Somalia

Somalia is a country located in the Horn of Africa bordered by Ethiopia, Kenya, and Djibouti. Its geographical features include a coastline of 3,025 km and mostly a semi-arid terrain with few mountain ranges. The country is known to hold minerals like uranium, tin, and gold, though its mineral reserves are largely unexploited. The vegetation in Somalia is mainly savannah plains, with acacia trees growing in the dry areas. Somalia has had a long history of conflicts, civil wars, and political instability, with one of the worst famines in history that happened in 2011. The people of Somalia are mainly from ethnic Somali groups who rely mostly on pastoralism, and the country is predominantly Muslim. The government type of Somalia is a federal parliamentary republic. Somalia has multiple attractions worth visiting as a tourist that includes long beaches, national parks, and ancient ruins. Somalia is famous worldwide for its piracy activities, and it is a significant global exporter of frankincense and myrrh.