Somalia

Basic facts about Somalia

Country name: Somalia
Capital: Mogadishu
Country code: 394
Continent: Africa
Currency name: Somali shilling
Independence: 1960-07-01 00:00:00
Independent from: 1 July 1960 from a merger of British Somaliland that became independent from the UK on 26 June 1960 and Italian Somaliland that became independent from the Italian-administered UN trusteeship on 1 July 1960 to form the Somali Republic
Total area (km2): 637,657
Land area (km2): 627,337
Water area (km2): 10,320
Population: 10,251,568
Population note: 10,251,568 (July 2013 est.)
Official language: Somali Arabic
All languages: Somali (official), Arabic (official, according to the Transitional Federal Charter), Italian, English
Time zone: EAT (UTC+3) - Summer (DST) not observed (UTC+3)
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Drive on: right
Calling code: +252
Domain: .so