GDP Official Exchange Rate (OER is more precise at gauging a countries economic power)
(Estimated 2010): $2.372 billion (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (OER) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): (US$) or (GBP)
GDP Purchasing Power Parity (PPP is good for gauging living conditions and use of resources but not as accurate as OER. This data has been calculated based on the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States)
(Estimated 2010): $5.896 billion (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (PPP) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2010): $600 (US$) or (GBP)
Capital: Mogadishu
Population (Estimated July 2012): 10,085,638
Area: 637,657km2 or 246,201mi2
Currency: Somali shilling (Shilin Soomaali; So.Sh.)
Official Language: Somali and Arabic
Political Information: Transitional Regime
Official Religion: Islam
(Sunni Muslims)
Highest Mountain: Shimbiris Mountain at 2,414m or 7,920ft
Largest River:
Time Zone (GMT/UTC): +3:00
Wildlife:
Counties/Provinces/States: 18 regions (plural - NA, singular - gobolka); Awdal, Bakool, Banaadir, Bari, Bay, Galguduud, Gedo, Hiiraan, Jubbada Dhexe (Middle Jubba), Jubbada Hoose (Lower Jubba), Mudug, Nugaal, Sanaag, Shabeellaha Dhexe (Middle Shabeelle), Shabeellaha Hoose (Lower Shabeelle), Sool, Togdheer, Woqooyi Galbeed
Leaders: President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed; Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali
Sources: CIA World Fact Book, and Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Somalia (Soomaaliya (Somali) (Somalia))
