Somalia
Federal Republic of Somalia · الصومال · Soomaaliya
Somalia (SO, SOM) is a country in Eastern Africa, with Mogadishu as its capital. The currency is the Somali Shilling (SOS, SOS). The international dialling code is +252 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like 7 1123456. The time zone is Africa/Mogadishu. Official languages: Somali and Arabic.
CurrencySOSSOS
Dial code+252e.g. 7 1123456
Time zoneMogadishuUTC+03:00
LanguageSomali+1 more
CapitalMogadishu
Population13M637.7K km²
Overview
- Official name
- Federal Republic of Somalia
- Native name
- الصومال · Soomaaliya
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- SO
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- SOM
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 706
- IOC code
- SOM
- Demonym
- Somali
- Capital
- Mogadishu
- Region
- Africa › Eastern Africa
- Status
- Independent, UN member
- Groups
- Eastern Africa
- United Nations
- Internet domain
- .so
- Coordinates
- 10, 49
- Area
- 637,657 km²
- Population
- 13,017,300
- GDP
- $26.4B ($2K per person)
- Literacy
- 37.8%
- Landlocked
- No
- Land borders
Currency
Somali Shilling SOS
- Symbol
- SOS
- Minor units
- None (0 decimals)
- Example
- S 1,235
Languages
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa/Mogadishu | UTC+03:00 | none | East Africa Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +252
- Dial-out prefix
- 00
- Trunk prefix
- 0
- National number length
- 6–9 digits
- Emergency number
- 555 pattern 555|888|999
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 4 012345 | +252 4 012345 | X XXXXXX | 6, 7 |
| Mobile | 7 1123456 | +252 7 1123456 | X XXXXXXX | [7-9] |
Show the 6 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d{2})(\d{4}) | 8[125] | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{6}) | [134] | $1 | $1 |
(\d)(\d{6}) | [15]|2[0-79]|3[0-46-8]|4[0-7] | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{2})(\d{5,7}) | 1|28|9[2-9] | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d)(\d{7}) | [267]|904 | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{2})(\d{3})(\d{4}) | [346-9] | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
Address and postal code
Address layout
{Name}
{Organization}
{Street address}
{City}, {State/province} {Postal code}
- Required fields
- Street address, City, State/province
- Uppercase fields
- Street address, City, State/province
- Predefined regions
- 18
Postal code
- Pattern
[A-Z]{2} ?\d{5}- Examples
- JH 09010 · AD 11010
Calendar, units and conventions
Number and date formats
As written by the Somali (Somalia) locale (so-SO), amounts in SOS.
- Number
- 1,234,567.891
- Percent
- 45.7%
- Currency (SOS)
- S 1,234,568
- Accounting
- (S 1,234,568)
- Currency, name
- 1,234,568 Shilingka Soomaaliya
- Compact short
- 1.2M
- Compact long
- 1.2 Milyan
- Scientific
- 1.235E6
- Speed
- 88 kiilomitir saacadiiba
- Temperature
- 21.5°C
- Date, full
- Jimco, Maarso 27, 2026
- Date, long
- Maarso 27, 2026
- Date, medium
- 27-Mar-2026
- Date, short
- 27/03/26
- Time, medium
- 3:04:05 GD
- Time, short
- 3:04 GD
- Date and time
- 27-Mar-2026 ee 3:04 GD
- Month and year
- Maarso 2026
- Weekday
- Jimco
- Relative time
- Shalay · 3 maalmood · 2 saacadood kahor
- List: and
- A, B iyo C
- List: or
- A, B ama C