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Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia is: a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by, Ethiopia to the "west," Djibouti to the northwest, the Gulf of Aden to the north, the Indian Ocean to the east. And Kenya to the southwest. Somalia has the longest coastline on the mainland of Africa, "with a seaboard that stretches 3,"025 kilometres (1,880 mi).

In antiquity, Somalia was an important centre for commerce with the rest of the ancient world, it is among the most probable locations of the fabled ancient Land of Punt. During the Middle Ages, "several powerful Somali empires dominated the regional trade," including the Ajuuraan Sultanate, the Adal Sultanate and the Geledi Sultanate. In the late nineteenth century, through a succession of treaties with these kingdoms, the British. And Italians gained control of parts of the coast, and established British Somaliland and Italian Somaliland. In the interior, the Dervish State wherein Muhammad Abdullah Hassan was leader successfully repulsed the British Empire four times and "forced it to retreat to the coastal region." Italian occupation lasted until 1941, yielding to British military administration. British Somaliland would remain a protectorate, while Italian Somaliland in 1949 became a United Nations Trusteeship under Italian administration, the Trust Territory of Somaliland.

Though, in 1960, the two regions united to form the independent Somali Republic under a civilian government. In 1991, following the collapse of the government of Siad Barre, the Republic of Somaliland unilaterally declared its independence from Somalia, reinstating the borders of former British Somaliland, and has been governed by democratically elected leaders since. Somaliland's independence, however, has not been recognised by any foreign country. Or international organisation.

Somalia has a population of around 10 million. About 85% of local residents are ethnic Somalis, Somali and Arabic are the official languages of Somalia, both of which belong to the Afro-Asiatic family. Most people in the territory are Muslims, the majority being Sunni.

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Puntland (Somali: Puntland, Arabic: أرض البنط, Italian: Terra di Punt/Paese di Punt), officially the Puntland State of Somalia (Somali: Dowlad Goboleedka Puntland ee Soomaaliya, Arabic: ولاية أرض البنط الصومالية), is a Federal Member State in northeastern Somalia. The capital city is the city of Garoowe in the Nugal region, and its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland had a population of 4,334,633 in 2016. Geographically to the west, Puntland lays claim to the intra-46th meridian territories that were outside European colonial rule during parts of the Scramble for Africa period.

Puntland is bordered by Somaliland to its west, the Gulf of Aden in the north, the Guardafui Channel in the northeast, the Indian Ocean in the southeast, the central Galmudug region in the south, and Ethiopia in the southwest. There are several major geographical apexes in Puntland, including the Cape Guardafui, which forms the tip of the Horn of Africa, Ras Hafun the easternmost place on the entire African continent, and the beginning of the Karkaar mountain range. It also has the northernmost major city in Somalia, Bosaso, located at a line of latitude higher than 11° north. (Full article...)

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Somalia sent a delegation to compete at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia from 15 September to 1 October 2000. This was the African country's fifth appearance at a Summer Olympic Games, following their debut twenty-eight years earlier at the 1972 Summer Olympics. The delegation consisted of two athletics competitors: Ibrahim Mohamed Aden and Safia Abukar Hussein, the latter was Somalia's first female Olympic athlete. Neither of the two participants progressed beyond the first round of their respective competitions. (Full article...)

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• ...that Somalia was and still is known as the Nation of Poets?

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  Image 1A satellite image of Somalia, 2004
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  Image 2The Jubba river near Jamaame
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  Image 3A view of Banderadley Somalia
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  Image 4Mashmash, a Somali pancake and part of Somali cuisine
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  Image 5A view of the Port of Mogadishu
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  Image 6Lamadaya are waterfalls located in the Cal Madow mountain range in the northern Sanaag region of Somalia
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  Image 7The beachside at Merca, an ancient port city in the southern Lower Shebelle province of Somalia
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  Image 8Hargeisa and much of northwestern Somalia is desert or hilly terrain. Here, the thelarchic-shaped Naasa Hablood hills are shown.
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  Image 9A view of Bosaso
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  Image 10A view in the Kismayo/Dalxiiska area in 2016
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  Image 11A man carries a huge hammerhead shark through the streets of Mogadishu
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  Image 12A Dhulbahante garesa (dervish fort) in Taleh
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  Image 13A camel peering over the leafier portions of Cal Madow, a mountain range in Somalia

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  Image 1Barawa city was an important medieval centre of Somali enterprise. (from History of Somalia)
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  Image 2Somali Army soldiers during the operation Operation Indian Ocean, October 2014 (from History of Somalia)
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  Image 3An avenue in downtown Mogadishu in 1963. (from History of Somalia)
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  Image 4Mogadiscio cathedral (from History of Somalia)
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  Image 5The Silk Road extending from southern Europe through Arabia, Somalia, Egypt, Persia, India and Java until it reaches China. (from History of Somalia)
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  Image 6Mosque of Islamic Solidarity (from Culture of Somalia)
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  Image 7Somali singer Fartuun Birimo wearing henna hand and arm designs. (from Culture of Somalia)
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  Image 819th century Martello fort in Berbera constructed by Haji Sharmarke Ali Saleh (from History of Somalia)
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  Image 9Wa'daan warriors ambushed and killed the Italian explorer Antonio Cecchi and most of his troops at Lafoole, west of Mogadishu, 1896 (from History of Somalia)
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  Image 10Taleh was the capital of the Dervish movement. (from History of Somalia)
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  Image 11Merca is an ancient Islamic center in Somalia. (from Culture of Somalia)
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  Image 12US Army helicopter shortly before Battle of Mogadishu in 1993. (from History of Somalia)
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  Image 13Somali woman in Hargeisa opening speech with traditional greeting. (from Culture of Somalia)
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  Image 14Foreign Minister of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Omaar in a meeting with UNDP Administrator Helen Clark and other diplomats at the UN headquarters in New York. (from History of Somalia)
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  Image 15A traditional dabqaad incense burner. (from Culture of Somalia)
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  Image 16Exterior of the Saryan Museum, Hargeisa (from Culture of Somalia)
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  Image 17Somali language books on display. (from Culture of Somalia)
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  Image 18Somali women in traditional dirac and shash (from Culture of Somalia)
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  Image 19A Somali woman showing a decorated pottery (from Culture of Somalia)
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  Image 20Bimaal clan elders and the Bimal Sultan on board Marco Polo discussing matters with Italian figures (from History of Somalia)
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  Image 21Downtown Mogadishu in 1936. Arch of Triumph Umberto to the left, Cathedral and Arba Rucun mosque to the centre-right. (from History of Somalia)
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  Image 22Italian Somalia (from History of Somalia)
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  Image 23Governor's palace in Mogadiscio (from History of Somalia)
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  Image 24Embassy of Somalia in Paris (from History of Somalia)
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  Image 25Mosque in Borama, Somaliland (from Culture of Somalia)
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  Image 26Italian stamp from Mogadiscio (from History of Somalia)
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  Image 27Engraving of the 13th century Fakr ad-Din Mosque built by Fakr ad-Din, the first Sultan of the Sultanate of Mogadishu. (from History of Somalia)
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  Image 28Somali men and women in front of a traditional house (from Culture of Somalia)
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  Image 29In 1698, the Portuguese in Mombasa surrendered to a joint Somali-Ottoman force. (from History of Somalia)
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  Image 30The Guardafui Channel, between the tip of Somalia and Socotra island. (from Geography of Somalia)
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  Image 31Dervish commander Haji Sudi on the left with his brother in-law Duale Idres. Aden, 1892. (from History of Somalia)
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  Image 32Almnara Tower, Mogadishu. (from History of Somalia)
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  Image 33Sheikh Ali Ayanle Samatar, a prominent Somali Islamic scholar. (from Culture of Somalia)
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  Image 34Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi's pioneering use of cannons figured prominently in his Conquest of Ethiopian territories. (from History of Somalia)
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  Image 35Somali women basket weaving (from Culture of Somalia)
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  Image 36Somali woman building a Somali house (from Culture of Somalia)
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  Image 37The Osmanya writing script. (from Culture of Somalia)
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  Image 38Mogadishan currency – The Sultanate of Mogadishu was an important monetary supporter of Adal. (from History of Somalia)
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  Image 39Ruins of the Sultanate of Adal in Zeila, Somalia. (from History of Somalia)
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  Image 40Former leader of the Somali Youth League Aden Abdullah Osman Daar who eventually became the first President of the Somali Republic following the union of State of Somaliland and Italian Trusteeship of Somalia. (from Culture of Somalia)
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  Image 41Map of Italian Somaliland in 1940, when was added the British Somaliland (after the previous addition of the Ogaden in 1936) (from History of Somalia)
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  Image 42Dulbiciid in Godaalo, Xudun District, tallest Somalia mountain outside karkaar range (from Geography of Somalia)
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  Image 43AMISOM reinforcement convoy on the Baidoa-Mogadishu road in April 2014 (from History of Somalia)
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  Image 44The battle flag of Al-Shabaab, an Islamist group waging war against the federal government. (from History of Somalia)
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  Image 45Somali women performing a traditional dance (from Culture of Somalia)
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  Image 46Flag of the Somali Youth League (SYL), the nation's first political party. (from History of Somalia)
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  Image 47Major General Mohamed Siad Barre, Chairman of the Supreme Revolutionary Council. (from History of Somalia)
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  Image 48Topography of Somalia (from Geography of Somalia)
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  Image 49Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur Chairman of the Somali National Movement that overthrew Barre's regime in Northern Somalia (from History of Somalia)
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  Image 50Neolithic rock art at the Laas Geel complex depicting a camel. (from History of Somalia)
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  Image 51Somalia map of Köppen climate classification. (from Geography of Somalia)
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  Image 52Fiat building in Mogadiscio, 1940 (from History of Somalia)
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  Image 53Somalis performing the folk dance called Dhaanto (from Culture of Somalia)
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  Image 54Traditional Somali clans (from Culture of Somalia)
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  Image 55Model of a medieval Mogadishan ship. (from History of Somalia)
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  Image 56Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, leader of the Dervish movement. (from History of Somalia)
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  Image 57Cinema Italia in Mogadiscio, 1937 (from History of Somalia)
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  Image 58Exhumed skeletal remains of victims of the Isaaq genocide (from History of Somalia)

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