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 Somalia 
 Main prefix
 T5 
 Callsigns series
 6OA-6OZ, T5A-T5Z 
 Time zone
 +3 h 
 Continent
 Africa 
 ITU zone
 48 
 CQ zone
 37 
 
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 Flag 
 Flag description 
Light blue with a large white five-pointed star in the center; blue field influenced by the flag of the UN.
 
          Somalia          
 
 Somalia 
 Capital: 
Mogadishu
 Administrative
 divisions: 
18 regions (plural - NA, singular - gobolka): Awdal, Bakool, Banaadir, Bari, Bay, Galguduud, Gedo, Hiiraan, Jubbada Dhexe, Jubbada Hoose, Mudug, Nugaal, Sanaag, Shabeellaha Dhexe, Shabeellaha Hoose, Sool, Togdheer, and Woqooyi Galbeed.
 Population: 
7,753,310 (July 2002 est.)
this estimate was derived from an official census taken in 1975 by the Somali Government, population counting in Somalia is complicated by the large number of nomads and by refugee movements in response to famine and clan warfare
 Languages: 
Somali (official), Arabic, Italian, English
 Geographic
 coordinates: 
10° 00' N, 49° 00' E
 Area total: 
637,657 sq. km
 Land area: 
627,337 sq. km
 Water area: 
10,320 sq. km
 Total land
 boundaries: 
2,340 km
 Borders
 with neighbor
 countries: 
Djibouti 58 km, Ethiopia 1,600 km, Kenya 682 km
 Coastline: 
3,025 km
 Elevation
 extremes: 
Indian Ocean 0 m - Shimbiris 2,416 m
 Internet
 country code: 
.so
 Currency: 
Somali shilling (SOS)
 Name -
 conventional
 long form: 
Federal Republic of Somalia
 Name -
 conventional
 short form: 
Somalia
 Name - local
 long form: 
Jamhuuriyadda Federaalkaa Soomaaliya
 Name - local
 short form: 
Soomaaliya
 Former name: 
Somali Republic, Somali Democratic Republic
 Independence: 
1 July 1960 (from a merger of British Somaliland, which became independent from the UK on 26 June 1960, and Italian Somaliland, which became independent from the Italian-administered UN trusteeship on 1 July 1960, to form the Somali Republic)
 Constitution: 
25 August 1979, presidential approval 23 September 1979
the Transitional National Government formed in August 2000 has a mandate to create a new constitution and hold elections within three years
 Government
 type: 
no permanent national government, transitional, parliamentary national government
 National
 holiday: 
Foundation of the Somali Republic, 1 July (1960)
26 June (1960) in Somaliland
 
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