33 Countries of Origin’ Profiles

2 SOMALIA GEOGRAPHY: Somalia is the easternmost country of Africa, on the Horn of Africa. It extends from south of the Equator northward to the Gulf of Aden 1 . POPULATION: 11,424,469 2 CAPITAL: Mogadishu LANGUAGE : Somali and Arabic are the main languages spoken in Somalia. English and Italian are also spoken by most Somalis 3 LITERACY RATE: 37.8% 4 ETHNIC GROUPS: the Isaaq, the Hawiye, the Dir, the Darod, the Digil Rahanweyn, the Mirifle Rahanweyn. The Isaaq clan populates the independent region of Somaliland in north-western Somalia. The Isaaqs were under the British rule and they have their own administrative, economic, and security structure. The Hawiye clan inhabits southern and central Somalia and the capital, Mogadishu. The Hawiye have played a key role in the country’s conflicts , by striving to secure political power. 1 https://www.britannica.com/place/Somalia 2 http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/somalia-population/ 3 http://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-languages-are-spoken-in-somalia.html 4 http://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-lowest-literacy-rates-in-the-world.html