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Hargeisa (/ h ɑːr ˈ ɡ eɪ s ə / har-GAY-sə; Somali: Hargeysa; Arabic: هرجيسا, romanized: Harjīsā) [4] [5] is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Somaliland, a de facto sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, still considered internationally to be part of Somalia. It is also the regional capital of the Maroodi Jeex ...
This is a list of districts in Somalia by population. As of January 2024, the country has an estimated population of 19,290,783 inhabitants. [1] [2] ...
Hargeisa District (Somali: Degmada Hargeysa) is a Administrative District in the Maroodi Jeex region of Somaliland. Its capital lies at Hargeisa . Other settlements in the district include Daarbuduq .
War-damaged houses in Hargeysa, a major city in Somaliland, 1991. Artillery shelling of Hargeisa started on the third day of the fighting [5] in late May 1988, and was accompanied by large-scale aerial bombing of the city carried out by the Somali Air Force (SAF) aircraft, [6] which "took off from the Hargeisa airport and then turned around to make repeated bombing runs on the city."
Somaliland is currently disputed with Somalia and city statuses may be disputed. ... Hargeisa Burao: 1: Hargeisa: Marodi Jeh: ... List of cities in Somalia by population;
The destruction of Hargeisa and Burao (Somali: duqayntii Hargeysa iyo Burco) occurred in 1988 during the Somaliland War of Independence.It was part of a counteroffensive launched by the Somali government under President Mohamed Siad Barre against the Somali National Movement (SNM), an opposition group active in northern Somalia (modern-day Somaliland).
Siad Barre focused his wrath (and American-supported military might) against his Northern opposition. Hargeisa, Somalia's second city and the former capital of British Somaliland was bombed, strafed and rocketed. Some 50,000 people are believed to have lost their lives there as a result of summary executions, aerial bombardments and ground attacks.
Woqooyi Galbeed is one of the 18 administrative divisions of Somalia, located in the northwestern part of the country, between Awdal and Togdheer provinces. Its capital and largest city is Hargeisa. [3] The province also includes the port city of Berbera, which is a significant hub for maritime trade along the Gulf of Aden.