Somalia

flag of somalia


  1. Introduction
  2. Climate,Population and Natural Resources
  3. Law
  4. Regions and districts
  5. Economy
  6. Soucres

Introduction

Somalia is a country in the continent of Africa.It is located in the horn of Africa. Somalia is bordered to the Djibouti to the northwest,Kenya to the southwest,the Gulf of Aden with Yemen to the north.

Climate,Population and Natural Resources

Due to Somalia being close to the equator there isn't that much seasons. It is mostly hot all year round. Mean daily maximum temperatures range from 30 to 40 °C. The population of Somalia is 9,359,000. Natural resources in the Somalia is uranium and largely unexploited reserves of iron ore, tin, gypsum, bauxite, copper, salt, natural gas,slikely oil reserves. The language spoken in Somalia is Somali.

Law

In Somalia the follow the Shari'a because most of the population of the Somalia religous belif is islam. They also practice another type of law which is Xeer (heer). Under this system, elders serve as judges and help mediate cases using precedents.

Regions and districts

Somalia is officially divided into eighteen regions (gobollada, singular gobol),which in turn are subdivided into districts. The regions are:

  1. Jubbada Hoose
  2. Jubbada Dhexe
  3. Gedo
  4. Bay
  5. Bakool
  6. Shabeellaha Hoose
  7. Banaadir
  8. Shabeellaha Dhexe
  9. Hiiraan
  10. Galguduud
  11. Mudug
  12. Nugaal
  13. Bari
  14. Sool
  15. Sanaag
  16. Togdheer
  17. Woqooyi Galbeed
  18. Awdal

Economy

According to the CIA and the Central Bank of Somalia, despite experiencing civil unrest, Somalia has maintained a healthy informal economy, based mainly on livestock, remittance/money transfer companies and telecommunications.There money is called Shillings

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Because of the cival war somalia doesn't do any trades with Canada. The reason why I made my HTML about Somalia is because I am from Somalia and I just wanted display all the stuff that I have learn from my family in this webpage. I have never been to Somalia but I wish to soon go there.

Sources

https://www.cia.gov/library/public ations/the-world-factbook/geos/so.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/country_pr ofiles/1072592.stm http:/ /www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107979.html http://sb.westfordk12.us/pages/6mweb/6mss/trave lpages/1/1Ryan5/images/somalia-flag.gif http://en.wik ipedia.org/wiki/Somalia http ://www.creativeroots.org/wp- content/uploads/2009/10/Coat_of_arms_of_Somalia.png

Quiz


What is your name?
Which Continent is Somalia Located?
Europe
Africa
North America
South America
Asia


Which one is the ninth Region in Somalia?
Hiiraan
Bakool
Banaadir
Bay
Gedo
Please describe Somalia climate:

What is the money called in Somalia?