Somalia

Somalia, situated in the Horn of Africa, lies along the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. It is bounded by Djibouti in the northwest, Ethiopia in the west, and Kenya in the southwest. In area it is slightly smaller than Texas. Generally arid and barren, Somalia has two chief rivers, the Shebelle and the Juba.


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  • Mogadishu (, also US: ; Somali: Muqdisho, Wadaad: مُقْدِشو‎ [mʉq'dɪ:ʃɔ] or Xamar, Wadaad: حَمَرْ‎ [ħɑmɑr]; Arabic: مقديشو‎, Italian: Mogadiscio), locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and most populous city of Somalia The city has served as an important port connecting traders across the Indian Ocean for millennia and has an estimated urban population of 2,610,483 Mogadishu is located in the coastal Banaadir region on the Indian Ocean, which, unlike other Somali regions, is considered a municipality rather than a maamul goboleed (federal state)

  • Hargeisa (hər-GAE-sa; Somali: Hargeysa, Arabic: هرجيسا) is the capital and largest city of Somaliland It is located in the Maroodi Jeex region of the Horn of Africa It succeeded Berbera as the capital of the British Somaliland Protectorate in 1941

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