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 Summary
Location: Eastern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean, east of Ethiopia
Population: 9,558,666
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 2008 est.)
Capital: name: Mogadishu
geographic coordinates: 2 04 N, 45 22 E
time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
GDP per capita: $600 (2008 est.)

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