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Entity :
Somalia
Main prefix :
T5
Callsigns series :
6OA-6OZ, T5A-T5Z
Time zone :
+3 h
Continent :
Africa
ITU zone :
48
CQ zone :
37
Somalia
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Flag description
Light blue with a large white five-pointed star in the center; blue field influenced by the flag of the UN.
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