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Absolute: 2.0333° N, 45.3500° E Relative: Located in the Horn of Africa, Somalia is south of the Red Sea, north of the equator, east of Ethiopia and west of the Arabian Sea. || = Location = Absolute: 35.1107° N, 106.6100° W Relative: New Mexico is west of Texas, north of the Pacific Ocean, east of Arizona and south of Colorado. || Internet Use: 1% Cellular Phone Subscription: 7% Paved Roads: 12% People move by foot, in minivans, small trucks, buses or camel carts. Somalia has many prized items and goods. They ship meat to Saudi Arabia and other big market places. Somali sheep are especially well bred in the Middle East area. || = Movement = Internet Use: 74.8% Cellular Phone Subscription: 91% TV Use: 99% Paved Roads: 25% People move by foot, cars, buses or bikes. Larger loads travel by truck. New Mexico has many interesting items and animals. They breed many sheep and cattle. They even have more sheep and cattle than people, imagine more then half of Plymouth's population sheep and cattle. Many fiestas are held through out the year. || Somalia is 246,201 square miles long, slightly smaller than France or Texas. The population is roughly10,251,568 people. The climate in Somalia is hot and humid because of the water along the east coast. The average temperature is 88 degrees F. While there are many tribal languages spoken in Somalia, most people can speak English, Italian, or Arabic. Most Somali are Sunni Muslims but some are Christian or Islamic. || = Place = New Mexico is 121,697 square miles long. The population is roughly 2,085,538 people. The climate in New Mexico is so dry and because of that, three-fourths of the roads are unpaved. The average temperature is 34 - 103 degrees F. Most people speak English or Spanish. Some of the people are Christian and some don't have a religion. ||
 * =** Mogadishu, Somalia **= || =** Albuquerque, New Mexico **= ||
 * [[image:lembrich/sflag.png width="290" height="178" align="center"]] || [[image:lembrich/NM.gif width="296" height="180" align="center"]] ||
 * = Location =
 * [[image:lembrich/somalia-political-map.jpg width="179" height="176"]][[image:lembrich/somalia_small_map.jpg width="156" height="150"]] || [[image:lembrich/N M map.gif width="165" height="172"]][[image:lembrich/New+Mexico+Map.png width="152" height="136"]] ||
 * = Movement =
 * [[image:lembrich/somalia transport.jpg]] || [[image:nm bus.jpg width="312" height="188"]] ||
 * = Place =
 * [[image:house city somalia.jpg]] || [[image:lembrich/nm city.jpg]] ||
 * =Human Environment Interaction =

Men wear Western-style pants or a flowing plaid called //ma'awiis// or (kilt), Western shirts, and shawls. They may wear a colorful turbans upon their heads or a //koofiyad// (embroidered cap). Women wore a fashionable dress called //direh//, a long, billowing dress worn over petticoats. A //hijab// (headscarf) is also worn. Women like sparkling, colorful touches in their everyday clothing. On special occasions, women paint beautiful designs on their hands, arms, feet, neck, or back using henna (a plant dye). Most urban houses are built with more modern materials and designs than homes in rural areas. Most are constructed of cinder blocks. The //Baraka// (a rectangular wooden home with a corrugated metal roof and a cement floor) is a common urban style home. Rural homes are built with traditional and natural materials. Somali value cleanliness. They clean their teeth with sticks (called //rumay//, or //caday//). In rural areas, people also polish their teeth with powdered charcoal. || =Human Environment Interaction =

Men and women dress in normal cloths like we do except they always have shorts, jeans, t-shirts and tank tops on, because of the warm climate. Kids wear play clothes or outside fun clothes. Sandals and tennis shoes are the most common foot wear. Houses are made of hardened sand, bricks and slab stones. As shown below they have a gravel path way and a wooden door and frame. Plants sprout from all directions, in corners and around the house and yard. || > ||
 * [[image:lembrich/somalia home.jpg width="305" height="196"]] || [[image:lembrich/house nm.jpg width="295" height="189"]] ||
 * = Fun Facts =
 * When guests come for dinner men and women eat separately || = Fun Facts =
 * Far more sheep and cattle than people
 * The word's largest international hot air balloon festival takes place in Albuquerque