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Location:
Eastern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean, east of Ethiopia
Population:
7,253,137
note: this estimate was derived from an official census taken in 1975 by the Somali Government; population counting in Somalia is complicated by the large number of nomads and by refugee movements in response to famine and clan warfare (July 2000 est.)
Ethnic groups:
Somali 85%, Bantu, Arabs 30,000
Religions:
Sunni Muslim
Languages:
Somali (official), Arabic, Italian, English
Area:
total: 637,657 sq km
land: 627,337 sq km
water: 10,320 sq km
Natural resources:
uranium and largely unexploited reserves of iron ore, tin, gypsum, bauxite, copper, salt
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- Amoud University - The university was established as a result of the need to train enough professionals to meet the growing needs of Somali people for educators and other professional fields
- Mogadishu University - The university is a private national institution, nonprofit, was established by a group of national and international teachers
- Somali Education Systems - Somali education systems currentelly has three levels, which are premiry, sencondry and postsecondary school
- Somalian Student Association of Kuwait - This is non-political student orginization based in Kuwait which is concerned in Somali students affairs and goodness in order to rebuild The Somali nation
- Ubah Educational Services - Ubah Educational Services is a unique program designed to increase the literacy, math and living skills of members of the Somali community in Minneapolis
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