Somalia August 2, 2019 Africa , Arab League , Arabic , Arabic language , Baidoa , border conflict , CEN-SAD , Chabaab , Chabab , civil war , colony , conflicts , East Africa , excision , famine , Federal Republic of Somalia , Gulf of Aden , Horn of Africa , human rights , Indian Ocean , Italian colony , Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya , Kismayo , Marca , Mogadiscio , piracy , pirates , poverty , Punt , Puntland , Somalia , Somaliland , terrorism , war , جمهورية الصومال الفدرالية Official name Federal Republic of Somalia Name in local language Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya (so) ; جمهورية الصومال الفدرالية (ar) Continent Africa Subcontinent East Africa Population (ranking: 75e ) 13,611,470 inhabitants (2018) Population growth 2.53 % / year Area 637,657 km² Density 21.35 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 163e )7.484 billions $USD (2018) GDP/capita (ranking ) 499 $USD (2018) GDP growth -1.50 % / year (2018) Life expectancy (ranking ) 56.50 years (2015) Birth rate 43.61 ‰ (2014) Fertility rate 6.46 children / woman (2014) Death rate (ranking ) 12.03 ‰ (2014) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 132.50 ‰ (2016) Literacy rate 37.80 % (2001) Official languages Somali, Arabic Currency Somali shilling (SOS) HDI (ranking: 228e )0.364 / 1 (2008) EPI (ranking )0.00 (2018) Government Federal parliamentary republic Head of State President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed National Day 1st July (independence of 1960) ISO Codes SO, SOM Demonym Somali
The government is trying to get things back on track Somalia is a country located at the eastern end of the Horn of Africa, bordered by the Indian Ocean. It shares borders, in its current reduced configuration, with Puntland to the north, Ethiopia to the northwest, and Kenya to the southwest. Formerly the northern part of the country, Somaliland and Puntland are independent in fact.
Countryland in Somalia Mogadiscio, Somalia Child in the port of Mogadiscio, Somalia Urban areas (2010) Urban areas Population Mogadiscio 2,275,976 inhabitants Merka 480,543 inhabitants Kismaayo 402,691 inhabitants Baidoa 290,750 inhabitants Beledweyne 200,769 inhabitants Jamaame 192,719 inhabitants Afgooye 190,811 inhabitants
Administrative divisions Regions Population Area Bakool 367,226 inhabitants 26,962 km² Banaadir 2,275,976 inhabitants 1,657 km² Basse Shabelle (Shabeellaha Hoose) 1,202,219 inhabitants 25,285 km² Bay 792,182 inhabitants 35,156 km² Galguduud 569,434 inhabitants 46,126 km² Gedo 508,405 inhabitants 60,389 km² Haute Juba (Jubbada Dhexe) 362,921 inhabitants 9,836 km² Haute Juba (Jubbada Hoose) 489,307 inhabitants 42,876 km² Haute Shabelle (Shabeellaha Dhexe) 516,036 inhabitants 22,663 km² Hiiraan 520,685 inhabitants 31,510 km² Mudug 717,863 inhabitants 72,933 km²
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