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Somalia is considered to be a large nation because of its total area. Its total land area is 637,657 km² (approx. 246,200 mi²). Continental shelf of Somalia is approximately 55,895 km² (around 21,581 mi²). Somalia is located in Africa. Africa is the world’s second-largest and second-most populous continent. African countries include, but are not limited to, South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Egypt. Somalia has 3 neighbouring countries. Its neighbours include Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya. Somalia is not a landlocked country. It means that is is bordered by at least one major body of water. The average elevation range of Somalia is 410 m (1,345 ft).

Neighbors
Total length of land borders of Somalia is 2385 kilometers (~921 miles). Somalia shares its land borders with 3 different countries, and has the same number of unique land boundaries to neigbouring territories. As in the case of Somalia, if a country has the same number of unique neighboring territories as number of land borders, than that country has no non-contiguous sections of a land border. This is in contrast to several countries that have multiple non-contiguous sections of land borders. Somalia has 3 neighbouring countries. Its neighbours include Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Kenya. The lengths of the land borders of Somalia with its neighbouring countries are as follows:

Djibouti - 58 km (36 mi),
Ethiopia - 1600 km (994 mi),
Kenya - 682 km (424 mi).

Cities
The capital city of Somalia is Mogadishu. The largest city in Somalia is Mogadishu.

Elevation
The average elevation range of Somalia is 410 m (1,345 ft). The highest point of Somalia is Shimbiris, with its official height being 2450 m (8,038 ft). The lowest point of Somalia is Indian Ocean. The elevation difference between the highest (Shimbiris) and lowest (Indian Ocean) points of Somalia is 2450 m (2 ft).

Area
The total land area of Somalia is 637,657 km² (approx. 246,200 mi²). and the total exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is 825,052 km² (~318,553 mi²). The continental shelf of Somalia is approximately 55,895 km² (around 21,581 mi²). Including land mass and EEZ, the total area of Somalia is approximately 1,462,709 km² (~564,753 mi²). Somalia is considered to be a large nation because of its total area.

Forest and arable land
71,310 km² of Somalia's territory is covered in forests, and forest land comprises 11% of all the land in the country. There are 10,288 km² of arable land in Somalia, and it comprises 2% of the country's total territory.