Somalia

Somalia is a country on the Horn of Africa. Once the centre of many powerful sultanates and an Italian colony, the country has been in a state of chaos and turmoil since the 1980s.

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is the capital and most populous city in Somalia.

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Sarkaalkiisareuguwey, Public domain.
SSC–Khatumo is a region centred around the community in northwestern Somalia.
is an administrative province of .
, officially State of Somalia…
was a Taleh-based anti-colonial monarchy…

Somalia

  • Country with about 11,000,000 residents
  • …has as its capital
  • …uses the Shilling (SOS)
  • …has the phone code 252
  • …uses the internet domain .so
  • …covers 637,657 km² (246,201 miles²)
  • Description: sovereign state in Africa
  • Also known as
    “Federal Republic of Somalia”
    “Jamhuuriyada Demuqraadiga Soomaaliyeed”
    “Jumhūrīyat aş Şūmāl al Fīdirālīyah”
    “SO”
    “SOM”
    “Somali Democratic Republic”
    “Somali Republic”
    “The Somali Republic”
  • Languages
    Somali
    Arabic
    Italian
    English
  • Neighbors
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Latitude of center
8.06° or 8° 3′ 36″ north
Longitude of center
48.1215° or 48° 7′ 17″ east
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Somalia” goes by many names.
Афедеративтә Республика СомалиAbkhazian
СомалиAbkhazian
SomaliaAchinese
СомалиAdyghe
SomaliëAfrikaans
SomaliaAkan
SomaliAlbanian
SomaliaAlbanian
ሱማሌAmharic
ሶማሊያAmharic
SomaliaAmis
सोमालियाAngika
Aş ŞūmālArabic
الصومالArabic
جمهورية الصومالArabic
جمهورية الصومال الديموقراطيةArabic
جمهورية الصومال الفيدراليةArabic
صومالArabic
SomaliaAragonese
ՍոմալիArmenian
SomalieArpitan
চোমালিয়াAssamese
ছোমালিয়াAssamese
ফেডাৰেল ৰিপাব্লিক অৱ ছোমালিয়াAssamese
SomaliaAsturian
SomaliaAtayal
SomaliAzerbaijani
SomaliyaAzerbaijani
SomaliaBalinese
SomaliBambara
SomaliaBanjar
СомалиBashkir
SomaliaBasque
SomaliaBavarian
СамаліBelarusian
সোমালিBengali
সোমালিয়াBengali
SomaliBetawi
सोमालियाBhojpuri
সোমালিয়াBishnupriya
SomaliaBislama
SomalijaBosnian
SomaliaBreton
СомалияBulgarian
ဆိုမာလီယာBurmese
ဆိုမာလီယာနိုင်ငံBurmese
República Federal de SomàliaCatalan
República Somali DemocràticaCatalan
SomàliaCatalan
SomaliaCebuano
SomaliyaCebuano
SomalyaCentral Bikol
SomaliaCentral Kanuri
سۆماڵیاCentral Kurdish
SomaliaChavacano
СомалиChechen
ᏐᎹᎵCherokee
SuǒmǎlǐChinese
索馬利亞Chinese
索馬里Chinese
索马里Chinese
索马里 / 索馬利亞Chinese
索马里联邦共和国Chinese
SomaliCornish
SomaliaCorsican
SomaliyaCrimean Tatar
SomalijaCroatian
Somálská federativní republikaCzech
SomálskoCzech
Federal Republic of SomaliaDagbani
SomaliaDagbani
SomaliaDanish
ސޯމާލިއާDhivehi
SomalyaDimli (individual language)
ThomaliaDinka
सोमालियाDotyali
Federale Republiek SomaliëDutch
SomaliëDutch
སོ་མ་ལི་ཡDzongkha
སོ་མཱ་ལིDzongkha
СомалиEastern Mari
الصومالEgyptian Arabic
Federacia Respubliko SomalioEsperanto
SOEsperanto
SomalioEsperanto
SomalujoEsperanto
SomaaliaEstonian
Somaalia LiitvabariikEstonian
SomaliaEwe
Somalia nutomeEwe
SomáliaExtremaduran
SomaliaFarefare
SomaliaFaroese
SomaliaFiji Hindi
SomaliaFinnish
Somalian liittotasavaltaFinnish
SomalitòFon
SomaaliyaFulah
SomaliiFulah
SomaliaGa
SomaliGagauz
SomaliaGalician
SomaliaGanda
SomaliyaGanda
სომალიGeorgian
Federal Republic of SomaliaGhanaian Pidgin English
SOMGhanaian Pidgin English
SomaliaGhanaian Pidgin English
سۊماليGilaki
सोमालियाGoan Konkani
Ομοσπονδιακή Δημοκρατία της ΣομαλίαςGreek
ΣομαλίαGreek
SomáliaGuarani
SomaliGuianese Creole French
સોમાલિયાGujarati
SomaliHaitian
SomaliaHakka Chinese
SomaliyaHausa
SomaliaHawaiian
סומליהHebrew
सोमालियाHindi
Szomáli Szövetségi KöztársaságHungarian
SzomáliaHungarian
SómalíaIcelandic
SomaliaIdo
SomaliaIgbo
SomaliaIloko
SomaliaInari Sami
Somalia littotäsiväldiInari Sami
Republik Federal SomaliaIndonesian
soIndonesian
SomaliaIndonesian
SomaliaInterlingua
SomaliaInterlingue
An tSomáilIrish
Repubblica Federale di SomaliaItalian
SomaliaItalian
SomaaliaJamaican Creole English
ソマリアJapanese
ソマリア民主共和国Japanese
ソマリア連邦共和国Japanese
SomaliaJavanese
SoomaaliKabiyè
ṢumalKabyle
SomaliaKalaallisut
Сомалмудин ОрнKalmyk
ಸೊಮಾಲಿಯಾKannada
SomaliKara-Kalpak
SomaliaKara-Kalpak
СомалиKarachay-Balkar
SomaliyaKarekare
سومالِیاKashmiri
صومالیہKashmiri
СомалиKazakh
សូម៉ាលីKhmer
SomaliaKikuyu
SomariaKikuyu
SomaliyaKinyarwanda
СомалиKirghiz
SomaliaKomering
SômâliaKongo
소말리아Korean
소말리아 연방공화국Korean
SomaliaKotava
SomalyaKurdish
سۆمالیاKurdish
SomaliaLadin
SomaliaLadino
ໂຊມາເລຍLao
SomaliaLatin
SomālijaLatvian
SomaliaLigurian
SomaliëLimburgan
SomaliLingala
SomaliaLingala
SomaliaLingua Franca Nova
索馬里Literary Chinese
SomalisLithuanian
SomaliLivvi
somaliasLojban
SumaliaLombard
SomaliaLow German
SomalieLow German
SomalijaLower Sorbian
SomaliLuba-Katanga
SomállaLule Sami
SomaliaLuxembourgish
СомалијаMacedonian
SomaliaMadurese
सोमालियाMagahi
सोमालियाMaithili
SômaliaMalagasy
SomaliaMalay
സോമാലിയMalayalam
is-SomaljaMaltese
Repubblika Federali tas-SomaljaMaltese
SomaljaMaltese
ꯁꯣꯃꯥꯂꯤꯌꯥManipuri
SomaalManx
y TomaalManx
Yn TomaalManx
HūmārieMaori
सोमालियाMarathi
सोमालिया प्रजासत्ताकMarathi
سومالیMazanderani
SomaliaMin Dong Chinese
SomaliaMin Nan Chinese
SomaliaMinangkabau
სომალიMingrelian
SomáliaMirandese
СомалияMoksha
သဝ်မာလဳယျာMon
СомалиMongolian
الصومالMoroccan Arabic
صومالMoroccan Arabic
TomariyaNauru
Bilį́į́łání Dineʼé BikéyahNavajo
Soomáálii BikéyahNavajo
सोमालियाNepali
सोमालियाNewari
SomaliyaNorth Ndebele
SomaaliaNorthern Frisian
سومالیNorthern Luri
SomáliaNorthern Sami
Somália lihttodásseváldiNorthern Sami
SomaliaNorwegian
Forbundsrepublikken SomaliaNorwegian Bokmål
Forbundsstaten SomaliaNorwegian Bokmål
SomaliaNorwegian Bokmål
SomaliaNorwegian Nynorsk
SomaliaNovial
SomaliaNupe-Nupe-Tako
SomaliaNyanja
SomaliaObolo
SomaliaOccitan (post 1500)
ܨܘܡܐܠOfficial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
SōmaliaOld English (ca. 450-1100)
ସୋମାଲିଆOriya
SomaaliyaaOromo
СомалиOssetian
सोमालियाPali
SomaliaPampanga
ਸੋਮਾਲੀਆPanjabi
SomaliaPapiamento
SomaliaPedi
SomaaliPennsylvania German
سومالیPersian
سومالیاPersian
SomaliaPiemontese
SomaliaPitcairn-Norfolk
SomaliaPolish
سومالياPushto
سومالیاPushto
SomaliaQuechua
SumalyaQuechua
SomaliaRomanian
SomaliaRomansh
SomaliyaRundi
СомалиRussia Buriat
СомалиRussian
Федеративная Республика СомалиRussian
СомальскоRusyn
SomaliaSakizaya
SomaliaSamoan
SuomalisSamogitian
SomalïiSango
सोमालियाSanskrit
SomàliaSardinian
SomaliaSaterfriesisch
SomalieScots
SomàiliaScottish Gaelic
SomalijaSerbian
СомалијаSerbian
SomalijaSerbo-Croatian
မိူင်းသူဝ်ႇမႃးလီးယႃးShan
SomaliaShona
SomariyaShona
SomaliaSicilian
SůmalijoSilesian
سومالياSindhi
سوماليهSindhi
صومالياSindhi
صوماليهSindhi
සෝමාලියාවSinhala
SomaliaSkolt Sami
Somalia lett-tääʹssväʹlddSkolt Sami
Somálska federatívna republikaSlovak
SomálskoSlovak
SomalijaSlovenian
Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka SoomaaliyaSomali
Jamhuuriyadda SoomaaliyeedSomali
SoomaaliyaSomali
Soomaaliyeey toosooSomali
سومالیSouth Azerbaijani
SomaliaSouthern Sotho
ⵚⵓⵎⴰⵍⵢⴰStandard Moroccan Tamazight
ⵚⵚⵓⵎⴰⵍStandard Moroccan Tamazight
SomaliaSundanese
Jamhuri ya Shirikisho la SomaliaSwahili
soSwahili
SOMSwahili
SomaliSwahili
SomaliaSwahili
ISomaliyaSwati
Förbundsrepubliken SomaliaSwedish
SomaliaSwedish
SomaliaSwiss German
ꠍꠥꠝꠣꠟꠤꠀSylheti
SomaliaTagalog
СомалӣTajik
СумолӣTajik
சொமாலியாTamil
SomaliaTaroko
СомалиTatar
సోమాలియాTelugu
โซมาเลียThai
ประเทศโซมาเลียThai
སོ་མ་ལི།Tibetan
སོ་མཱལི་ཡ།Tibetan
SOTigrinya
SOMTigrinya
ሱማሌTigrinya
ሶማሊያTigrinya
ሶማልያTigrinya
ፈደራላዊት ሪፓብሊክ ሶማልያTigrinya
SōmaliaTonga (Tonga Islands)
SomaliaTsonga
SomaliaTswana
ಸೊಮಾಲಿಯಾTulu
SomaliaTumbuka
الصومالTunisian Arabic
SomaliTurkish
SomaliTurkmen
SomaliaTwi
Ri̱pobi̱lik Mundundung SomalyaTyap
SomalyaTyap
СомалиUdmurt
سومالىUighur
СомаліUkrainian
Федеративна Республіка СомаліUkrainian
SomalijaUpper Sorbian
صومالیہUrdu
SomaliUzbek
SomałiaVenetian
SomaliVeps
Cộng hòa Liên bang SomaliaVietnamese
SomaliaVietnamese
Xô-ma-liVietnamese
SomaliëVlaams
SomaliyaVlax Romani
SomalänVolapük
SomaaliaVõro
SomaliaWaray (Philippines)
SomaliaWelsh
سومالیاWestern Balochi
SomaaljeWestern Frisian
SomaliëWestern Frisian
صومالیاWestern Panjabi
صومالیہWestern Panjabi
SomaliWolof
索马里Wu Chinese
СомалияYakut
סאמאַליעYiddish
SòmálíàYoruba
索馬里Yue Chinese
SomaoliëZeeuws
SomaliaZhuang
ISomaliaZulu
ISomaliyaZulu
ma Somalija
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