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Hodan District (Somali: Degmada Hodan) is a district in the southeastern Banaadir region of Somalia. It is a neighborhood in the northwestern part of Mogadishu . This district as well as the bordering Deeynile district are a part of the traditional Territory of the Murusade clan.
Hodan District Hawle Wadag District Huriwa District Karan District ... Mogadishu: Burao 128,000 Burao: Hargeisa 48,000 Hargeisa: Hiran 25,647 Beled Weyne: Lower Juba
Mogadishu as seen from the International Space Station. Mogadishu is situated on the Indian Ocean coast of the Horn of Africa of Northeast Africa, in the Banaadir administrative region in southeastern Somalia. [138] The region itself is coextensive with the city and is much smaller than the historical province of Benadir.
Its capital is Mogadishu, known locally as Xamar (pronounced: Hamar), although the administrative region itself is coextensive with the city. Benaadir is much smaller than the historical region of Benadir, which covered most of the country's central and southern seaboard opposite the Indian Ocean and up to the Juba River , including Mogadishu.
Wadajir District (Somali: degmada Wadajir), also called Medina District or Madina District [1] is a district in the south-central Banaadir region of Somalia. A few southwestern neighborhoods of Mogadishu are located in this district, as well as the Somali National University .
On 14 October 2017, two truck bombings took place in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, killing at least 587 people and injuring 316 others. [1] Almost all of the casualties were caused by one of the trucks which detonated when the driver, while attempting to escape from security officials, crashed through a barrier and exploded in the Hodan District, destroying a hotel.
Inside Arkestra, a sprawling villa in the Etiler district, there is a creative, Michelin-starred fine-dining restaurant; a sultry bistro called Ritmo; and a cool upstairs bar lined with vinyl ...
4 civilians were wounded in an explosion targeting government forces in Derkenley district. [151] In Hodan district, Islamist forces attacked an AMISOM base and a TFG base in Hodan's Taleh neighborhood. A fierce gunbattle along with shelling left at least 13 people injured. [152]