Somalia is a country located in the Horn of Africa. The Horn of Africa is a peninsula that juts for hundreds of kilometers into the Arabian Sea, is the easternmost projection of the African continent, and has a population of approximately 90 million of which 10 million are in Somalia. Referred to in medieval times as Bilad al Barbar ("Land of the Berbers"), the Horn of Africa not only includes Somalia, but the countries of Eritrea, Djibouti and Ethiopia as well.
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