<P> Somalia ( / səˈmɑːliə / so - MAH - lee - ə ; Somali : Soomaaliya ; Arabic : الصومال ‎ , translit . aṣ - Ṣūmāl ) , officially the Federal Republic of Somalia ( Somali : Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya ; Arabic : جمهورية الصومال الفيدرالية ‎ , translit . Jumhūrīyat aṣ - Ṣūmāl al - Fidirālīyah ) , is a sovereign state with its territory located in the Horn of Africa . It is bordered by Ethiopia to the west , Djibouti to the northwest , the Gulf of Aden to the north , the Guardafui Channel and Indian Ocean to the east , and Kenya to the southwest . It is separated from Socotra by the Guardafui Channel in the northeast . Somalia has the longest coastline on Africa 's mainland , and its terrain consists mainly of plateaus , plains and highlands . Climatically , hot conditions prevail year - round , with periodic monsoon winds and irregular rainfall . </P>
<P> Somalia ( / səˈmɑːliə / so - MAH - lee - ə ; Somali : Soomaaliya ; Arabic : الصومال ‎ , translit . aṣ - Ṣūmāl ) , officially the Federal Republic of Somalia ( Somali : Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya ; Arabic : جمهورية الصومال الفيدرالية ‎ , translit . Jumhūrīyat aṣ - Ṣūmāl al - Fidirālīyah ) , is a sovereign state with its territory located in the Horn of Africa . It is bordered by Ethiopia to the west , Djibouti to the northwest , the Gulf of Aden to the north , the Guardafui Channel and Indian Ocean to the east , and Kenya to the southwest . It is separated from Socotra by the Guardafui Channel in the northeast . Somalia has the longest coastline on Africa 's mainland , and its terrain consists mainly of plateaus , plains and highlands . Climatically , hot conditions prevail year - round , with periodic monsoon winds and irregular rainfall . </P>
where is somalia on the map of africa
where is somalia on the map of africa
in the Horn of Africa
in the Horn of Africa