Somali shilling

E68117

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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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Somali shilling canonical 24
Somali shilling (SOS) 1
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 (26)

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

Mogadishu usesCurrency Somali shilling
Somalia currency Somali shilling
Banaadir usesCurrency Somali shilling
Federal Government of Somalia currency Somali shilling
Somali shilling hasPluralForm Somali shilling self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Somali shillings
Galmudug usesCurrency Somali shilling
Jubaland usesCurrency Somali shilling
South West State of Somalia usesCurrency Somali shilling
Puntland usesCurrency Somali shilling
Hirshabelle usesCurrency Somali shilling
southeastern Somalia currencyUsed Somali shilling
Central Bank of Somalia currencyIssued Somali shilling
Benadir region usesCurrency Somali shilling
Somali somalo followedBy Somali shilling
Somali somalo replacedBy Somali shilling
Somali somalo usedBefore Somali shilling
Afgooye District usesCurrency Somali shilling
Afgooye District usesCurrency Somali shilling
this entity surface form: Somali shilling (SOS)
Somalo replacedBy Somali shilling
Somalo successorCurrency Somali shilling
Galguduud usesCurrency Somali shilling
Afmadow usesCurrency Somali shilling
Dobley currency Somali shilling
Middle Juba usesCurrency Somali shilling
East African shilling replacedByCurrency Somali shilling