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1 | ![]() | Hargeisa ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 1286 Lat/Lng : 9.5656 / 44.0606 | Hargeisa is a city situated in the Woqooyi Galbeed region of the self-declared but internationally unrecognised Republic of Somaliland in the Horn of Africa. It is the capital and largest city of Somaliland. During the Middle Ages, Hargeisa was part of the domain of the Adal Sultanate (...) |
2 | ![]() | Kismayo ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 3 Lat/Lng : -0.3603 / 42.5486 | Kismayo is a port city in the southern Lower Juba (Jubbada Hoose) province of Somalia. It is the commercial capital of the autonomous Jubaland region. The city is situated southwest of Mogadishu, near the mouth of the Jubba River, where the waters empty into the Indian Ocean (...) |
3 | ![]() | Zeila ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 5 Lat/Lng : 11.354 / 43.4741 | Zeila , also known as Zaila or Zeyla, is a port city in the northwestern Awdal region of Somaliland. In the Middle Ages, the Jewish traveller Benjamin of Tudela identified Zeila (or Zawilah) with the Biblical location of Havilah (...) |
4 | Puntland ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 2.0333 / 45.35 | Puntland , officially the Puntland State of Somalia , is a region in northeastern Somalia. Centered on the town of Garoowe in the Nugal province, its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998 but is internationally recognized as an autonomous region of Somalia (...) | |
5 | Galmudug ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 258 Lat/Lng : 5.5019 / 46.3794 | Galmudug, officially Galmudug State, is an autonomous region in central Somalia. It is bordered to the north by the Puntland region, to the west by Ethiopia, to the east by Indian Ocean and to the south by Hirshabelle (...) | |
6 | Baidoa ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 436 Lat/Lng : 3.1134 / 43.6547 | Baidoa is capital in the southwestern Bay region of Somalia. During the Middle Ages, Baidoa and its surrounding area was part of the Ajuran Sultanate. in 2005 Transitional Federal Government established temporary headquarters in Baidoa before an eventual relocation of government offices to Mogadishu (...) | |
7 | Galkayo ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 288 Lat/Lng : 6.7697 / 47.4308 | Galkayo , also known as Gallacaio or Rocca Littorio,Dr Badal Kariye Ba Bsit Ma Mba & Phd, The Kaleidoscopic Lover: The Civil War in the Horn of Africa & My Itinerary for a Peaceful Lover, (AuthorHouse: 2010), p.116. is the capital of the north-central Mudug region of Somalia (...) | |
8 | Garoowe ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 466 Lat/Lng : 8.4003 / 48.4836 | Garowe ; is the capital of Nugaal region and administrative capital of Puntland state in northeastern Somalia. Garowe is situated in the Nugaal Valley, bounded by gradually ascending high plateaus that generally reach elevations of 1,650 to 3,300 feet (500 to 1,000 m) above sea level on the north, (...) | |
9 | Bari, Somalia ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 149 Lat/Lng : 6.1131 / 47.9881 | Bari is an administrative region (gobol) in northeastern Somalia. (...) | |
10 | Bosaso ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 11 Lat/Lng : 11.2848 / 49.1811 | Bosaso is a city in the northeastern Bari province (gobol) of Somalia. It is the seat of the Bosaso District. Located on the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden, the municipality serves as the region's commercial capital and is a major seaport within the autonomous Puntland state (...) | |
11 | Jubaland ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 1032 Lat/Lng : 10.2056 / 48.7208 | Jubaland , the Juba Valley or Azania , is an autonomous region in southern Somalia. Its eastern border lies 40–60 km east of the Jubba River, stretching from Gedo to the Indian Ocean, while its western side flanks the North Eastern Province in Kenya, which was carved out of Jubaland during the (...) | |
12 | South West State of Somalia ![]() FeatureType : adm1 Elevation : 427 Lat/Lng : 3.8642 / 43.4181 | The South West State of Somalia , also known as the Interim South West Administration, is an autonomous region in southwestern Somalia. It was founded by Hasan Muhammad Nur Shatigadud, leader of the Rahanweyn Resistance Army (RRA) on 1 April 2002 (...) | |
13 | Jowhar ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 105 Lat/Lng : 2.7819 / 45.4964 | Jowhar (formerly Villaggio Duca degli Abruzzi or simply Villabruzzi) is the capital city of Hirshabelle state of Somalia. Jowhar is also the administrative capital of Middle Shabelle region of Somalia. Along with Baidoa, it used to form the joint administrative capital of the Transitional Federal (...) | |
14 | Qandala ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 11 Lat/Lng : 11.4711 / 49.8739 | Qandala (also known as Candala, Andala, Bender Chor, Bandar Kor, Bender Kor or Taba Tege) is an ancient port town in the northeastern Bari province of Somalia. (...) | |
15 | Awdal ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 188 Lat/Lng : 10.8008 / 43.3519 | Awdal is an administrative region in Somaliland. It was separated from Woqooyi Galbeed and became a province in 1984; it is the most westerly province of Somaliland. To the east it borders Maroodi Jeex and to its north-west it borders Djibouti, to its south and south-west lies Ethiopia and the Gulf (...) | |
16 | Badhan, Sanaag ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 1109 Lat/Lng : 10.7111 / 48.3333 | Badhan , also known as Baran is a town in northern Sanaag region of Somalia. (...) | |
17 | Togdheer ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 792 Lat/Lng : 8.6133 / 46.2522 | Togdheer is an administrative region (gobol) in northern Somalia, although it is de facto part of the Somaliland region, a self-declared state but internationally unrecognized. (...) | |
18 | Bu'ale ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 44 Lat/Lng : 1.0833 / 42.5833 | Bu'ale is a town in the Middle Juba (Jubbada Dhexe) region of Somalia. It is the capital of the Jubaland State Bu'aale District and the capital of the Jubaland State region as well, situated in the southern Jubba River valley, the city is known for its farming land on the banks of the river Juba (...) | |
19 | Jamame ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 10 Lat/Lng : 0.0667 / 42.75 | Jamame , also spelled Giamame, is a town in the southern Lower Juba (Jubbada Hoose) region of Somalia. There are many farms located near Jamame. https://horseedmedia.net/2015/08/18/somalia-a-letter-from-jamaame/ The equator passes over the town. (...) | |
20 | Guriceel ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 297 Lat/Lng : 5.3089 / 45.8819 | Guriceel , is a rapidly developing city and one of the largest cities in the central Galguduud region of Somalia located in Galmudug state. The city serves as the commercial capital of the Galguduud region and the capital of the Guriceel District, one of the most populous districts in the region. (...) | |
21 | Cal Madow ![]() FeatureType : mountain Elevation : 2445 Lat/Lng : 10.7358 / 47.245 | Cal Madow (also Al Madow, Al Medu, Calmadow or Al Mado) is a mountain range in Somalia and Somaliland. It stretches across an area between the west of Bosaso to northwest of Erigavo. Its peak sits at almost 2500 m in Shimbiris, northwest of Erigavo (...) | |