| 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) |
| Date format: |
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| Drive on: |
right |
| Calling code: |
+252 |
| Domain: |
.so |
