn't be saved. There is enough wealth under every region/state/clan's territory to provide for their immediate as well as wider economic needs. That's the only way. I don't foresee this working any other way than what I said a long time ago - many "federal" states under the TFG, which itself will be a coalition gov't made up of those "federal" stakeholders. It will be to each his own, with minimal support for each other, but also minimal fighting.

[anonymousfaarax]

This is a more comprehensive map:
http://images.nationmaster.com/images/m ... s_2002.jpg

[Monk-of-Mogadishu]

^ That's a very limited map. Its primarily agricultural land use with a small emphasis (and likely data bank) of mineral resources. It looks like amateur work sourced from a general encyclopedia.

[Mondey]

what would be Puntland's share of these resources if exploited ?

[Monk-of-Mogadishu]

what would be Puntland's share of these resources if exploited ?

No official numbers have been given yet.

[samatar133]

kan Monk la yidhaa waxaan ka baqayaa inuu hart attack ku dhaco hadii oil laga waayo puntland. horta what happened to the oil that was supposed to be drilled three months ago?

[abgaalKING]

kan Monk la yidhaa waxaan ka baqayaa inuu hart attack ku dhaco hadii oil laga waayo puntland. horta what happened to the oil that was supposed to be drilled three months ago?