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Somali Democratic Republic | |||||||||||
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1969–1991 | |||||||||||
Anthem: Soomaaliya Ha Noolaato (Somali) "Somalia will live on" | |||||||||||
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Capital | Mogadishu | ||||||||||
Common languages | Somali Arabic English Italian | ||||||||||
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[1][2] | ||||||||||
Historical era | Cold War | ||||||||||
21 October 1969 | |||||||||||
13 July 1977 | |||||||||||
10 March 1978 | |||||||||||
26 January 1991 | |||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||
1972[3] | 637,657 km2 (246,201 sq mi) | ||||||||||
1977[4] | 957,657 km2 (369,753 sq mi) | ||||||||||
1991[5] | 637,657 km2 (246,201 sq mi) | ||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||
• 1972[3] | 2,941,000 | ||||||||||
• 1977[4] | 6,709,161 | ||||||||||
Currency | Somali shilling[6] (SOS) | ||||||||||
Calling code | 252 | ||||||||||
ISO 3166 code | SO | ||||||||||
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Today part of | Somalia Somalilandb | ||||||||||
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The Somali Democratic Republic (Somali: Jamhuuriyadda Dimuqraadiya Soomaaliyeed; Arabic: الجمهورية الديمقراطية الصومالية, al-Jumhūrīyah ad-Dīmuqrāṭīyah aṣ-Ṣūmālīyah; Italian: Repubblica Democratica Somala) was a socialist state that existed in Somalia from 1969 to 1991.
The Somalia Democratic Republic was established in October 1969 as a Marxist-Leninist one-party state following a coup d'état by Major General Mohamed Siad Barre and the Somali military.[7][8][9][10] The coup took place several days after a bodyguard assassinated the second President of the Somali Republic, Abdirashid Shermarke.[9] Barre's administration ruled Somalia for the next 21 years until Somalia collapsed into civil war in 1991.