Ansaloti Market ( so, Suuqa Ansaloti) is a

public market A marketplace or market place is a location where people regularly gather for the purchase and sale of provisions, livestock, and other goods. In different parts of the world, a marketplace may be described as a ''souk'' (from the Arabic), '' ...

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 ...

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 Constitut ...

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The Ansaloti Market was one of the largest markets in the capital's

Hamar Jajab district Hamar Jajab district ( so, Degmada Xamar Jajab) is a district in the southeastern Banaadir region of Somalia. A sector of the national capital Mogadishu, it contains the Port of Mogadishu The Port of Mogadishu, also known as the Mogadishu Intern ...

. After the start of the civil war in the early 1990s, it closed down operations. In February 2014, the Benadir regional administration began renovations at the Ansaloti Market. The municipal authorities officially reopened it to the public in September of the year, with officials supervising all parts of the market. According to the Benadir Political Affairs Vice Chairman Mohamed Adan "Anagel", the facility is now open for business and will compete with other regional markets.

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