Somalia Facts & Figures:

- Location: Eastern Africa, off the Indian Ocean and the gulf of Aden, east of Ethiopia and Kenya.
- Capital City: Mogadishu.
- Population: 8, 863, 338.
- Other major towns and cities: Kismayu, Berbera, Merca, Baidoa, Galcaio, Hargeysa.
- Religion: mainly Sunni Muslim.
- Languages: Somali (official), Arabic, Italian, English.
- Currency: Somali Shilling (SOS).

Mogadishu