Somalia
Somalia
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About Somalia
Somalia is situated on the horn of East Africa. The country is extremely tough to get around with sandy coastal plains with many sand dunes and a series of mountain ranges. Vegetation consists mainly of grass and stunted thorn and acacia trees. In southern Somalia eucalyptus, euphorbia, and mahogany trees are found with abundant wildlife of crocodiles, elephants, giraffes, zebras, and lions etc.
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General information
- Capital: Mogadishu
- Language: Somali, Arabic, Italian, English
- Climate: Principally desert
- Timezone: UTC +3
- Currency: 1 Somali shilling (SOS) = 100 cents
- Electricity plugs: c (show)
- No. of inhabitants: 10.7 million (UN, 2005)
- Interl. accesscode +252
- Toplevel domain .so
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Years of fighting between rival warlords and an inability to deal with famine and disease have led to the deaths of up to one million people.
Most of the people are nomadic or seminomadic pastoralists who raise cattle, camels, sheep and goats.
Religion: Islam
National holiday: Foundation of the Somali Republic, 1 July (1960)
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