Hantaara, Hantara, Gacanka Hantaara, Hantara Bay; ( ar, خليج هنتارا or هنتارا) is a coastal habitat in the

Bari Bari ( , ; nap, label= Barese, Bare ; lat, Barium) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, southern Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy a ...

region of

Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...

that is believed to be one of the largest natural harbours in the country. Hantaara also belongs to a sizeable

bay A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a Gulf (geography), gulf, sea, sound (geography), sound, or bight (geogra ...

, there are date farms and a wider range of mountainous grassland including the Hantaara plateau. It lies about east of Bosaso, It is behind the Bur gaban and

Bacaad Bacaad, Bender Ba'ad, Bender Bacaad is a coastal town in the northeastern Bari region of Somalia. Lies east of Bosaso Bosaso ( so, Boosaaso, ar, بوصاصو), historically known as Bender Cassim is a city in the northeastern Bari province (' ...

. The area has mineral and coal deposits, and is abundant in frankincense trees and myrrh trees.

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Hantaara, Bari Somalia
Geography of Somalia Habitats Populated places in Bari, Somalia