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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 59. Chapters: Crime in Somalia, Ethnic groups in Somalia, Human rights in Somalia, Law enforcement in Somalia, Organisations based in Somalia, Religion in Somalia, Somali clans, Somaliland society, Somali people, Islamic Courts Union, Somali Bantu, Italian Somalians, Darod, Yibir, Hawiye, Abgaal, Al-Itihaad al-Islamiya, Demographics of Somalia, Marehan, Dir, Somali Police Force, Majeerteen, Somali diaspora, Warsangali, Isaaq, Gadabuursi, Z r, House of Galluweger, Rahanweyn, Dhulbahante, Ayr, Hiraab, Habar Gidir, Osman Mahmoud, Ogaden, Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counter-Terrorism, Issa, Sade, Somali Family Development Organization, Leelkase, Siddiqis in the Horn of Africa, Scouting in Somalia, Aulihan, Qallu, Sheekhaal, LGBT rights in Somalia, Somali community in Finland, Wabeeneeye, Bajuni people, Harti, Garre, Reer Aw Xasan, Bravanese people, Meheri people, Benadiri people, Madhiban, Akisho, Murule, Somali Sultanates, LGBT rights in Somaliland, Waaq, Capital punishment in Somalia, Mooryaan, Human rights in Somaliland, Polygamy in Somalia, Reerow-Xassan, Somalia Water and Land Information Management Project. Excerpt: Somalis (Somali: , Arabic: ) are an ethnic group located in the Horn of Africa, also known as the Somali Peninsula. The overwhelming majority of Somalis speak the Somali language, which is part of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family. Ethnic Somalis number around 15-17 million and are principally concentrated in Somalia (more than 9 million), Ethiopia (4.6 million), Yemen (a little under 1 million), northeastern Kenya (900,000), Djibouti (350,000), and an unknown but large number live in parts of the Middle East, North America and Europe. Samaale, the oldest common ancestor of several Somali clans, is generally regarded as the source of the ethnonym Somali. The name "Somali" is, in ...
