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Blank Map of Somalia

Thirteen regions of Somalia, from Bari on the tip of the Horn of Africa to Lower Juba beside Kenya.

Blank Map of Somalia

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Write the name of each numbered region.Answer key

  1. Bakool
  2. Banaadir
  3. Bari
  4. Bay
  5. Galguduud
  6. Gedo
  7. Hiiraan
  8. Lower Juba
  9. Lower Shabelle
  10. Middle Juba
  11. Middle Shabelle
  12. Mudug
  13. Nugaal

Drawn for this site from Natural Earth 5.1.2. Licence: public domain.

Each region is a button. Use the arrow keys to move between them and Enter to choose. Names are read out in Study, and once a region is answered.

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  1. Bakool
  2. Banaadir
  3. Bari
  4. Bay
  5. Galguduud
  6. Gedo
  7. Hiiraan
  8. Lower Juba
  9. Lower Shabelle
  10. Middle Juba
  11. Middle Shabelle
  12. Mudug
  13. Nugaal

How this list was compiled: Items made on 2026-10-01. Somalia lists 18 regions; the 13 numbered here are the ones the boundary source files under Somalia, and the five in the area the source draws as Somaliland (Awdal, Woqooyi Galbeed, Togdheer, Sanaag, Sool) have no shapes in the source and are not asked. Some borders on this map are disputed: the source draws Somaliland as separate land, and the drawing follows it. Name sources, read on 2026-10-01: ISO 3166-2:SO as Wikipedia prints it (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:SO, 18 regions); the United Nations humanitarian office's boundary table for Somalia (https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-som, som_admin_boundaries.xlsx, 18 regions, reviewed 30 October 2025; it writes Banadir, Galgaduud, Hiraan, Nugaal, Lower and Middle Shabelle, Lower and Middle Juba); https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalia (eighteen regions, Mogadishu the capital, the neighbors) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somaliland (independence declared in 1991, unrecognized by Somalia). The point of Lower Shabelle was moved inside its shape, away from the middle the points file gives, so that its name and Middle Juba's have room on the Named sheet. The points file gives Banaadir a ring with a leader line out in the sea; the ring is left out here, so that the sheet with Borders off prints the outline alone, and the number of Banaadir stands on the region itself. The point of Middle Shabelle was moved 13 units north inside its shape, so that its name and Banaadir's have room. Read again on 2026-10-03: the leads of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalia and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somaliland, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Somalia (18 regions). The outline was compared on 2026-10-03 with the Natural Earth 1:10m file the drawing names (the cached download of 2026-09-19): the two cover the same area. Licence: public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/)

The drawing: Drawn for this site from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_admin_1_states_provinces (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_admin_1_states_provinces.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Surrounding land from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_admin_0_countries (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_admin_0_countries.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection centered on 5.5°N 46.4°E. Outlines simplified; small islands are left out. Licence: public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/)

How it works

This blank map of Somalia shows 13 regions, from Bari in the northeast to Lower Juba in the south. Somaliland is drawn as the map source draws it, as separate land without numbers. Switch Borders off for a plain outline.

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Down the coast

Bari is the tip of the Horn of Africa, with the Gulf of Aden to its north and the Indian Ocean to its east. Nugaal, Mudug, Galguduud, Middle Shabelle, Banaadir, Lower Shabelle, Middle Juba and Lower Juba follow down the coast. Bakool, Bay, Gedo and Hiiraan lie inland.

Thirteen of eighteen regions

Somalia lists 18 regions. Five of them lie in the area the map source draws as Somaliland, which is one area with no lines inside, so they have no numbers. Bari and Nugaal are the two numbered regions beside it.

Questions and answers

How many regions does Somalia have?

Eighteen. This map numbers the 13 that the map source draws as shapes. The other five, Awdal, Woqooyi Galbeed, Togdheer, Sanaag and Sool, lie in the area the map source draws as Somaliland and are not shapes of their own.

Why is Somaliland not numbered?

Some borders on this map are disputed. Disputed areas are shown but not asked. Somaliland declared independence in 1991 and Somalia regards it as part of its territory; the map follows Natural Earth, a public-domain map source, and does not take a side.

Which region is Mogadishu in?

Banaadir, on the Indian Ocean coast. It is the smallest region on the map, so small that its number covers it. Mogadishu is the capital of Somalia.

Which countries border Somalia?

Ethiopia to the west and Kenya to the southwest touch the outline on this sheet. Djibouti, to the northwest, is a third neighbor where Somaliland is drawn as part of Somalia; on this sheet the map source draws Somaliland as separate land in between.

Can I print Somalia without the region lines?

Yes. Switch Borders off and the sheet prints the outline alone, with Somaliland as separate plain land, as the map source draws it.

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