ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code: SO

Technical information about ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code SO

Below, you can find technical information regarding the SO code, which represents Somalia within the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 standard.

Code

SO

Related codes
SOM706
Name

Common

Somalia

Soomaaliya (Somali)

Official

Federal Republic of Somalia

Soomaaliya (Somali)

Flag
Capital
Mogadishu
(2.0391667, 45.341946)
Official languages

Somali
Arabic

Area
637,657 km²
Population
15,008,154
Population density
23.92
Currency
SOS
Somali Shilling (Sh)
Measurement units
Metric
Meter (m), Kilogram (kg), Liter (L), Celsius (°C)
Time zone
UTC +3 hours
Continent
Africa
Country bounds
N: 11.9792, S: -1.67487, W: 40.9866, E: 51.4126
Driving side
Right
Calling code
+252
Internet TLD
.so
Landlocked
No
Government
Republic
Established
1960
Religion
Islam
National dish
Canjeero with goat stew

Somalia is a country located in Eastern Africa. It lies to the east of Ethiopia and has a coastline along both the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean.

*The map highlights the location of Somalia.

Related locale codes

ar-SO Arabic (Somalia)

so-SO Somali (Somalia)

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