Somalia's proper name is the Somali Democratic Republic, which is a state in northeast Africa stretching from the Equator to the Red Sea. Somalia occupies most of the Horn of Africa. Somalia is surrounded on the north by Gulf of Aden, in the east by the Indian Ocean, in the west by Kenya and Ethiopia, and in the northwest, by the French administered territory of the Afars and Issas, formerly known as French Somaliland.

Somalia's population is 2,730,000 and the area is 246,200 square miles. The capital and largest city is Mogadishu, and it's population is 172,677. The colors of the flag is blue with a white star in the middle. The major languages are Somali, Arabic, Italian, and English, and the major religions are Islam and Roman Catholic.

This country is covered in flat low plateau, with some mountains, the largest is Surud Ad which is 7,900 ft tall. The are two plateaus south of the mountains they are the Haud and the Guban. The Haud plateau is flat land withsoil containing gypsum. It has slightly more rainfall

"Army Area Handbook of Somalia" U.S. Dept. of the Army (1993)

By September 1991, intense rivalry among leaders of the USC-dominated interim goverment had degenerated into street fighting with in the Mogadishu area. Because the different clans resorted to use of armed force to buttress their claims for political power, government and civil society disintegrated, and essential services such as food distribution collapsed. Nature compounded the politcal disaster with a prolonged drought. In 1992 severe famine affected much of southern Somalia. International relief agencies mounted a food and medical aid campaign, but an estimated 80 percent of food shipments were looted by armed groups affiliated with various clans. the worsening situation prompted the United Nations to intervene. On April 22, 1992, the UN proposed to send a 550-man mission to Somalia; and on April 24, in UN Resolution 751, the Security Council voted to send fifty UN observers to monitor the cease-fire in Mogadishu.

"Encyclopedia Britannica, Macropedia" Encyclopedia Inc. (1975)

Somalia extends from about latitude 2 degrees South to 12 degrees North, and so it's climate lies within the tropical and subtropical zones.

Today Somalia is still in a emergency relief situation, which is likely to continue for some time. Over the past one year of U.S. Government intervention, in which USAID, Angency for Internatinal Developement played a major role by assisting in the provision of emergency food aid and medical supplies, thousands of deaths w

Some common words found in the essay are:
Guban Haud, Internatinal Developement, Siad Barre's, Alto Giuba, Siad Barre, Somaliland Somalia's, Somalia International, Italian British, , Giuda Region, wild animals, siad barre, encyclopedia inc 1975, encyclopedia britannica, political power, emergency food, encyclopedia inc, inc 1975, food aid, british somaliland, french somaliland,
Approximate Word count = 1035
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)