Contents Where Is Somalia The Land Laas Geel Caves Wildlife The People Daily Life Going to School Working Playing Food Holidays A Nation of Poets Fast Facts Glossary To Learn More Index 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 31 32
Somalia is the easternmost country on Africa’s mainland Shaped like the number 7 it covers 246,201 square miles 637,657 square kilometers on the Horn of Africa Somalia shares most of its western border with Ethiopia Kenya lies to the southwest A small part of the country’s northwestern border touches Djibouti Somalia has the second-longest coastline in Africa Its northern shores dip into the Gulf of Aden which separates the country from the Arabian Peninsula The Indian Ocean stretches along Somalia’s eastern coast Mogadishu is Somalia’s capital city It stands along the Indian Ocean in the southeastern part of the country 4 Where Is Somalia
W N S E Djibouti Gulf of Aden Somalia Ethiopia Kenya Mogadishu Indian Ocean Did you know land and Punt Somal self-governing regions They were formed ia of Somal Somal the fal after land are in northern the 1990s ia’s government in i l 55
