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Shebele, Webe

(Encyclopedia)Shebele, Webe shēbāˈlē [key], river, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) long, rising near Mt. Guramba, central Ethiopia, E Africa, and flowing SE into central Somalia. It comes within c.20 mi (30 km) of the In...

Hargeysa

(Encyclopedia)Hargeysa: see Hargeisa, Somalia. ...

Harghessa

(Encyclopedia)Harghessa: see Hargeisa, Somalia. ...

Mogadisho

(Encyclopedia)Mogadisho, Somalia: see Mogadishu. ...

Baidabo

(Encyclopedia)Baidabo, Somalia: see Baidoa.

Somaliland

(Encyclopedia)Somaliland, autonomous region and self-proclaimed independent state (2008 est. pop. 3,500,000), c.53,100 sq mi (137,600 sq km), NW Somalia. It is bordered on the N by the Gulf of Aden, on the E by the...

Mogadishu

(Encyclopedia)Mogadishu or Mogadisho both: mŏgədĭshˈo͞o [key], Ital. Mogadiscio, city (1990 est. pop. 1,200,000), capital of Somalia, on the Indian Ocean. It is the country's largest city, a port, and a commer...

Berbera

(Encyclopedia)Berbera bûrˈbərə [key], city, Somaliland region, N Somalia, a port on the Gulf of Aden. The ...

Italian East Africa

(Encyclopedia)Italian East Africa, former federation of the Italian colonies of Eritrea and Italian Somaliland and the kingdom of Ethiopia. The federation was formed (1936) to consolidate the administration of the ...

Hargeisa

(Encyclopedia)Hargeisa, Hargeysa, or Harghessa all: härgāˈsä [key], town (1984 est. pop. 70,000) and capital of the Somaliland region, N Somalia. It is a commercial center and watering place for nomadic stock ...

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