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Somalia
Somalia (Somali: Soomaaliya; Arabic: الصومال aṣ-Ṣūmāl), officially the Republic of Somalia (Somali: Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya, Arabic: جمهورية الصومال Jumhūriyyat aṣ-Ṣūmāl) and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Djibouti...
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Mogadishu
Mogadishu (pronounced /ˌmɒɡəˈdɪʃuː/; Somali: Muqdisho, popularly Xamar; Arabic: مقديشو Maqadīshū; Italian: Mogadiscio) is the largest city in Somalia and the nation's capital.
Located in the coastal Benadir region on the Indian Ocean, the city has...
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Awdal
Awdal (Somali: Awdal) is a region in northwestern Somalia. Its capital is Boorama. It is bordered by Ethiopia, Djibouti, the Somali region of Woqooyi Galbeed, and the Gulf of Aden.
Awdal (also spelled Adal or Adel) takes its name from of the ancient...
Sanaag
Sanaag (Somali: Sanaag) is a region (gobol) in northern Somalia. It is claimed by the autonomous Puntland and Somaliland macro regions of Somalia. It was the largest region of the former British Somaliland protectorate, and its capital city is...
Sool
Sool (Somali: Sool) is a province located in the northwestern interior of Somalia. Its regional capital is Las Anod (Laascaanood). The region is historically known for the anti-colonial movement referred to as Darwiish.
Sool is a region claimed by...
Togdheer
Togdheer (Somali: Togdheer) is an administrative region in northwestern Somalia. Its capital is Burco (Burao). It is bordered by Ethiopia and the Somali regions of Woqooyi Galbeed, Sanaag and Sool. The region's name is derived from the Togdheer...
Woqooyi Galbeed
Woqooyi Galbeed (Somali: Woqooyi Galbeed or Maroodi Jeex) is a region in the northwestern Somaliland region of Somalia. Its capital is Hargeisa; other cities include Berbera. Woqooyi Galbeed is bordered by Ethiopia to the south, the Somali regions...
Bari Region
Bari (Somali: Bari) is an administrative region (gobolka) in northern Somalia. Major cities include Bosaso (the capital) and Qardho. It is bordered by the Sanaag and Sool regions to the west, Nugaal to the south, the Gulf of Aden to the north, and...
Nugaal
Nugaal (Somali: Nugaal) is one of the smaller administrative regions (gobol) of Somalia. It is located in the northeastern part of the country, and its capital is Garoowe.
Nugaal is bordered by Ethiopia and the Somali regions of Sool to the west,...
Mudug
Mudug (Somali: Mudug) is an administrative region (gobolka) in north-central Somalia. Bordered by the Ogaden, the Somali regions of Nugaal and Galguduud, and the Indian Ocean, its capital is the city of Galkacyo (population 250,000).
The Mudug...
Galguduud
Galguduud (Somali: Galguduud) is an administrative region (gobolka) in central Somalia. It is bordered by Ethiopia, the Somali regions of Mudug, Hiiraan, Middle Shabele and the Indian Ocean. The region's capital is Dhusa Mareb, and its largest city...
Hiiraan
Hiiraan (Somali: Hiiraan) is an administrative region (gobolka) in central Somalia. Its capital is Beledweyne. It is bordered by Ethiopia and the Somali regions of Galguduud, Middle Shabele, Lower Shabele, Bay and Bakool.
The Hiiraan region consists...
Bakool
Bakool (Somali: Bakool) is a region (gobolka) in central Somalia.
Its capital is Xuddur. It is bordered by the Ogaden and the Somali regions of Hiiraan, Bay and Gedo. It has an estimated population of 226,000.
Bakool, like Gedo, Bay, and most parts...
Shabeellaha Dhexe
Middle Shabele (Somali: Shabeellaha Dhexe) is an administrative region (gobolka) in southern Somalia. As part of the former Benadir region, its capital was Mogadishu up until the mid-1980s, when the town of Jowhar became the capital. It is bordered...
Shabeellaha Hoose
Lower Shabele (Somali: Shabeellaha Hoose) is an administrative region (gobolka) in southern Somalia. Until 1984, when the regions were reshaped, it was part of the larger Benadir region and its capital was Mogadishu, but is now Marka.
Shabeellaha...
Banaadir
Benadir or Banaadir (Somali: Banaadir; Arabic: بنادر) is a region (gobolka) in southern Somalia. The regional capital is Mogadishu, though the region itself is coextensive with the city and is much smaller than the historical region of Benadir. It...
Bay
Bay (Somali: Baay) is an administrative region (gobolka) in southern Somalia. Its capital is Baidoa. It is bordered by the Somali regions of Bakool, Lower Shabele, Middle Juba, and Gedo. The Bay region is one of the most populated regions of Somalia...
Gedo
Gedo (Somali: Geedo) is an administrative region (gobolka) formerly part of the historic Upper Juba Region, Somalia. Gedo's regional capital is Garbahaarreey. Gedo is a region created in 1980s and is bordered by the Ogaden in Ethiopia, the North...
Jubbada Dhexe
Middle Juba (Somali: Jubbada Dhexe) is an administrative region (gobolka) in southern Somalia in the historical region of Jubaland. Its capital is Bu'aale. It is bordered by Somali regions of Gedo, Bay, Lower Shabele and Lower Juba and the Indian...
Jubbada Hoose
Lower Juba (Somali: Jubbada Hoose) is an administrative region (gobolka) in the traditional region of Jubaland in southern Somalia. Its capital is Kismaayo. It is bordered by Kenya, the Somali regions of Gedo, Middle Juba, and the Indian Ocean.
The...
Jubba River
The Jubba River (Somali: Webi Jubba) is a river in southern Somalia which begins at the border with Ethiopia where the Dawa and Ganale Dorya rivers meet, and flows directly south to the Indian Ocean, where it empties to the ocean at Goobweyn.
The...
Shebelle River
The Shebelle River (Somali: Webi Shabeelle) begins in the highlands of Ethiopia, and then flows southeast into Somalia towards Mogadishu. Near Mogadishu it turns sharply southwest, where it follows the coast. Below Mogadishu the river becomes...
Ceerigaabo
Erigavo or Erigabo (Somali: Ceerigaabo) is the administrative capital of the Sanaag region of Somalia. It is disputed by the two autonomous Puntland and Somaliland macro-regions of Somalia.
Erigavo is also the seat of a handful of local non...
Beledweyne
Beledweyne (Somali: Beledweyne, Arabic: بلد وين) is a city in central Somalia. It is the capital of the Hiraan province, and is located in the central valley of the Shebelle river near the Ogaden, some 206 miles (332 km) north of Mogadishu, the...
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Hargeisa
Hargeisa (Somali: Hargaysa, Arabic: هرجيسا) is a city in the northwestern Somaliland region of Somalia. It was the colonial capital of British Somaliland from 1941 to 1960 when it united with Italian Somaliland to form the Somali Republic, and also...
Berbera
Berbera (Somali: Barbara, Arabic: بربرة) is a city in northwestern Somalia. It was for centuries the capital of the Somaliland region and also the colonial capital of British Somaliland from 1870 to 1941 when it was moved to Hargeisa. Located...
Quljeedo
Quljeed is in Somalia, located west of Borama in the Awdal region and near the border with Ethiopia.
Quljeed is the hometown of the third president of the autonomous Somaliland region of Somalia, Dahir Riyale Kahin. The town's inhabitants hail...
Boosaaso
Bosaso (Somali: Boosaaso, Arabic: بوساسو) is a city in northern Somalia, which serves as the nation's main port. Situated on the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden (11°17′0.70″N 49°10′52.10″E / 11.283528°N 49.181139°E / 11.283528; 49.181139) at...
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Gaalkacyo
Galkacyo (Somali: Gaalkacyo, Arabic: غالكاكيو) is the capital of the Mudug region of Somalia. The city is divided into two zones, where the southern portion forms the administrative seat of the Galmudug state, while the main northern portion is...
Garoowe
Garowe (Somali: Garoowe, Arabic: غاروي) is the capital city of the Puntland administrative region of Somalia. It is located in the Nugaal region, and is the seat of the regional parliament, the presidential palace and government ministries.
With a...
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Qandala
Qandala is an ancient Port city in Somalia, 100 kilometres (60 mi) east of Bosaso City, 80 kilometres (50 mi) south of Aden, and 40 kilometres (25 mi) west of Socotra.
like many other Somali ports on the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean, may had...
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Kismayu
Kismayo or Kismayu (Somali: Kismaayo; Arabic: كيسمايو, Kīsmāyū; Italian: Chisimaio) is a port city in the Jubbada Hoose region of Somalia, and is the country's third largest city. It is situated 328 miles (528 km) southwest of Mogadishu, near the...
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Burco
Burao (Somali: Burco, Arabic: بورعو) is the capital city of the Togdheer province in the northwestern Somaliland region of Somalia. In terms of population, it is the second largest city in the Somaliland region after Hargeisa.
Burao was the site of...
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Galgala
Galgala is a growing town in Western Bari region of Somalia. The town has ancient markings of religious symbols and crosses. The town has a population nearing 20,000.
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Las Khorey
Las Khorey (also known as Laasqoray) (Somali: Laasqorey, Arabic: لاسقرى Lāsqoray) is an ancient coastal city in the Sanaag region, a territory disputed by the Puntland and Somaliland administrative regions of Somalia. In July 2007, the district...
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Jowhar
Jowhar (Somali: Jowhaar, Arabic: جوهر, Italian: Villaggio Duca degli Abruzzi) is the capital town of the Shabeellaha Dhexe region of Somalia (located at 2°46.8′N 45°30.048′E / 2.78°N 45.5008°E / 2.78; 45.5008), and, along with Baidoa, used to...
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Hafun
Hafun (Somali: Xaafuun) is a 40 km long low-lying peninsula in the Bari region of northern Somalia. The promontory juts out into the Indian Ocean, where it is known as Ras Hafun or Raas Xaafuun ("Cape Hafun")The district is primarily inhabited by...
Qardho
Qardho (Somali: Gardo) is an historic city in the northeastern Puntland macro-region of Somalia. It is the capital of the Qardho District in the Karkaar region.
Qardho is largely inhabited by the Cisman Mahmoud, Abdi Rahiim Ibrahiim, and Ciise...
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Sarcade
Sarcade (Somali: Sarcade) is a Somali settlement with approximately 25,000 inhabitants. It is situated 68 metres (226 feet) above sea level in the region (gobolka) Shabeellaha Hoose. Its geographic coordinates are Lat: 1.8167, Long: 44.7167.
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Baidoa
Baidoa (Somali: Baydhabo) is a city in south-central Somalia, situated 256 kilometers (159 miles) by road northwest of the capital Mogadishu. It is the capital of the Bay Region, which is historically inhabited by the Digil and Mirifle clans. Other...
Merca
Merca (Somali: Marka, Arabic: مركا) is a port city on the coast of southern Somalia, facing the Indian Ocean. It is the main town in the Lower Shabele region, and is located approximately 70 km (45 miles) southwest of the nation's capital,...
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Zeila
Zeila (Somali: Saylac, Arabic: زيلع) is a port city on the Gulf of Aden coast, situated in the Awdal region of Somalia near the Djibouti border.
It is located at 11°12′38″N 43°17′09″E / 11.2105°N 43.2857°E / 11.2105; 43.2857 and surrounded on...
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Gabiley
Gabiley is the fourth largest city after Hargeisa in the Woqooyi Galbeed region of Somalia. It is renowned for its agricultural and farming industry and it is where most of the region's crops are produced. Gabiley is one of the area's oldest towns...
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Bender Qassim International Airport
Bender Qassim International Airport (IATA: BSA, ICAO: HCMF), also known as Bossaso Airport or Bosasso Airport, is the second largest airport in Somalia. It is at longitude of 49° 9' 0" E Latitude 11° 16' 32" N on the outer edge of the city of...
Bandar Beyla
The district of Bandar Beyla is located in the southeastern portion of the Bari Region in northeastern Somalia. Bandar Beyla, the town, sustained heavy damage from the tsunami that followed the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. The district is primarily...
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Jamaame
Jamaame, also spelt Jamame or Giamame and known in Italian as Margherita, is a densely populated town in Somalia.
Jamaame is situated in southern Somalia in Jubbada Hoose region, between the Indian Ocean in the east, the agricultural land along the...
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Burtinle
Burtinle (Somali: Burtiinle) is one of the fast growing towns in the Nugaal region of Somalia. It is situated between Gaalkayo and Garoowe close to the Ethiopian border and has a population of about 90,000. The prominent clans in Buurtinle are the...
Afmadow
Afmadow (Somali: Afmadoow) is a city in southern Somalia, located in the middle of the Juba region and bordered by Kenya, Badhadhe, Kismayo, Jamame, Jilib, Hagar, Bardhere and Elwaq in Somalia, 620 km south of the capital Mogadishu. It is home to a...
Garbahaarreey
Garbahaarey is the capital of Gedo, the second largest and sixth most populous region (gobolka) of Somalia. Maj. General Mohamed Siyad Barre, Somalia's longest-serving president, claimed Garbahaarrey as his birthplace in order to get a job in the...
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Hobyo
Hobyo (also spelled Obbia and Hobyaa) is an ancient harbor city in the Mudug region of Somalia. Hobyo literally means "here, water", and the plentiful fresh water to be had from the wells in and around the town (a rarity in that part of the world)...
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Bardera
Bardera City (Somali: Baardheere) is an important agricultural city in the Gedo region of Somalia. It is the second most populous town in the Juba Valley, with Kismayo being the largest and most densely populated city in the region, and...
Barawa
Barawa or Brava (Somali: Baraawe, Arabic: المدينة ﺑﺮﺍﻭﻱ) is a port town in the south eastern coast of Somalia. The traditional inhabitants are the Tunni Somalis and the Bravanese people, who speak Bravanese, a Swahili dialect.
In the 16th century,...
Boorama
Borama (Somali: Boorama, Arabic: بوراما), also known as Borame, is a city in northwestern Somalia, near the border with Djibouti and Ethiopia. It has a population of between 250,000 to 300,000 residents, and serves as the commercial hub of the...
Dhuusamarreeb
Dhuusamareeb (Somali: Dhuusamareeb), Dhusa Mareb, is the capital town of the Galguduud region in Mudug, Somalia.
Dhuusamarreeb, located 5°32′15″N 46°23′15″E / 5.5375°N 46.3875°E / 5.5375; 46.3875, is an administrative center with a permanent...
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Xuddur
Huddur (also spelled Xuddur) is the capital city of Bakool, Somalia. It is located in the south-west of Somalia, around 4°7′12″N 43°53′16″E / 4.12°N 43.88778°E / 4.12; 43.88778. The population belong predominantly to the Hadame clan and are...
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Bu'aale
Bu'aale is the capital town of the Jubbada Dhexe (Middle Jubba) region of Somalia, situated in the southern Jubba River valley.
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Buurhakaba
Buurhakaba (Somali: Buurhakaba) is a city located in the administrative region (gobolka) of Bay in southwestern Somalia. It is the Third largest town in the region after Berdaale, with a reported population of 28,000 people. The town is named after...
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Arabsiyo
Arabsiyo is a city in northwestern Somalia, located about 30 km west of Hargeisa. Arabsiyo is known for its major farming area. It is also a resort town popular for special occasions such as weddings and Eid celebrations. Arabsiyo has an estimated...
Oog
Oog is a town in the Sool region of Somalia. As with most other inhabitants of the Sool region, the town's residents are mostly nomadic pastoralists. Estimates state that the 11 km region around Oog has a population of about 57,000 inhabitants, most...
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Balad
Bal-ad (Somali: Balcad) is one of the districts of Middle Shabelle region of Somalia. It is located about 36 kilometers northeast of the capital city of Mogadishu. It has an area of 4,400 square kilometres (1,700 sq mi) with an estimated population...
