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This is a list of districts in Somalia by population. As of March 2017 [update] , the country has an estimated population of 15,626,039 inhabitants. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] According to the Central Intelligence Agency , the total population count in Somalia is complicated by internal movements of nomads and individuals displaced during the civil war . [ 3 ]
Its territory is the largest after Oromia Region. [4] The regional state borders the Ethiopian regions of Afar and Oromia and the chartered city Dire Dawa to the west, as well as Djibouti to the north, Somalia to the northeast, east and south; and Kenya to the southwest. [5] Jijiga is the capital of the Somali Region.
In November 2014, the South West State of Somalia was established. [3] Hirshabelle State was formed in October 2016. [4] Khatumo State in the north central region was recognized in 2023. The Federal Parliament is tasked with selecting the ultimate number and boundaries of autonomous regional states within the Federal Republic of Somalia.
Puntland is located in the northeastern part of Somalia and its state capital is the city of Garoowe in the Nugal region. [4] The region had a population of 4,334,633 in 2016. [ 5 ]
Somalia has an estimated population of 18.1 million, [16] [17] [18] of which 2.7 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. Somalia has historic and religious ties to the Arab ...
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Somalia is officially divided into 18 administrative regions (gobollo, singular gobol). [1] These are in turn subdivided into seventy-two districts (plural degmooyin ; singular degmo ) On a de facto basis, northern Somalia is now divided up among the autonomous region of Puntland In central Somalia, Galmudug is another regional entity that ...
[6] [7] In this region, relative humidity ranges from about 40 percent in the mid-afternoon to 85 percent at night, changing somewhat according to the season. [7] Unlike the climates of most other countries at this latitude, conditions in Somalia range from arid desert in the northeastern and central regions to semiarid steppe in the south and ...