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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.
Wajale is located the border of Somaliland and Ethiopia. [2] 92.8 km west of Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland. It is in the south west of Kalabaydh town, on the west by the Awdal region, on the east by the Gabiley, Hargeisa City, and on the south by the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Geographical coordinates are 9° 34' 0" North, 43° 29' 0" East
In May 1988, the SNM launched a major offensive on the cities of Hargeisa and Burao, [124] [125] [126] then the second and third largest cities of Somalia. [127] [128] The SNM captured Burao on 27 May within two hours, [129] while the SNM entered Hargeisa on 29 May, overrunning most of the city apart from its airport by 1 June. [125]
Somaliland with bordering countries. To the north of Somaliland is the Gulf of Aden, which borders Somaliland along its only coastline. In its north-western corner, Somaliland shares a border with Djibouti. Ethiopia borders the country to the west and to the south. Somalia, which claims sovereignty over the territory of Somaliland, lies to the ...
Hargeisa City (Somali: Caasimada Hargeysa) is a Capital City in the Maroodi Jeex region in Somaliland. Its capital lies at Hargeisa . Other settlements in the district include Daarbuduq .
The total fertility rate of Somalia is 6.08 children born per woman (2014 estimates), the fourth highest in the world, according to the CIA World Factbook. [1] Most local residents are young, with a median age of 17.7 years; about 44% of the population is between the ages of 0–14 years, 52% is between the ages of 15–64 years, and only 2% is ...
Hargeisa; Las Anod; The council (capital) was located in the city of the same name. These six areas were inherited by the regions established after the reindependence in 1991, and have a six-regionsystem with the six cities where the council was located as the capital. Districts of British Somaliland and latter State of Somaliland
Countries by land border length Antarctica and countries in purple are those without any land border. This list gives the number of distinct land borders of each country or territory, as well as the neighboring countries and territories. The length of each border is included, as is the total length of each country's or territory's borders. [1]