located_in East Africa Somalia A country located in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya on its southwest, the Gulf of Aden with Yemen on its north, the Indian Ocean at its east, and Ethiopia to the west. Prior to the civil war, Somalia was divided into eighteen regions (gobollada, singular gobol), which were in turn subdivided into districts. On a de facto basis, northern Somalia is now divided up among the quasi-independent states of Puntland, Somaliland, Galmudug and Maakhir. British Somaliland GAZ GAZ:00001104 GAZ:00001104 ISO3166-1:706 ISO3166-1:SO ISO3166-1:SOM ISO3166-2:SO Italian Somalia {former name} Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya Somali Republic Somalia Somalia Italiana {former name} East Africa Somalia A country located in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya on its southwest, the Gulf of Aden with Yemen on its north, the Indian Ocean at its east, and Ethiopia to the west. Prior to the civil war, Somalia was divided into eighteen regions (gobollada, singular gobol), which were in turn subdivided into districts. On a de facto basis, northern Somalia is now divided up among the quasi-independent states of Puntland, Somaliland, Galmudug and Maakhir. British Somaliland GAZ GAZ:00001104 GAZ:00001104 ISO3166-1:706 ISO3166-1:SO ISO3166-1:SOM ISO3166-2:SO Italian Somalia {former name} Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya Somali Republic Somalia Somalia Italiana {former name}