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Somalia
Full country name:
Somalia
Area:
637,657 sq km
Population:
7,253,137
Capital city
Mogadishu (pop. 500,000 est. 1981)
People:
Somali 85%, Bantu, Arabs 30,000
Language:
Somali (official), Arabic, Italian, English
Religion
Sunni Muslim
President:
Somalia has no functioning government; the United Somali Congress (USC) ousted the regime of Major General Mohamed SIAD Barre on 27 January 1991; the present political situation is one of anarchy, marked by interclan fighting and random banditry
