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Federal Republic of Somalia; Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya; جمهورية الصومال الفيدرالية
	Flag Coat of arms
	Light green territory disputed with Somaliland
Capital; and largest city	Mogadishu
Official languages	Somali; Arabic
Area
• Total	637,657 km²
Population
• 2020 estimate	15,893,219

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Somalia, (Somali: Somaliya), officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, (Somali: Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya; (Arabic: جمهورية الصومال الفيدرالية), is a country in the literal Horn of Africa, located in East Africa. And it literally is the Horn of Africa.

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-The '''Federal Republic of Somalia''', also known as '''Somalia''', is a country in [[East Africa]].
+'''Somalia''', (Somali: Somaliya), officially the '''Federal Republic of Somalia''', (Somali: Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya; (Arabic: جمهورية الصومال الفيدرالية), is a country in the literal Horn of Africa, located in East Africa. And it literally is the Horn of Africa.
 == History ==
-[[Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)|Italy]] and the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|UK]] both [[Colonialism|colonized]] parts of Somalia. The [[Somali National Movement]] later fought against the government of [[Siad Barre]] and overthrew him in 1991. Secessionists led by the SNM then split northwest Somalia from the rest of the country and formed the Republic of Somaliland.<ref>{{Web citation|date=2023-01-17|title=Protests in breakaway Somaliland call for reunification with Somalia|url=https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/01/17/protests-in-breakaway-somaliland-call-for-for-reunification-with-somalia/|newspaper=[[Peoples Dispatch]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127005326/https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/01/17/protests-in-breakaway-somaliland-call-for-for-reunification-with-somalia/|archive-date=2023-01-27|retrieved=2023-01-29|author=Pavan Kulkarni}}</ref>
-The [[United Nations]], led primarily by the [[United States of America|United States]], launched an [[Invasion of Somalia (1992)|invasion of Somalia in 1992]] and [[Invasion of Somalia (1993)|again in 1993]] under the guise of providing relief and humanitarian aid, when it was really killing thousands of Somalis. They sent troops to secure areas with oil fields owned by four Statesian corporations, those being [[Conoco]], [[Amoco]], [[Chevron Corporation|Chevron]], and [[Phillips 66]].<ref>{{Citation|author=William Blum|year=2002|title=Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower|chapter=A Concise History of United States Global Interventions,
-to the Present|isbn=9781842772201|publisher=Zed Books Ltd|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=29EED3C6906FF165E08303B9EAF66B4F|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzacedas5bwprytpzcih6tof3ipede5uzmcvt47tfzwp4cptdau6vmjpy?filename=William%20Blum%20-%20Rogue%20State_%20A%20Guide%20to%20the%20World%27s%20Only%20Superpower-Zed%20Books%20Ltd%20%282002%29.pdf|page=133–134}}</ref>
-In 2006, Somalia reunified under one government after over a decade of [[Somali Civil War]]. [[George W. Bush]] soon overthrew the government of Somalia with support from [[Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia|Ethiopia]] under [[Meles Zenawi]].<ref>{{News citation|author=Chris Banks|newspaper=[[Liberation News]]|title=U.S. troops sent back to Somalia: behind the Pentagon’s latest aggression|date=2022-05-22|url=https://www.liberationnews.org/u-s-troops-sent-back-to-somalia-behind-the-pentagons-latest-aggression/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220605232529/https://www.liberationnews.org/u-s-troops-sent-back-to-somalia-behind-the-pentagons-latest-aggression/|archive-date=2022-06-05|retrieved=2022-06-20}}</ref>
 == References ==

Federal Republic of Somalia Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya جمهورية الصومال الفيدرالية
Flag Coat of arms
Light green territory disputed with Somaliland
Capital and largest city	Mogadishu
Official languages	Somali Arabic
Area
• Total	637,657 km²
Population
• 2020 estimate	15,893,219