COUNTRY & TERRITORY REFERENCE

Somalia country codes

SoomaaliyaAfrica

Flag shown for Somalia
ISO alpha-2
SO
2 letters
ISO alpha-3
SOM
3 letters
ISO numeric
706
3 digits
Calling prefix
+252
Telephone reference

Somalia at a glance

The ISO country identifiers for Somalia are SO, SOM, and 706. Select the format your form or system requests.

Namename
Somalia
Native name in sourcenative_name
Soomaaliya
Capital / administrative centrecapital
Mogadishu
Continentcontinent
Africa (AF)
Regionregion
Africa
Sub-regionsub_region
Sub-Saharan Africa

Calling prefixes, currency & internet domain

International calling prefixdial_code
+252
Currency referencecurrency_code
SOSSomali Shilling
Country-code domaintld
.so

A listed telephone prefix may combine a shared country calling code with an area code. It is not a complete phone number.

Languages & native names

Languages listed for Somalia in the reference source, with native language names where available. This is not an exhaustive list of the languages spoken or a statement of their legal status.

SomaliSoomaaligaso-SO
Arabicالعربيةar-SO
ItalianItalianoit
EnglishEnglishen-SO

The small codes are source language tags. A tag such as en-US includes a language and a regional variant; it is different from an ISO country code on its own.

Somalia time zones

1 identifier is listed for SO in IANA zone.tab, release 2026d. Time-zone identifiers describe clock-rule locations, not fixed UTC offsets.

  • Africa/Mogadishu

UTC offsets and daylight-saving rules depend on the date and location. Use the time-zone converter to compare local times for a chosen date.

ISO, sporting & legacy identifiers

These code systems serve different purposes. Similar-looking codes can refer to different places or organisations.

ISO alpha-2iso_alpha_2
SO
ISO alpha-3iso_alpha_3
SOM
ISO numericiso_numeric
706
FIFA referencefifa
SOM
IOC referenceioc
SOM
Legacy FIPS-style referencefips
SO

FIFA and IOC values are source references, not confirmation of current membership or event participation. FIPS 10-4 was withdrawn in 2008; legacy FIPS-style values are for interpreting older datasets and must not replace current ISO codes.

Sources & reference notes

The base record is from ListBase.org v2026.08. English and native country names use Annexare Countries, language names use Annexare and runtime display-name data, time zones use IANA 2026d, and the locally hosted flag is from flag-icons.