DeCS

Descriptor English:

Somalia

Descriptor Spanish:

Somalia

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	Somalia
Entry term(s)	República Federal de Somalia
Scope note:	Somalia está situada en la costa oriental de África, en la línea del ecuador y al norte de la misma. Junto con Etiopía, Eritrea, Djibouti y Kenia forma parte del denominado Cuerno de África. Comprende el antiguo territorio en fideicomiso italiano de Somalia y el antiguo protectorado británico de Somalilandia. Su capital es Mogadiscio.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Somália

Descriptor French:

Somalie

Entry term(s):

République de Somalie

Tree number(s):

Z01.058.290.120.730

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012998

Scope note:

Somalia is located on the east coast of Africa on and north of the Equator and, with Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and Kenya, is often referred to as the Horn of Africa. It comprises Italy's former Trust Territory of Somalia and the former British Protectorate of Somaliland. The capital is Mogadishu.

Allowable Qualifiers:

EH ethnologie
EP épidémiologie

DeCS ID:

13381

Unique ID:

D012998

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Date Established:

1966/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01