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Somalia Map & Atlas

Political, physical and population maps of Somalia with its 13 first-level divisions, the capital Mogadishu and largest cities, plus ethnic, religious and language maps.

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Administrative divisions of Somalia

Natural Earth admin-1 boundaries · 13 units

Somalia is divided into 13 first-level administrative divisions:

BakoolBanaadirBariBayGalguduudGedoHiiraanJubbada DhexeJubbada HooseMudugNugaalShabeellaha DhexeShabeellaha Hoose

Largest cities in Somalia

Urban-area estimates · Natural Earth
#CityPopulation
1MogadishuCapital1,100,000
2Kismaayo234,852
3Jamaame185,270
4Baydhabo129,839
5Jawhar111,308
6Beledweyne62,945
7Gaalkacyo61,200
8Mandera52,885
9Boosaaso46,969
10Luuq33,820

Mogadishu is the largest urban area in Somalia with about 1,100,000 people.

Terrain, rivers & lakes

Terrain tiles · Natural Earth rivers & lakes

Highest terrain in Somalia: ≈ 2,112 m — read from the global elevation model, so summit heights are approximate. The physical map paints elevation bands from green lowlands to brown highlands.

🌊 Rivers

  • Jubba
  • Shebele
  • Shabeelle

🏞️ Lakes

  • Lake

Ethnic groups in Somalia

CIA World Factbook

predominantly Somali with lesser numbers of Arabs, Bantus, and others

Regionally, Somali is the most common ethnic group across most of the 13 divisions.

Source: CIA World Factbook · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

Religions in Somalia

CIA World Factbook · 2020
Muslim
99.9%ethnic religionist
0.1%

Muslim 99.9% (Sunni Muslim 98.1%, Shia Muslim 1.2%, Islamic schismatic 0.6%), ethnic religionist 0.1% (2020 est.)

Regionally, Muslim is the most common religious group across most of the 13 divisions.

Source: CIA World Factbook (2020 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

Languages in Somalia

CIA World Factbook

Somali (official), Arabic (official), Italian, English

Regionally, Somali is the most common language group across most of the 13 divisions.

Source: CIA World Factbook · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

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Sources: boundaries, cities, rivers and lakes from Natural Earth (public domain, 1:10m); elevation from the AWS Open Data terrain tiles (SRTM/GMTED); ethnic, religious and language shares from the CIA World Factbook; regional dominance compiled by Glostats from national censuses and surveys. Page generated 2026-10-19. More about our data.