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The introductions of the country, dependency and region entries are in the native languages and in English. The other introductions are in English.
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Somalia
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Soomaaliya |
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Soomaaliya - Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya
Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya waa dal ku yaalla geeska Bari ee Afrika. Waa dal raadkiisu taariikhda dunida laga heli karo, isagoo hadba magac lagu tilmaamayo, gaar ahaan xilligii Fircoonta iyo Romaankuba. Somaliya waxay u qaybsantahay 18 gobol
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Somalia - Somali Republic
The Somali Republic is located on the Horn of Africa in East Africa. It is bordered by ► Ethiopia to the west, ► Djibouti to the north-west, ► Kenya on its south-west, and the Gulf of Aden on its north, and the Indian Ocean at its east. The Somali state currently exists solely in a de jure capacity; Somalia has no recognized central government authority nor any other feature associated with an established independent state. ► Somaliland formed its own state. See also Somali Civil War maps
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Italian: La Somalia [so-mà-lia] è uno Stato dell'Africa Orientale situata nel corno d'Africa. Confina col Gibuti a nord, con l'Etiopia a ovest e con il Kenya a sudovest; si affaccia a nord sul Golfo di Aden e a est sull'Oceano Indiano. Il territorio è in gran parte arido e semi-arido, a eccezione del sud, più fertile. |
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| Short name |
Somalia |
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Somali Republic |
| Status |
Independent country since 1960 |
| Location |
East Africa |
| Capital |
Muqdisho (Mogadishu) |
| Population |
10,700,000 inhabitants |
| Area |
647,657 km² |
| Major language(s) |
Somali |
| Major religion(s) |
Islam |
| More information |
Somalia, Geography of Somalia, History of Somalia and Politics of Somalia |
| More images |
Somalia - Somalia (Category). |
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General maps
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Map of Somalia |
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Map of Somalia |
History maps
This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Somalia, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Somalia.
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Colonial partition of the Horn of Africa around 1900 |
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Somalia in the Italian colonial empire in 1940 |
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Italian Somaliland |
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Battle of Mogadishu 1993 |
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Regions of Somalia
Map of Somalia showing the major self-declared states and areas of factional control, as of December 2006.
- Pink - Somaliland (declared independent, unrecognized)
- Blue - Puntland (declared autonomous)
- Gold-brown - controlled directly by Supreme Islamic Courts Council (includes Mogadishu)
- Light Yellow - allied to the Supreme Islamic Courts Council
- Orange - controlled by Transitional National Government (TNG)
- White dot - Baidoa (seat of the Transitional National Government)
- Green line - former eastern boundary of Southwestern Somalia
- Light Green - Southwestern Somalia (declared regional autonomy; associated with the TNG)
- Light Purple - Jubaland (also formerly 9 & 10; declared regional Autonomy and associated with the TNG)
- Grey - No government
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Political Situation in Somalia at the height of the Islamic Courts Union expansion |
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Current political situation in Somalia |
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self-declared state of Galmudug |
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Somalia districts |
Other maps
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Population density map, 2002 |
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Ethnic groups, 2002 |
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Ethnic groups, 1977 |
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Topography |
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Minerals |
Satellite maps
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Satellite map |
Notes and references
General remarks:
- The WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Atlas of the World is an organized and commented collection of geographical, political and historical maps available at Wikimedia Commons. The main page is therefore the portal to maps and cartography on Wikimedia. That page contains links to entries by country, continent and by topic as well as general notes and references.
- Every entry has an introduction section in English. If other languages are native and/or official in an entity, introductions in other languages are added in separate sections. The text of the introduction(s) is based on the content of the Wikipedia encyclopedia. For sources of the introduction see therefore the Wikipedia entries linked to. The same goes for the texts in the history sections.
- Historical maps are included in the continent, country and dependency entries.
- For Burma, see Myanmar; Great Britain and Northern Ireland, see United Kingdom; Ivory Coast, see Côte d'Ivoire; Pridnestrovie, see Transnistria; Taiwan, see China, Republic of; Timor-Leste, see East Timor.
- The status of various entities is disputed. See the content for the entities concerned.
- The maps of former countries that are more or less continued by a present-day country or had a territory included in only one or two countries are included in the atlas of the present-day country. For example the Ottoman Empire can be found in the Atlas of Turkey.
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