Somali shilling

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currency fiat currency

The Somali shilling is the official currency of Somalia, used primarily in domestic cash transactions despite the country’s prolonged political and economic instability.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Somali shillings 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf currency ⓘ
fiat currency ⓘ
centralBank Central Bank of Somalia ⓘ
circulationForm physical cash ⓘ
circulationStatus widely circulated in Somalia ⓘ
country Somalia ⓘ
denominationType banknotes ⓘ
coins ⓘ
hasCodeNumeric 706 ⓘ
hasLocalName Somali ⓘ
surface form: shilin Soomaali

شلن صومالي ⓘ
hasLocalNameLanguage Arabic ⓘ
Somali ⓘ
hasPluralForm Somali shilling self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Somali shillings
hasScriptOnNotes Arabic script ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ
inflation high ⓘ
introduced 1962 ⓘ
isAffectedBy economic instability in Somalia ⓘ
political instability in Somalia ⓘ
isCommonIn informal markets in Somalia ⓘ
ISO4217Code SOS ⓘ
ISOStandard ISO 4217 ⓘ
isPartOf Somali economy ⓘ
isPeggedTo none ⓘ
isRecognizedBy International Organization for Standardization ⓘ
isUsedBy businesses in Somalia ⓘ
residents of Somalia ⓘ
isUsedFor pricing goods and services in Somalia ⓘ
legalJurisdiction Somalia ⓘ
surface form: Federal Republic of Somalia
monetaryAuthorityLocation Mogadishu ⓘ
monetaryPolicy managed by Central Bank of Somalia ⓘ
monetarySystem decimal ⓘ
officialCurrencyOf Somalia ⓘ
primaryUse cash economy ⓘ
region Horn of Africa ⓘ
replacedCurrency East African shilling ⓘ
Somali somalo ⓘ
status legal tender in Somalia ⓘ
subunit cent ⓘ
subunitName cent ⓘ
subunitToUnit 100 ⓘ
symbol Sh ⓘ
usedAlongside US dollar ⓘ
surface form: United States dollar
usedFor domestic cash transactions ⓘ
usedIn Somalia ⓘ
Somaliland ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Federal Government of Somalia → currency → Somali shilling ⓘ
Somalia → currency → Somali shilling ⓘ
Somali shilling → hasPluralForm → Somali shilling self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Somali shillings
Banaadir → usesCurrency → Somali shilling ⓘ
Galmudug → usesCurrency → Somali shilling ⓘ
Jubaland → usesCurrency → Somali shilling ⓘ
Mogadishu → usesCurrency → Somali shilling ⓘ
South West State of Somalia → usesCurrency → Somali shilling ⓘ