Somalia is an African country that exists solely in a de jure capacity. Somalia has no recognized central government authority, president, national currency, or any other feature associated with a well-established nation state. Authority is in the hands of small groups of rival warlords who lead small opposing governments.
From the CIA World Factbook 2000. Not Wikified.
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Somalia is divided into 18 regions (gobolka):
Note: regions marked (*) are part of the self-proclaimed but internationally unrecognized Republic of Somaliland (former British Somaliland).
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