Mogadishu
Mogadishu (/[unsupported input]ˌmɒɡəˈdɪʃuː/; Somali Muqdisho, popularly Xamar; Arabic: مقديشو Maqadīshū; Italian: Mogadiscio, literally "The Seat o the Shah") is the lairgest ceety in Somalie an the naition's caipital. Locatit in the coastal Banaadir region on the Indie Ocean, the ceety haes servit as an important port for centuries.
Mogadishu مقديشو Maqadīshū | |
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  Mogadishu Location in Somalia | |
| Coordinates: 02°02′N 45°20′E / 2.033°N 45.333°ECoordinates: 02°02′N 45°20′E / 2.033°N 45.333°E | |
| Kintra |  Somalie |
| Region | Banaadir |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Thabit Abdi Mohammed |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,657 km2 (640 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[4] | |
| • Total | 2,000,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EAT) |
References
eedit- ↑ Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc, The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Marcopædia, Volume 17, (Encyclopædia Britannica: 1991), p.829.
- ↑ Fred Oluoch (10 Januar 2010). "Somalia: A Working Christmas in Mogadishu". allAfrica.com. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
- ↑ John Pike (13 August 2007). "SOMALIA: Conditions worsen in camps as thousands more flee Mogadishu". Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 12 Juin 2011.
- ↑ "Mogadishu". Archived frae the original on 14 Apryle 2010. Retrieved 22 Mairch 2012.
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