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Somalia is located on the horn of Africa, sharing its western border with Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Kenya. The capital city is Mogadishu.
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  • Population: 8,591,629
  • Land Area: 627,337 sq km
  • Capital City: Mogadishu
  • Languages: Arabic,  English,  Italian,  Somali(official)
  • Religions: Sunni Muslim
  • Government: none
  • Date of independence: 7/1/1960
  • GDP: $4.597 billion (2004 est.)

These data are from the World Factbook


  • Visit the Somalia country page of MSU's globalEDGE.
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