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Somalia ('''Somali:''' ''Soomaaliya'', '''Arabic:''' ''الصومال‎ aṣ-Ṣūmāl''), officially known as the Federal Republic of Somalia ('''Somali:''' ''Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya'', '''Arabic:''' ''جمهورية الصومال الفدرالية‎ Jumhūriyyat aṣ-Ṣūmāl al-Fiderāliyya''), is an East African desert country at the Horn of Africa with a long, rich history. However, it is [[OvershadowedByControversy nowadays better known in the West]] for the disastrous civil war that started during TheNineties and arguably still continues today.

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Somalia ('''Somali:''' ''Soomaaliya'', '''Arabic:''' ''الصومال‎ aṣ-Ṣūmāl''), officially known as the Federal Republic of Somalia ('''Somali:''' ''Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya'', '''Arabic:''' ''جمهورية الصومال الفدرالية‎ Jumhūriyyat aṣ-Ṣūmāl al-Fiderāliyya''), is an East African UsefulNotes/{{Africa}}n desert country at the Horn of Africa with a long, rich history. However, it is [[OvershadowedByControversy nowadays better known in the West]] West for the disastrous civil war {{civil war}} that started during TheNineties and arguably still continues today.
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** President:Hassan Sheikh Mohamud

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** President:Hassan President: Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
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** Prime Minister: Mohamed Hussein Roble

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** Prime Minister: Mohamed Hussein RobleHamza Abdi Barre
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** President: Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed

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** President: Mohamed Abdullahi MohamedPresident:Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
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* '''Highest point:''' Shimbiris (2450 m/8,038 ft) (107th)

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* '''Highest point:''' Shimbiris (2450 m/8,038 ft) (107th)(97th)
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* '''Highest point:''' Shimbiris (2450 m/8,038 ft) (102nd)

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* '''Highest point:''' Shimbiris (2450 m/8,038 ft) (102nd)(107th)
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* '''Highest point:''' Shimbiris (2450 m/8,038 ft) (121st)

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* '''Highest point:''' Shimbiris (2450 m/8,038 ft) (121st)(102nd)
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* '''ISO-3166-1 Code:''' SO

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* '''ISO-3166-1 Code:''' SOSO
* '''Country calling code:''' 252
* '''Highest point:''' Shimbiris (2450 m/8,038 ft) (121st)
* '''Lowest point:''' Indian Ocean (3,741 m/12,274 ft) (-)
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Despite being part of the Arab League, Somalia is not majority Arabic-speaking nor do its citizens culturally identify as Arab (this is the same case with Djibouti). The Somali language is related most closely to languages of the Ethiopian Highlands, most notably Oromo, the largest language in Ethiopia by number of speakers. It ''is'' genetically related to Arabic, but very, very distantly (think of the relation between English and Hindustani). The language is written by a Latin alphabet, introduced by linguist Shire Jama Ahmed in the 1970s following several failed attempts at a unified writing system.

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Despite being part of the Arab League, Somalia is not majority Arabic-speaking nor do its citizens culturally identify as Arab (this is the same case with Djibouti). The Somali language is related most closely to languages of the Ethiopian Highlands, most notably Oromo, the largest language in Ethiopia by number of speakers. It ''is'' genetically related to Arabic, but very, very distantly (think of the relation between English and Hindustani). The language is written by in a Latin alphabet, introduced by linguist Shire Jama Ahmed in the 1970s following several failed attempts at a unified writing system.

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