Blank map of Somalia

Reports, slides and worksheets about Somalia all start from the same thing: a clean shape to put your own material on. You can take it two ways. Outline only is the country with nothing inside it, and With borders adds its 13 administrative areas. Each version comes as a PNG, an SVG and a PDF.

Pin your own findings on the shape

A researcher can place the PNG at the centre of a page and draw boxes around it with arrows to Mogadishu, Kismaayo, Jamaame, Baydhabo and Jawhar, one short note in each box. The shape stays unchanged whatever is written around it.

For a briefing, use With borders and number a handful of areas, such as Banaadir, Galguduud, Lower Juba and Middle Shebelle, with a numbered note for each under the map. The list below the steps gives the spellings.

Design and slides

The SVG opens in Illustrator, Inkscape or Figma with the areas as separate shapes. Fill a few with a strong colour and leave the rest pale to build a one-image summary for a report cover. On a slide, the transparent PNG takes the slide's own background, so a title and three figures can sit beside the country.

Which outline to take

The political blank map of Somalia is the With borders version: the 13 area lines and no names, which suits quizzes and labelling. Outline only suits a silhouette, a cover or younger pupils. Choose a PNG for worksheets and slides, an SVG for design tools and a PDF for A4 or Letter. For names, colours or a title on the map itself, Customise this map opens the same outline in the editor; the editable map of Somalia is the page for that.