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| Somali Democratic Republic Jamhuuriyadda Dimoqraadiga Soomaaliyeed الجمهورية الديمقراطية الصومالية | |
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| 1969–1991 | |
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Anthem: Soomaaliya Ha Noolaato (Somali)
"Long live Somalia" | |
| Capital | Mogadishu (Hamar) |
| Largest city | Mogadishu |
| Common languages | Somali Arabic English Italian |
| Religion | Islam |
| Demonym(s) | Somali |
| Dominant mode of production | Socialism |
| Government | People's dictatorship under a one-party African (Somali) socialist republic |
• President | Mohamed Siad Barre |
| Legislature | People's Assembly |
| History | |
• Established | 1969 |
• Dissolution | 1991 |
The Somali Democratic Republic was the socialist administration of Somalia ruled by Siad Barre and the Supreme Revolutionary Council and the Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party from 1969 to 1991.