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Somali Region
Somali Region
Deegaanka Soomaalida ሱማሌ ክልል Soomaali Galbeed | |
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.svg) Flag  Seal | |
| Nickname: DDS | |
 Map of Ethiopia showing Somali Region | |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Capital | Jijiga |
| Government | |
| • President of the Executive Committee | Mustafa Muhummed Omer |
| • Vice-President of the Executive Committee | Ibrahim Osman |
| Area | |
• Total | 328,068 km2 (126,668 sq mi) |
| • Land | 328,068 km2 (126,668 sq mi) |
| • Water | 9,842 km2 (3,800 sq mi) 3% |
| • Rank | 2nd |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 5,748,998[1] |
| • Rank | 3rd |
| • Density | 35.81/km2 (92.7/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Somali |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
| Area code | +251 |
| ISO 3166 code | ET-SO |
| HDI (2019) | 0.433[2] low · 10th of 11 |
The Somali Region (Somali: Deegaanka Soomaalida, Amharic: ሱማሌ ክልል, romanized: Sumalē Kilil, Oromo: Naannoo somaalee, Arabic: المنطقة الصومالية), also known as Soomaali Galbeed (lit. 'Western Somalia')[3] and officially the Somali Regional State, is a regional state in eastern Ethiopia. Its territory is the largest after Oromia Region.[4] The regional state borders the Ethiopian regions of Afar and Oromia and the chartered city Dire Dawa to the west, as well as Djibouti to the north, Somalia to the northeast, east and south; and Kenya to the southwest.[5]
Jijiga is the capital of the Somali Region. The capital was formerly Gode, until Jijiga became the capital in 1995 on account of political considerations.[6]
The Somali regional government is composed of the executive branch, led by the President; the legislative branch, which comprises the State Council; and the judicial branch, which is led by the State Supreme Court.
- ^ Population Projection of Ethiopia for All Regions At Wereda Level from 2014 – 2017. Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Central Statistical Agency. Archived from the original on 6 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Archived from the original on 2018-09-23. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
- ^ "Itoobiya oo laga xusay guushi Karamardha ee 1977-kii". BBC News Somali (in Somali). 2020-03-06. Archived from the original on 2020-11-01. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
- ^ "Ethiopia Regions, Cities, and Population". www.ethiovisit.com. Archived from the original on 2021-05-09. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
- ^ "Registered Somali Refugee Population". The UN Refugee Agency. July 31, 2014. Archived from the original on September 8, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2012.
- ^ "Monthly Situation Report - April 1994". www.africa.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
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