  Somalia
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| Capital: Mogadishu |
| Official languages: Somali |
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| Government:Semi-presidential Republic |
| President:Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed |
| Vice President:Nur Hassan Hussein |
| Independence:July 1, 1960Â, Italy |
| Population:9,558,666 |
| Currency:Somali shilling (SOS) |
| Description:A traveller to Somalia is spoilt for choice in the number of things that can go wrong |
| Location:Eastern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean, east of Ethiopia |
| Area:637 657 sq_km |
| Natural Resource uranium and largely unexploited reserves of iron ore, tin, gypsum, bauxite, copper, salt, natural gas, likely oil reserves |
| Internet Code:.so |
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