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Somalia has an estimated population of 18.1 million, [ 15 ][ 16 ][ 17 ] of which over 2 million live in the capital and largest city, Mogadishu. Around 85% of its residents are ethnic Somalis and the official languages of the country are Somali and Arabic, though the former is the primary language.
Diplomatic relations between Somalia and Germany were established on 1 July 1960, shortly after the Somali Republic's independence. [179] After a pause due to the Somali Civil War, relations where reestablished in 2012. Germany provides development aid to Somalia and both countries have established a security partnership. [180] Greece
The Red Sea is a sea inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia. Its connection to the ocean is in the south, through the Bab-el-Mandeb strait and the Gulf of Aden. To its north lie the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Gulf of Suez —leading to the Suez Canal. It is underlain by the Red Sea Rift, which is part of the ...
Somalia is a country located in the Horn of Africa which officially consists of the intra-46th meridian east territory, the seven federal member states, namely Galmudug, Hirshabelle, Jubaland, South West, Puntland, and the municipality of Benadir. [ 2 ] It is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, the Gulf of Aden to the north, the Somali Sea and ...
Somalia: 3 3 4 Djibouti Ethiopia (L) Kenya Yemen (M) Somaliland, which considers itself independent, is the only part of Somalia to border Djibouti Somaliland [au] 3 3 4 Djibouti Ethiopia (L) Somalia Yemen (M) South Africa: 6 2 6 Botswana (L) Eswatini (Swaziland) (L) Lesotho (L) Mozambique Namibia Zimbabwe (L)
The Gulf of Aden (Arabic: خليج عدن; Somali: Gacanka Cadmeed) is a deepwater gulf of the Indian Ocean between Yemen to the north, the Arabian Sea to the east, Djibouti to the west, and the Guardafui Channel, the Socotra Archipelago, Puntland in Somalia and Somaliland to the south. [2] In the northwest, it connects with the Red Sea through ...
The Somalia–Somaliland border (Somali: Xuduuda Soomaaliya iyo Soomaaliland; Arabic: الحدود بين الصومال وصوماليلاند) is the disputed border between Somalia and the self-declared sovereign state of Somaliland. [2][3][4] It is an international border that separates two countries, while the Somali government and most ...
Population. 140,683,144 (2020 est.) Area. 1,882,757 km 2. The Horn of Africa (HoA), also known as the Somali Peninsula, [2][3][4] is a large peninsula and geopolitical region in East Africa. [5] Located on the easternmost part of the African mainland, it is the fourth largest peninsula in the world.