_*Government #_Long-form name: Somali Democratic Republic
_#_Type: republic
_#_Capital: Mogadishu
_#_Administrative divisions: 16 regions (plural—NA, singular—gobolka); Bakool, Banaadir, Bari, Bay, Galguduud, Gedo, Hiiraan, Jubbada Dhexe, Jubbada Hoose, Mudug, Nugaal, Sanaag, Shabeellaha Dhexe, Shabeellaha Hoose, Togdheer, Woqooyi Galbeed
_#_Independence: 1 July 1960 (from a merger of British Somaliland, which became independent from the UK on 26 June 1960, and Italian Somaliland, which became independent from the Italian-administered UN trusteeship on 1 July 1960, to form the Somali Republic)
_#_Constitution: 25 August 1979, presidential approval 23 September 1979
_#_National holiday: Anniversary of the Revolution, 21 October (1969)
_#_Executive branch: president, two vice presidents, prime minister, Council of Ministers (cabinet)
_#_Legislative branch: unicameral People's Assembly (Golaha Shacbiga)
_#_Judicial branch: Supreme Court