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Somalis constitute the largest ethnic group in Somalia, at approximately 98% of the nation's inhabitants. [6] They are organized into clan groupings, which are important social units; clan membership plays a central part in Somali culture and politics. Clans are patrilineal and are typically divided into sub-clans, sometimes with many sub ...
Statistics Canada's 2006 census ranks people of Somali descent as the 69th largest ethnic group in Canada. [205] UN migration estimates of the international migrant stock 2015 suggest that 1,998,764 people from Somalia were living abroad. [206] [207] Somali women at a political function in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
t. e. The Ministry of Transportation and Roads Development of the Republic of Somaliland ( MoTRD) ( Somali: Wasaarada Gaadiidka iyo Horumarinta Jidadka Somaliland) ( Arabic: وزارة النقل وتطوير الطرق) is a member of the Somaliland cabinet which is concerned with transportation and roads. It is responsible for meeting the ...
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.
Somali Airlines Boeing 707 -338C in flight in 1984. Transport in Somalia refers to the transportation networks and modes of transport in effect in Somalia. They include highways, airports and seaports, in addition to various forms of public and private vehicular, maritime and aerial transportation. Roads Somalia's network of roads is 21,830 km long. As of 2010, 2,757 km (12%) of streets are ...
Somali nationality law is regulated by the Constitution of Somalia, as amended; the Somali Citizenship Law, and its revisions; and various international agreements to which the country is a signatory. [1][2] These laws determine who is, or is eligible to be, a national of Somalia. [3][4] The legal means to acquire nationality, formal legal ...
The Federal Government of Somalia (FGS; Somali: Dowladda Federaalka Soomaaliya, DFS; Arabic: الحكومة الفيدرالية الصومالية) is the internationally recognised government of Somalia, and the first attempt to create a central government in Somalia since the collapse of the Somali Democratic Republic. It replaced the ...
Somaliland, officially the Republic of Somaliland (Somali: Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliland; Arabic: جمهورية صوماليلاند, romanized: Jumhūrīyat Ṣūmālīlānd), is an unrecognised country in the Horn of Africa. It is located in the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden and bordered by Djibouti to the northwest, Ethiopia to the south ...