Somalia (Somali: Somaliya; aṣ-Ṣūmāl), officially the Federal Republic of Somalia (Somali: Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya, Jumhūriyyat aṣ-Ṣūmāl al-Fideraaliya) and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. In antiquity, the region now known as Somalia was referred to as the second "Barbaria" by the Greeks and Romans; similarly, Arab sources, including the geographer al Idrisi, identified it as al-Barbara.
Somalia (Somali: Somaliya; aṣ-Ṣūmāl), officially the Federal Republic of Somalia (Somali: Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya, Jumhūriyyat aṣ-Ṣūmāl al-Fideraaliya) and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. In antiquity, the region now known as Somalia was referred to as the second "Barbaria" by the Greeks and Romans; similarly, Arab sources, including the geographer al Idrisi, identified it as al-Barbara.
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