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637657 km2 (World Rank: 41)

9085000 (World Rank: 82)

Muqdisho (Mogadishu)

Somali

746 $

1 Somalia-Shilling (So.Sh.) = 100 Centesimi

July 1

18 Provinces

Republic since 1979