Title: Economy
1Muslim World series Somalia
2What is the meaning of somalia?
- When the arabs used to arrive in Somalia
somalians used to say. soo mal this means milk
the cows. So the arabs called the country
Somalia. The somalians meant it to mean for them
to milk the cows because of visitors.
3Where is Somalia?
Somalia is in the content called Africa. It is in
the eastern part of Africa
Somalia
4Map Of Somalia
Bordering Somalia To the west is Ethiopia, to the
south west is Kenya the north west is Djibouti,
to the north is the Gulf of Aden and to the east
is the Indian Ocean. The size of Somalia is 637
657 km²
5Rivers
- In the south of the country In muqdisho there are
two rivers called shabelle and jubbah. They start
in Ethiopia. Flow past muqdisho and finally
arrive in the Indian ocean.
6Muqdisho ,the Capital city of Somalia
The meaning of muqdisho is Maq-ad-al-shah (were
the kings rest). The arabs used to rest in
Somalia when they were on trade so they called it
maq-ad-alshah.
Muqdisho is in the south of Somalia. It has lots
of names like Muqdisho , Xamar ,Banadir
7History
- Somalia has a long history in the horn of Africa.
They lived there for more than 1000 years.
Faraina called Somalia Bont land. They went there
for business which involved leather, Ostrich
feathers, glue perfume for the Egyptian
royalty. They also called it scent land. They
used the perfume to make places of worship smell
nice. For 1000s of years Arabs and percians came
for business in Saylac , Mogadishu, Marka
Baraawe. The Arabs made Islam strong. Some of the
time business men stayed in Somalia after their
business was done and they became Somalians. The
canalisation began because it was geographically
in a strategically good location. The countries
that were involved were Italy, France the UK.
8Religion
- Religion in Somalia was and is really
important and in Somalia people are 100 Muslim .
The religion Islam came to Somalia in the fifth
hijriya. When the prophet (pbuh) told the people
who were suffering in Mecca because of their
religion to go to habasha he said go to the
habasha there is a fair and kind king (Abraha)
who will make sure you have no troubles while he
is around.
9- Also the business men that came to Somalia were
the main cause of the religion Islam arriving and
since then Islam has remained strong. As soon as
they heard about Islam, they instantly became
Muslims proudly.
10- Arbaca Rukun mosque one of the oldest mosques in
Mogadishu. - Built by one of Prophet Muhammads companions
later generations.
11Economy
- Somalia's economy comes from selling animals like
camels, lambs and cows which are sent to the
Arabian Gulf. They also sell fruits like Banannas
, grape fruits mangos and papi.
12- Camel import to the Middle-East
13 14Tourism
- Brava Beach which is in the lower shabelle region.
15 Mogadishu Tourist Area
This is were tourists visited when they came on
tour.
16- Hotel Al-Uruba in the centre of Mogadishu
17- The most beautiful garden in 1960
18The End