Somali Democratic Republic

Somali Democratic Republic
*Jamhuuriyadda Dimoqraadiga Soomaaliyeed* (Somali)
الجمهورية الديمقراطية الصومالية (Arabic)
Somali Democratic Republic Jamhuuriyadda Dimoqraadiga Soomaaliyeed (Somali); الجمهورية الديمقراطية الصومالية (Arabic);
1969–1991
	Flag Coat of arms
	Anthem: Soomaaliya Ha Noolaato (Somali); "Somalia will live on"
Capital	Mogadishu
Common languages	Somali; Arabic; English;
Religion	Islam
Government	Unitary Marxist-Leninist one-party socialist republic under a totalitarian military dictatorship
President
• 1969–1991	Mohammed Siad Barrea
Vice President
• 1969–1973	Mohamed Ainanshe Guled
Historical era	Cold War
• Somali coup d'état	21 October 1969
• Ogaden War	13 July 1977
• Somali Rebellion	10 March 1978
• Somali Civil War	26 January 1991
Area
1972	637,657 km2 (246,201 sq mi)
1977	957,657 km2 (369,753 sq mi)
1991	637,657 km2 (246,201 sq mi)
Population
• 1972	2,941,000
• 1977	6,709,161
Currency	Somali shilling (SOS)
Calling code	252
ISO 3166 code	SO
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Somali Republic
Interim Government of Somalia
Republic of Somaliland
Today part of	Somalia; Somalilandb
	Chairman of the Supreme Revolutionary Council from 1969–1976 & after 1980.; Somaliland is not internationally recognized. Its territory is considered part of Somalia. Somaliland authorities, however, hold de facto power in the region.;

The Somali Democratic Republic (Somali: Jamhuuriyadda Dimuqraadiya Soomaaliyeed; Arabic: الجمهورية الديمقراطية الصومالية, al-Jumhūrīyah ad-Dīmuqrāṭīyah aṣ-Ṣūmālīyah; was the name of the socialist totalitarian military government given to Somalia under President Major General Mohamed Siad Barre, after seizing power in a coup d'état on 21 October 1969.^[7]^[8]^[9] The coup came a few days after a bodyguard assassinated Abdirashid Shermarke, the nation's second President.^[9] Barre's administration ruled Somalia for the next 21 years until Somalia collapsed into civil war in 1991.

^ Mogadishu memoir
^ Survey of China Mainland Press
^ Census, United States Bureau of the (December 23, 1980). "World Population 1979: Recent Demographic Estimates for the Countries and Regions of the World". The Bureau – via Google Books.
^ "ТОТАЛЬНАЯ СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКАЯ ВОЙНА. Недокументальные записки " « Военно-патриотический сайт «Отвага" Военно-патриотический сайт "Отвага"". Archived from the original on 2019-05-09. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
^ "The 1991 CIA World Factbook" – via Internet Archive.
^ la Fosse Wiles, Peter John de (1982). The New Communist Third World: An Essay in Political Economy. Taylor & Francis. p. 1590. ISBN 0-7099-2709-6.
^ J. D. Fage, Roland Anthony Oliver, The Cambridge history of Africa, Volume 8, (Cambridge University Press: 1985), p.478.
^ The Encyclopedia Americana: complete in thirty volumes. Skin to Sumac, Volume 25, (Grolier: 1995), p.214.
^ ^a ^b Moshe Y. Sachs, Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations, Volume 2, (Worldmark Press: 1988), p.290.

[1] Mogadishu memoir

[2] Survey of China Mainland Press

[3] Census, United States Bureau of the (December 23, 1980). "World Population 1979: Recent Demographic Estimates for the Countries and Regions of the World". The Bureau – via Google Books.

[Murakhovsky-4] "ТОТАЛЬНАЯ СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКАЯ ВОЙНА. Недокументальные записки " « Военно-патриотический сайт «Отвага" Военно-патриотический сайт "Отвага"". Archived from the original on 2019-05-09. Retrieved 2009-05-27.

[5] "The 1991 CIA World Factbook" – via Internet Archive.

[6] Fosse Wiles, Peter John de (1982). The New Communist Third World: An Essay in Political Economy. Taylor & Francis. p. 1590. ISBN 0-7099-2709-6.

[Jdftchoa-7] J. D. Fage, Roland Anthony Oliver, The Cambridge history of Africa, Volume 8, (Cambridge University Press: 1985), p.478.

[Grolierenc-8] The Encyclopedia Americana: complete in thirty volumes. Skin to Sumac, Volume 25, (Grolier: 1995), p.214.

[Myswenvwp-9] Moshe Y. Sachs, Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations, Volume 2, (Worldmark Press: 1988), p.290.

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