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Key Facts
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Population
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10,428,043
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Area
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637,657 km2
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Official Language
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Arabic, Somali
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Capital
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Mogadishu
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Time
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UTC+3
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Currency
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Somali shilling (SOS)
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Constitution
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Federal parliamentary republic
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Climate
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Principally desert; December to February - northeast monsoon, moderate temperatures in north and very hot in south.
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Economy
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Served as a commercial and financial centre. Before the importation of mass-produced cloth from Europe and America, the city's textiles were forwarded far and wide throughout the interior of the continent, as well as to the Arabian peninsula.
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Traveler Information
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http://wikitravel.org/en/Somalia
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Investment Authority/Ministry of Economy
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http://www.mot.somaligov.net/The%20Minister%20&%20Staff.html
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Media Links
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http://www.somalilandtimes.net/
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