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Location: | Eastern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean, east of Ethiopia | Size: |
637,657 sq. km. (slightly smaller than Texas) Elevation varies from
sea level to 2,416 meters | Population: | 8,305,000 (approximately) * 0-14 years: 44.7% * 15-64 years: 52.7% * 65+ years: 2.7% Average age: 17.5 years Life expectancy: 47.5 years HIV / AIDS: 1% | | Sunni Muslim | Language: | Somali (official) Arabic Italian English | Government: | Transitional, Parliamentary National Government | Capital: | Mogadishu | Independence: | 1 July 1960 (from a merger of British Somaliland and Italian Somaliland to form the Somali Republic) |
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