Somali

The Somali Region, also known as Soomaali Galbeed and officially the Somali Regional State, is a regional state in eastern . It is the second largest region of Ethiopia in terms of area.
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  • Type: region of Ethiopia with 11,700,000 residents
  • Description: regional state of Somalia
  • Also known as: Gobolka Soomaalida”, “Somali Region”, “Somalia Regional State”, “Sumalē”, and “The State of Somalia
  • Neighbors:

Somali

Latitude
7° north
Longitude
44° east
Population
11,700,000
Elevation
885 metres (2,904 feet)
Open location code
6HV62222+22
Geo­Names ID
444186
Wiki­data ID
Q202800
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Zulu—“Somali” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: Sumalē Kilil
  • Amharic: ሱማሌ ክልል
  • Amharic: ሶማሌ ክልል
  • Arabic: الإقليم الصومالي
  • Arabic: المنطقة الصومالية
  • Armenian: Սոմալի (շրջան)
  • Armenian: Սոմալի
  • Bengali: সোমালি অঞ্চল
  • Breton: Somali
  • Bulgarian: Сомали
  • Catalan: Estat Somali
  • Catalan: Regió Somali
  • Catalan: Regió Somalí
  • Cebuano: Somali Region
  • Chinese: 索馬里州
  • Chinese: 索马里州
  • Croatian: Somali
  • Czech: Somálsko
  • Danish: Somali Region
  • Danish: Somali
  • Dutch: Regio Somali
  • Dutch: Somali regio
  • Dutch: Somali
  • Dutch: Sumale
  • Esperanto: Somala regiono
  • Estonian: Somaalia osariik
  • Finnish: Somali
  • Finnish: Somalin maakunta
  • French: région Somali
  • French: Somali
  • Galician: Rexión de Somali
  • Georgian: სომალის რეგიონი
  • German: Somali-Region
  • German: Somali
  • Greek: Σομαλία
  • Gujarati: સોમાલી પ્રદેશ
  • Hebrew: סומאלי
  • Hebrew: סומלי
  • Hebrew: סומלילנד האתיופית
  • Hindi: सोमाली प्रदेश
  • Hungarian: Szomália
  • Indonesian: Region Somali
  • Italian: regione dei Somali
  • Italian: Regione dei Somali
  • Italian: Regione di Somali
  • Italian: Regione Somala
  • Italian: Somali
  • Japanese: ソマリ州
  • Kannada: ಸೊಮಾಲಿ ಪ್ರದೇಶ
  • Kirghiz: Сомали (аймак)
  • Kirghiz: Сомали
  • Korean: 소말리주
  • Latvian: Somāli kiliks
  • Latvian: Somāli
  • Lithuanian: Somalių regionas
  • Malay: Somali Region
  • Marathi: सोमाली प्रदेश
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Somali
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Somaliregionen
  • Norwegian: Somali
  • Occitan (post 1500): Estat regional Somali
  • Oromo: Naannoo Somaalee
  • Oromo: Naannoo Sumaalee
  • Persian: استان سومالی
  • Persian: منطقه سومالی
  • Polish: Somali
  • Portuguese: Região Somali
  • Portuguese: Somali
  • Romanian: Statul Somali
  • Russian: Сомали (регион)
  • Russian: Сомали
  • Serbian: Region Somali
  • Serbian: Регион Сомали
  • Serbian: Сомали
  • Serbo-Croatian: Regija Somali
  • Serbo-Croatian: Regija Somalia
  • Serbo-Croatian: Somali
  • Serbo-Croatian: Somalija
  • Sinhala: ඔටෝනොමා ඩෙල් අට්ලාන්ටිකෝ නොර්ටේ කලාපය
  • Slovenian: Deegaanka Soomaalida
  • Slovenian: Somali
  • Somali: Somaali galbeed
  • Somali: Soomaali Galbeed
  • Spanish: region Somali
  • Spanish: región Somalí
  • Spanish: Región Somalí
  • Swahili: Jimbo la Somali
  • Swahili: Mkoa wa Somali
  • Swedish: Ogadenia
  • Swedish: Somali region
  • Swedish: Somali regionen
  • Swedish: Somali
  • Swedish: Somalia
  • Swedish: Somaliregionen
  • Tamil: சோமாலி பகுதி
  • Tamil: சோமாலிப் பிரதேசம்
  • Telugu: సోమాలి ప్రాంతం
  • Thai: โซมาเลีย
  • Turkish: Somali Bölgesi
  • Ukrainian: Сомалі
  • Urdu: صومالی ریجن
  • Urdu: صومالی علاقہ
  • Venetian: Rejon de i Somałi
  • Vietnamese: Somali
  • Vietnamese: Vùng Somali
  • Western Armenian: Սոմալի շրջան
  • Western Panjabi: صوبہ سومالی
  • Wolaytta: Sumaale Dalgga Manttiya
  • Wu Chinese: 索马里州
  • Yue Chinese: 索馬里州
  • Zulu: Somali Region

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