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Britain withdrew from British Somaliland in 1960 in order to allow its protectorate to join with Italian Somaliland and form the new nation of Somalia. In 1969, a coup headed by Mohamed SIAD Barre ushered in an authoritarian socialist rule that managed to impose a degree of stability in the country for a couple of decades.

After the regime's overthrow early in 1991, Somalia descended into decades of turmoil, factional fighting, and anarchy. In June 2006, a loose coalition of clerics, business leaders, and Islamic court militias known as the Supreme Council of Islamic Courts (SCIC) defeated powerful Mogadishu warlords and took control of the capital.

The Courts continued to expand, spreading their influence throughout much of southern Somalia and threatening to overthrow the TFG in Baidoa. Ethiopian and TFG forces concerned over suspected links between some SCIC factions and al-Qaida ? in late December 2006 drove the SCIC from power, but the joint forces continue to fight remnants of SCIC militia in the southwestern corner of Somalia near the Kenyan border. The TFG, backed by Ethiopian forces, in late December 2006 moved into Mogadishu, but continues to struggle to exert control over the capital and to prevent the reemergence of warlord rule that typified Mogadishu before the rise of the SCIC.

Facts and Figures

arrow Official Name Somali Democractic Republic

arrow Population 8,863,338

arrow Capital City Mogadishu (1.2 million)

arrow Currency Somali Shilling

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arrow Flag here

arrow Languages Somali (official), Arabic, English, Italian

arrow National Day 1 July; Republic Founding Day

arrow Religions Sunni Muslim

arrow Latitude/Longitude 2° 05'N, 45° 33'E

arrow Highest Point Surud Ad (7,927 ft.) (2,416 m)

arrow Land Area 627,340 sq km (242,216 sq miles)

arrow Land Divisions 18 regions; including Awdal, Bakool, Banaadir, Bari, Bay, Galguduud, Gedo, Hiiraan, Jubbada Dhexe, Jubbada Hoose, Mudug, Nugaal, Sanaag, Shabeellaha Dhexe, Shabeellaha Hoose, Sool, Togdheer and Woqooyi Galbeed.



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arrow Climate Located on the Equator, Somalia is a semidesert country consisting primarally of barren scrubland and dry savanna vegetation.

Along the central coastal plain, and north along the Gulf of Aden, conditions are hot and dry throughout the year, only moderating during the (December-February) monsoon. In the south, higher rainfall amounts and the (May-October) monsoon moderates temperatures

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