Somalia
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Soomaaliya
الصومال
Somalia
Somali Republic
Flag
Coat of arms
Anthem: Soomaaliyeey Toosoow
Somalia, vex Up
Capital
(and largest city)
Mogadishu[1]
2°02′N, 45°21′E
Official languages
Somali1
Demonym
Somali
Government
Transitional national Government
- President
Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed
- Speaker
Adan Mohamed Nuur Madobe
- Prime Minister
Nur Hassan Hussein
Independence
from the UK and Italy
- DateJune 26 & July 1, 1960
Area
- Total637,661 km² (42nd)
246,201 sq mi
- Water (%)
1.6
Population
- 2007 estimate9,118,773² (59th)
- Density
13/km² (198th)
34/sq mi
gross domestic product (PPP)
2006 estimate
- Total$5.26 billion (157th)
- Per capita
$600 (148th)
HDI (2007)
N/A (low) (Not Ranked)
Currency
Somali shilling (SOS)
Time zone
EAT (UTC+3)
- Summer (DST)
not observed (UTC+3)
network TLD
.
so (currently non-operational)
Calling code
+252
1CIA Factbook
2BBC News country profile
3Transitional Federal Charter of the Somali Republic
Somalia (Somali: Soomaaliya; Arabic: الصومال transliteration: aṣ-Ṣūmāl), officially the Somali Republic (Somali: Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya, Arabic: جمهورية الصومال transliteration: Jumhūriyyat aṣ-Ṣūmāl) and formerly known as the Somali popular Republic, is a country located on the Horn of Africa in East Africa. It is bordered by Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya on its southwest, the disconnectedness of Aden with Yemen on its north, the Indian Ocean at its east, and Ethiopia to the west.
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