| Africa > Eastern Africa > Somalia | |
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| Official Name Federal Republic of Somalia | |
| Region Africa | |
| Sub-Region Eastern Africa | |
| Capital Mogadishu | |
| Currency Somali Shilling (SOS) | |
| Independence Day 1 Jul 1960: Union of the Trust Territory of Somalia (former Italian Somaliland) and British Somaliland to form the Somali Republic. Event commemorated annually. | |
| Population 10,806,000 | |
| Nationality Somali | |
| Area 637,657 km2 | |
| Neighbor Countries Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya | |
| Time Zone EAT (UTC+3) | |
| Geo Location Latitude 10.00, Longitude 49.00 | |
| Dialing Code +252 | |
| ISO 9166 alpha 2 code SO | |
| ISO 9166 alpha 3 code SOM | |
| ISO 9166 numeric 3 code 706 | |
| Code for International Olympic Committee SOM | |
| Country Domain (ccTLD) .so | |