This article is about a regional state in Ethiopia. For the region inhabited by ethnic Somalis, see Greater Somalia.
Regional state in Ethiopia
Somali Region
Deegaanka Soomaalida ሱማሌ ክልል Soomaali Galbeed
Regional state
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
11,748,998[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.
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