Geographical position: Somalia is located in Eastern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean, east of Ethiopia.
The country’s climate is principally desert; December to February - northeast monsoon, moderate temperatures in north and very hot in south; May to October - southwest monsoon, torrid in the north and hot in the south, irregular rainfall, hot and humid periods (tangambili) between monsoons.
Languages: Somali (official), Arabic, Italian, English.
Mogadishu is the capital of Somalia.
Surface: 637,657 sq km
Population: 8,591,629
System of government: no permanent national government; transitional, parliamentary federal government
Capital: Mogadishu
Religion: Sunni Muslim
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