Passport card
Federal Republic of Somalia
Somalia
- Capital
- Mogadishu
- Continent
- Africa
- Currency
- Somali shilling
- Languages
- Somali and Arabic
- People
- About 2 crore
- Size
- About 6.4 lakh km²
- Leader
- President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
- Free since
- 1 July 1960
- Time
- 2½ hours behind India: at 12 noon in India, it is 9:30 am in Mogadishu
⭐ Somalia has the longest coastline of any country on Africa's mainland.
Your Somalia stamp
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Two ways to learn
Learn about Somalia
Find it on the globe
Fly from India to Somalia
Turn the globe with your finger. Somalia has 3 neighbours on land: tap one to visit it.
Compare with India
Somalia and India, side by side
Both are drawn to the same scale.
- SizeIndia is more than 5 times the size of Somalia.
- PeopleIndia has about 73 times as many people: about 146 crore in India and about 2 crore in Somalia.
- DistanceMogadishu is about 4,500 km from Delhi, in a straight line.
- TimeSomalia is 2½ hours behind India. When it is 12 noon in India, it is 9:30 am in Mogadishu.
Test yourself
Quiz Me
30 questions on Somalia, a fresh mix every time you play. Answer one at a time and see why straight away.
Fly through 30 questions on Somalia
- A fresh mix from the country's 100 questions, every round.
- See the right answer and why, straight away.
- Score 18 or more to earn Somalia's passport stamp.
Map puzzle
Put Somalia back on the map
Somalia and its neighbours have fallen off the map. Can you put all 4 back?
Drag each piece to its place on the map, or tap a piece and then tap its place.
For parents and teachers
Free Somalia worksheet
One page to print: colour the flag, name the neighbours, fill in the blanks and more. The answers are at the bottom, upside down.
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