This is a list of
cities
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
, towns and villages in
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 ...
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Aadan Yabaa
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Hanan nagamous
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Abaareey
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Abudwak
Abudwak ( so, Caabudwaaq) is a city located in central Somalia
Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somal ...
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Adado
Adado () is a city in the Galguduud region of Galmudug state in central Somalia
Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Repu ...
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Derri
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Bargaan
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Jacar
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Afgooye
Afgooye ( so, Afgooye, ar, أفجويى, it, Afgoi) is a town in the southwestern Somalia Lower Shebelle (Shabellaha Hoose) region of Somalia. It is the center of the Afgooye District. Afgooye is the third largest city of Southwest State. Afgo ...
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Afmadow
Afmadow ( so, 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, 401 km southwest of the capital Mogadishu. It is h ...
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Baidoa
Baidoa (, Somali: Maay.html"_;"title="f-Maxaa:_Baydhabo,_Maay">f-Maxaa:_Baydhabo,_Maay:_''Baydhowy)''_is_the_largest_city_of_the_South_West_State_of_Somalia.
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Balcad
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Ballidagaruen
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Balli Dhiddin
Balli may refer to:
Places
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Bandar Beyla
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Bandiiradley
Banderadley ( so, italic=yes, Bandiiradley Arabic: ''بنديردلي'') is a town in the Mudug region of Galmudug state of Somalia. It lies 70km southwest of the city of Galkayo, along the main highway
A highway is any public or private roa ...
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Barawa
Barawa ( so, Baraawe, Maay Maay, Maay: ''Barawy'', ar, ﺑﺮﺍﻭة ''Barāwa''), also known as Barawe and Brava, is the capital city, capital of the South West State of Somalia, South West State of Somalia.Pelizzari, Elisa. "Guerre civile et ...
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Bardera
Bardera ( ar, بارديرا, so, Bardhere) is a city in Jubaland State of Somalia. It is the second largest and most populous city in Jubaland with Kismayo being the largest and most densely populated city in the region. Bardera sits on the Ju ...
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Beeli Wacatay
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Beledhawo
Beled Hawo ( so, Beledxaawo or ) is a business town in Gedo, Somalia. Beledxaawo is a border town & business gateway to Kenya and Ethiopia
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Buloburde
Buloburde, also spelled Buloburti or Bulobarde, is a city in Somalia's central Hiran region.
Overview
Buloburde is situated along the Shabelle River, near Jalalaqsi. It is the center of the Buloburde District.
In March 2014, Somali Armed For ...
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Buqdaaqable
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Berhani
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Beyra
Beyra is a small town in the north-central Mudug region of Somalia. It is situated between Galdogob and Galkayo, in the autonomous Puntland region. It has schools and electricity.
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Bibi
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Bu'aale
Bu'ale ( so, Bu'aale, Maay: ''Bu'aaly'') is a town in the Middle Juba region of Somalia. It is the capital of the Bu'aale District as well as the de jure capital of the Jubaland State region, situated in the southern Jubba River valley. Bu'ale i ...
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Bur Saalax
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Buulo burte
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Buulo Xaaji
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Burane
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Burco
Burao, also spelt Bur'o or Bur'ao (; so, Burco, , ar, برعو) is the capital of the Togdheer region and the second largest city in Somaliland. Burao was also the third largest city of Somalia. Burao was the site of the declaration of an in ...
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Burgaban
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Burtinle
Burtinle ( so, Buurtinle), also known as ''Bur Tinle or Buurtinleh'', is a city in the Nugal and Hawd districts of the state of Puntland in northeastern Somalia.
Overview
Burtinle is the center of the Burtinle District. It lies in between Gal ...
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Buurdhuubo
Burdhubo ( so, Buurdhuubo) is a town in the southern Gedo region of Somalia. It is the center of the Burdhubo District.
Overview
Burdhubo sits on the Jubba River in the Jubba Valley, between the cities of Bardera and Luuq. Garbahaarreey, the Gedo ...
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Buurhakaba
Burhakaba ( so, Buurhakaba) is a town located in the Bay region in Somalia.
The town takes its name from a big mountain in the city's center.
Overview
Burhakaba is the second largest town in the Bay region, with a reported population of 360,795 ...
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Ceeldheer
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Cadale
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Cabdullekudaad
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Ceel-Baraf
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Caadley
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Cadaley
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Ceel-Aweyn
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Ceel Huur
El Hur ( so, Ceel Huur) is a village in Galmudug state located in Hobyo District and south of Hobyo, in the north-central Mudug region of Somalia
Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣ ...
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Ceelbuur El Buur (; so, Ceelbuur) is a town located in the state of Galmudug in central Somalia. It was formerly the capital of the Galgaduud region.
Residents
El Buur has been inhabited since at least the 13th century. During the Ajuran Sultanate it ser ...
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Ceel Cali
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Ceelmakoile
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Colgula
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Daharro
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Dalweyn
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Dangorayo
Dangorayo is a town in the northeastern Nugal region of Somalia. It is the capital of the Dangorayo District. Dangorayo along with Waiye were nominated as districts in 1990 under a degree issued by the former president Mohamed Siad Barre
Moha ...
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Danan (volcano)
Danan (uncertain derivation) was one of the three volcanic cones (the others being Perboewatan and Rakata) on the island of Krakatoa, in the Sunda Strait, in Indonesia. It stood , lay in the central area of the island, and may have been a twin vo ...
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Dhalwo
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Dhamasa
Dhamasa is a small town in the southwestern Gedo region of Somalia.
Overview
The settlement was founded in the early 1950s by Somali people, Somali nomads from the larger region. Dhamasa is bordered by Beledhawo, Baardheere and Ceelwaaq.
The town ...
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Dharoor
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Dhuusamarreeb
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Diinsoor
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Dinowda
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Docol
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Doolow
Dolow ( so, Dooloow), also spelled Doolow, is a town in the southern Gedo region of Somalia.
The city sits on the Jubba River near the Somali Region in Ethiopia, just north of Luuq.
Balet Hawo District lies west of Dolow near the North Easter ...
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Duulin Maaxato
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Eyl
Eyl ( it, Eil) is an ancient port town in the northeastern Nugal region of Somalia in the autonomous Puntland region, also serving as the capital of the Eyl District. Eyl, also called Illig, was the capital of the Dervishes from 1905 onwards, unt ...
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Fafahdun
Fafahdun ( so, Faafaxdhuun) is a town in the southwestern Gedo region of Somalia in the district of Bardera. Town coordinates are 2° 13′ 0″ N, 41° 37′ 0″ E.
History
Fafahdun(Af Soomaali:Faafaxdhuun)is named after the (Faaf, Faafka Faafax ...
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Galcad
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Galhareeri
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Galinsoor
Galinsoor, also spelled Gelinsoor, is a town in Galmudug state of Somalia
Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic ...
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Galkayo
Galkayo ( so, Gaalkacyo, ar, جالكعيو 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.) which in Af- Somali translates t ...
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Garacad
Garacad is a historic coastal town in the north east central Mudug region of Puntland, an autonomous state of Somalia
Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federa ...
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Garbahaarreey
}, Maay: ''Garbiharey'', ) is the capital of Gedo, an administrative region in southern Somalia. It is the third largest and most populous city in Gedo region after Bardera and Luuq.
History
During the Middle Ages, Garbahare and its surrounding ...
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Garoowe
Garowe ( so, Garoowe, ar, غَاْرَّوْؤَيَ,
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Geerisa Awdal
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Godinlabe
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Godobjiran
Godobjiran is a town in the northeastern Nugal province of Somalia. It is the center of the Godobjiran District in the autonomous Puntland
Puntland ( so, Puntland, ar, أرض البنط, it, Terra di Punt or ''Paese di Punt''), officiall ...
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Goldogob
Galdogob ( so, Galdogob, ar, جلدغب) is a border town wholly administered by the semi-autonomous Puntland State of Somalia, and serves as the capital of the Galdogob District within the Mudug region. The town technically straddles the dispu ...
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Goroyo-Cawl
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Guriel
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Guud Cad
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Habo
Habo () is a locality and the seat of Habo Municipality, Jönköping County
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Hafun
Hafun ( so, Xaafuun; ar, حافون; grc, Οπώνη, Opṓnē, it, Dante) is a town in the northeastern Bari province of Somalia. Situated in Ras Hafun on the coast of the Guardafui Channel, it is the centre of the Hafun District, and the ea ...
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Harardhere
Harardhere (, so, Xarardheere) is a historic town in the Mudug province of Somalia. It is situated in the autonomous Galmudug state and serves as the capital of the Harardhere District.
History
For most of its history, Harardhere was a histori ...
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Hareeri
Hareeri is a small village in Bardera District located in Gedo Region of Somalia. The village of Hareeri lies 7 km southeast of Anoole town near the district borders between Diinsoor of Bay Region and Sakow of Middle Juba Region. Hareeri Vi ...
Heraale
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Hobyo
Hobyo (; so, Hobyo), is an ancient port city in Galmudug state in the north-central Mudug region of Somalia.
Hobyo was founded as a coastal outpost by the Ajuran Empire during the 13th century.Lee V. Cassanelli, ''The shaping of Somali society: ...
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Hudur
Hudur ( so, Xuddur, Maay: ''Hudur'') is a town in the south Western Bakool region of Somalia. It serves as the province's capital and is the center of the Hudur District.
History
During the Middle Ages, Hudur and its surrounding area was part of ...
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Hoosingo
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Iskushuban
Iskushuban ( so, Iskushubaan) is a small town in the northeastern Bari province of Somalia on the Horn of Africa. A historical settlement, it is situated in the autonomous Puntland state. It lies along the 50th meridian east.
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Jalalaqsi
Jalalaqsi (Jalalassi) is a town in the south-central Hiran province of Somalia. It is situated on the Shebelle River, between Buuloburde and Jowhar.
Demographics
Jalalaqsi has a population of around 60,800 inhabitants. The broader Jalalaqsi Dist ...
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Jamaame
Jamame ( so, Jamaame, ar, جمامة, it, Giamama formerly ''Villaggio Regina Margherita''), also spelled Giamame, is a town in the southern Lower Juba (Jubbada Hoose) region of Somalia. There are many farms located near Jamame. The equator pa ...
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Jana Cabdalle
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Jariban
Jariban ( so, Jariiban, ar, جاريبان, it, Geriban) is a town in the north-central Mudug region of Somalia. It is the center of the Jariban District. It is administered by Puntland.
Demographics
Jariban has a population of approximately 20 ...
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Jilib
Jilib (other names: Gilib, Gelib, Jillib, Jillio; ) is a city in Somalia, It is north of Kismaayo.
History
During the Middle Ages, Jilib and its surrounding area was part of the Ajuran Empire that governed much of southern Somalia and eastern Eth ...
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Jowhar
Jowhar ( so, Jowhar, ar, جوهر) is the capital city of Hirshabelle state of Somalia. Jowhar is also the administrative capital of Middle Shabelle Regions of Somalia, region of Somalia.
Along with Baidoa, it used to form the joint adminis ...
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Jiifyarey
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Jilyaale
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Karin
Karin may refer to:
*Karin (given name), a feminine name
Fiction
* ''Karin'' (manga) or ''Chibi Vampire'', a Japanese media franchise
*Karin Hanazono, title character of the manga and anime ''Kamichama Karin''
*Karin Kurosaki, a character in ''Bl ...
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Kulanxagay
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Kismayo
Kismayo ( so, Kismaayo, Maay Maay, Maay: ''Kismanyy'', ar, كيسمايو, ; it, Chisimaio) 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 cit ...
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Laag
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Lanwaley
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Laas Dawaco
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Luuq
Luuq ( so, Luuq, ar, لوق) is a town in the southwestern Gedo province of Somalia. It is one of the older settlements in the area. It is the seat of the Luuq District. The town is located in a bend of the Juba River, where the watercourse flows ...
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Leego
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Mahadaay Weyn
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Maraay Suuley
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Mareergur
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Mareeg
Mareeg (also known as Mareg, Meregh and Märēg) is a locality in the Galguduud region of central Somalia, in the Galmudug state.
History
The town was founded in the 13th century, during the period marked by the local ascendancy of the Ajuran Emp ...
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Merca
Merca ( so, Marka, Maay Maay, Maay: ''Marky'', ar, مركة) is a historic port city in the southern Lower Shebelle province of Somalia. It is located approximately to the southwest of the nation's capital Mogadishu. Merca is the traditional home ...
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Messego Waay
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Mogadishu
Mogadishu (, also ; so, Muqdisho or ; ar, مقديشو ; it, Mogadiscio ), locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and List of cities in Somalia by population, most populous city of Somalia. The city has served as an important port ...
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Mohamed Haji
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Mubaarak
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Qandala
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.
Overview
Qandala sits on a wadi estuary, which forms a natural protective harbor fo ...
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Qardho
Qardho ( so, Qardho, ar, قرضو), also known as Gardo, is a city in the northeastern Bari region of Somalia, a district within the autonomous state of Puntland.
History Until Somalia's Independence
Qardho is one of a series of ancient settleme ...
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Qarxis
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Qaan Dhoole
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Qansahdhere
Qansahdhere (Maay: ''Qasidheeri'', so, Qansaxdheere), also known as Qansax Dheere, is a town in the southern Bay region of Somalia
Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl offici ...
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Qarhis
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Qoryoley
Qoryoley (Maay: ''Qornyooley'', so, Qoryooley, ar, قوريولي) is a city in southern Somalia. It is located in the Lower Shebelle region.
History
The District Mayor after the fall of the Siyad Government was Abdirahmaan Sheikh Mohamed K ...
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Rako Raaxo
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Ras Kamboni
Kamboni (; so, Kambooni) is a town in the Badhaadhe district of Lower Juba region, Somalia, which lies on a peninsula near the border with Kenya. It is the southernmost town in Somalia. The tip of that peninsula is called Ras Kamboni (Cape Kam ...
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Rigomane
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Roox
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Ruun Nirgood
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Saacow
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Shadia dhimo
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Saylac
Zeila ( so, Saylac, ar, زيلع, Zayla), also known as Zaila or Zayla, is a historical port town in the western Awdal region of Somaliland.
In the Middle Ages, the Jewish traveller Benjamin of Tudela identified Zeila (or Hawilah) with the Bibli ...
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Sheerbi
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Tadba
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Taleex
Taleh ( so, Taleex, ar, تليح) is a historical town in the eastern Sool region of Somaliland. As of September 2015, both Puntland and Somaliland had nominal influence or control in Taleh and it's vicinity. The town served as the capital of ...
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Tile
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Turdho
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Ufeyn
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Wabho
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Waiye
Waiye ( so, Waaciye) is a town in the Bari province of the autonomous Puntland region in northeastern Somalia. Waiye was proposed as a district by the Somali government in 1990, but because the town didn't go through the entire process, its desig ...
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Warsheikh
Warsheikh ( so, Warsheekh, Warshiiq, Warshiikh , translit=Warshiiq, ar, ورشيخ,) is an administration center and coastal town of Warsheikh district. Warsheikh is located in the southeastern Middle Shabelle region of Hirshabelle State of Som ...
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Weeraar
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Wisil
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Wobxo
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Xamure
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Xabaalo Barbar
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Xerojaale
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Xiddo
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Yake
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List of cities in East Africa
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References
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency - Geographical areas in Somalia
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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 ...
Somalia geography-related lists
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 ...