Top 10 Amazing Facts About Somalia
Welcome to Countries Facts Somalia officially called the Federal Republic of Somalia is a country located in the Horn of Africa it is bordered by Ethiopia to the West the Gulf of Aden to the north the Somali sea to the east and Kenya to the southwest Somalia is well known for its outstanding scenery as well as its beautiful people so in this Article we will be talking about ten surprising facts about Somalia how's it going after the facts family it sir go Rwanda Jaffa coming back at you with another one of your favorite Article before I get started with the Article though make sure to give this Article a big thumbs up and comment down below if you happen to be from Somalia oh and as always make sure to watch the whole Article to find out the most surprising facts about Somalia so the first surprising fact about Somalia is that the camel and Somalia.
1 Somalia is actually so so important to the Somali people more important than you think actually because it's one of the most widely recognized symbols in Somalia this is because the camel provides me milk transportation income and status for those who owned one in Somalia the importance of the camel is also evident in Somalia oral traditions one famous Somali poet Siyad maxima at the liaison states that a she-camel is a mother to him who owns it where as a key camel is the artery on which hangs life itself the practical uses of the camel have been described by Somalia.
2 Somalis in their extensive oral poetry handed down through generations from father to son but ultimately forms a complete literary tradition composed of poems proverbs meta forms and tales of wisdom another surprising fact about Somalia that not many people are aware of is that the Somali coast line is actually one of the longest coastlines on Africa's mainland.
3 Somalia is cosign which stretches over 3333 kilometers consist of the Gulf of Aden to the north the Gaddafi channel to the northeast and the Somali sea to the east the coast line plays a major role in maintaining the economy of the country by fishing and trade as all other fields of economy are not very productive the fund number eight is that there are a number of outstanding forests and savannas in Somalia.
4 Somalia is known for its hot weather there's actually surprisingly many beautiful waterfalls in Somalia the waterfalls are otherwise known as Li llama daya and are located in the comedy mountain range in the northern San IDEs region of Somaliland the meaning of the word in the afro-asiatic Somali language is not to be looked at which refers to the waterfalls steep incline atop a high health the nearest Tata Lama daya is all heed which is situated towards the Red Sea coast these places are very beautiful and it's very unique to see them at phone number 7 is the civil war in Somalia the civil war.
5 Somalia has been going on for over a decade and Somalia has descended into civil war after the overthrow of its dictator Mohammed Siad Barre in 1991 since that time although there has been progress the government of Somalia is not exactly where everyone wants it to be as it still has never had an effective central government in the absence of a central government.
6 Somalia became a failed state the you and then withdrew in 1995 having incurred significant casualties but no central authority had yet been re-established after the collapse of the central government there was some return to customary and religious law in most regions though the fact that Somalia is one of the countries currently suffering a humanitarian crisis may not be too surprising to people not many people know that the extent to which that is true Somalia actually faces a humanitarian crisis with more than 2 million people threatened by severe hunger a further 3 million people are uncertain of their next meal as research shows this emergency comes two years after the threat of a major disaster in the unstable East African state was averted by timely aid from the international community experts describe this crisis as the climate emergency and say communities are still struggling to recover from the lengthy droughts that ended in 2017 another surprising fact that most people don't know about Somalia.
7 Somalia is that the ancient rock paintings dating back 5,000 years have been found in the northern part of Somalia otherwise known as last scale complex which are cave formation on the rural outskirts of Hargeisa Somaliland contains some of the earliest rock paintings on the continent the last kill cave paintings are thought to be some of the most vivid rock art in Africa among other things they depict cattle in ceremonial robes accompanied by humans who are believed to have been inhabitants of the region the necks of the cattle are embellished with a kind of plastron and some of the cattle are also portrayed wearing decorative rooms besides long horned cattle the rock art also shows an image of a domesticated dog several paintings of kanaday as well as a giraffe the site has also accidentally preserved due to the location of these paintings another fact that most people don't know about Somalia is that more than half of the residents of Somalia.
8 Somalia are actually self-employed they are farmers herders and independent business owners wherever Somali people find peace they easily establish business and flourish you can find successful Somali business communities in Kenya Uganda Tanzania Rwanda and Ethiopia now many people know that the national animal for Somalia is the panthera pardus otherwise known as the leopard the leopard is one of the five extant species in the genus Panthera a member of the philadelphia heron africa in small parts of Western and Central Asia on the Indian subcontinent to South East and East Asia and unsurprisingly this includes the country of Somalia another thing that not many people are aware of is that the country of Somalia is well known for its poets Somalia.
9 Somalia has long built the oral tradition of storytelling and poetry which has successfully been passed from one generation to the next these stories and poems were later written down around the 20th century their poetry was usually about politics history philosophy and praises notable Somali poets include syed muhammad abdullah Hassan and his contemporaries such as Garrett Farah radio Goss and Ismail Mary it also features later generation poets like Muhammad Ibrahim or Sami Abdullah he sold antomattei Abdul Qader Hersey and Abdullah Mohammed ICI sangu last fact about Somalia so while most African countries have ethnically diverse populations Somalia is one of the continents most ethnically homogeneous nations 85% of the country's population comprises of ethnic Somalis and they're mainly found in northern Somalia.
10 Somalia the ethnic minorities are primarily in the southern part of the country and include the Bantu us Europeans Arabs Persians and Europeans including French and Italian people okay guys that's all I have for you for this episode Somalia is a country full of rich history and although they've had a few dark times the country's people always unite to overcome adversity together.
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