Somalia

About Somalia

Somalia is a country in East Africa, one of the 54 countries of Africa on GlobeQuizz. Its full official name is Federal Republic of Somalia. In Arabic, the name is written الصومال, and the capital مقديشو. Somalia is a member of the Arab League, which brings together 22 countries. Its geographic centre lies in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.

The capital of Somalia is Mogadishu. Mogadishu lies at about 2° north and 45° east. Somalia has 2 official languages: Arabic and Somali. Its currency is the Somali Shilling, with the symbol ⁨Sh⁩ and the international code SOS.

Somalia covers about 637,657 square kilometres, which puts it 42nd by area among the 195 countries on GlobeQuizz. It shares land borders with 3 countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, and Djibouti. The largest of these neighbours by area is Ethiopia. Other countries in East Africa include Tanzania, Mozambique, and Zambia. To practise flags, capitals and currencies, play the Africa quiz on GlobeQuizz, which mixes Somalia with the other countries of the same region.