Somalia

Somalia

Somalia ranks 112th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Kyrgyzstan, Jordan, and Nepal. Memorable people born in present day Somalia include Siad Barre, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, and Aden Adde. Memorable people who died in Somalia include Abdirashid Shermarke, Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud, and Mohamed Farrah Aidid. Somalia has been the birth place of many politicians, and athletes and the death place of many politicians, and mountaineers.

Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country in continental Africa. Stretching across the Horn of Africa, it borders Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya to the southwest, the Gulf of Aden to the north, and the Indian Ocean to the east. Somalia has the longest coastline on Africa's mainland. Somalia has an estimated population of 18.1 million, of which 2.7 million live in the capital and largest city, Mogadishu. As one of Africa's most ethnically homogenous countries, around 85% of its residents are ethnic Somalis. The official languages of the country are Somali and Arabic, though Somali is the main language. Somalia has historic and religious ties to the Arab world. The overwhelming majority of the population are Sunni Muslims. Read more on Wikipedia