Capital: Mogadishu Area: 637,700 sq km / 246,220 sq ml Language: Somali, Arabic Currency: Somali Shilling Population: 8,025,190 Life expectancy: 45 (men), 49 (women) Literacy rate: 36% Religions: Sunni Muslim Physical features: Mainly flat with hills in the north Ethnic distribution: 84% Hamitic, 14% Bantu divided into around 100 groups Exports: Livestock, skins, hides, bananas, fruit