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Borama (Somali: Boorama, Arabic: بورما) is the largest city of the northwestern Awdal region of Somaliland. [2] The commercial seat of the province, it is situated near the border with Ethiopia .
"Awdal in western Somaliland is situated between Djibouti, Ethiopia and the Issaq-populated mainland of Somaliland. It is primarily inhabited by the three sub-clans of the Gadabursi clan, whose traditional institutions survived the colonial period, Somali statehood and the war in good shape, remaining functionally intact and highly relevant to ...
The ordinance established councils in six districts that had divided [3] Somaliland since 1944. The ordinance continued to be used after independence as the State of Somaliland (June 26-July 1, 1960). At the time of the integration with Italian Somaliland on July 1, 1960, there were the following six districts. [4] Berbera; Borama; Burao ...
Somaliland is situated in the northwest of recognised Somalia. It lies between 08°N and 11°30'N, and between 42°30'E and 49°00'E. [37] It is bordered by Djibouti to the west, Ethiopia to the south, and Somalia to the east. Somaliland has an 850 kilometres (528 mi) coastline with the majority lying along the Gulf of Aden.
Somaliland is: a country; Location: Eastern Hemisphere, on the Equator; Africa. East Africa. Horn of Africa; Time zone: East Africa Time ; Extreme points of Somaliland High: Shimbiris 2,450 m (8,038 ft) Low: Guban −100 m (−328 ft) Land boundaries: Djibouti 60 km Ethiopia 766 km Somalia 402 km. Coastline: 850,800 km
Borama Berbera: 2: Burao: Togdheer: 425,000 [2] 3: Borama: Awdal: 300,000 [3] 4: ... History of Somaliland; List of cities in East Africa This page was last edited on ...
Borama, Somaliland Abdirahman Aw Ali Farrah , nicknamed Tolwaa ( Somali : Cabdiraxmaan Aw Cali Faarax , Arabic : عبدالرحمن أو علي فارح ) is a Somali politician who was the third Vice President of Somaliland from May 1995 to February 1997.
Upon independence in 1960, the Somali Republic maintained the 12 districts of the former Italian Somaliland and British Somaliland that merged to form the new country. [4] In 1964, a new Northeastern (Burao) Province was established by merging Burao, Erigavo, and Las Anod and a Northwestern (Hargeisa) Province was formed from Berbera, Borama ...