Mogadishu

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Mogadishu
مقديشو Maqadīshū
Eik-name(s): Xamar,[1] The Mog, Mog[2]
Mogadishu is located in Somalia
Mogadishu
Location in Somalie.
Coordinates: 2°02′N 45°21′E / 2.033°N 45.35°E / 2.033; 45.35
Kintra Banner o Somalie Somalie
Region Banaadir
Govrenment
 - Mayor Mohamed Nur
Aurie
 - Tot 1,657 km2 (639.8 sq mi)
Indwallers (2011)[3]
 - Tot 2,000,000
Time zone EAT (UTC+2)

Mogadishu (play /ˌmɒɡəˈdɪʃ/; Somali Muqdisho, popularly Xamar; Arabic: مقديشوMaqadīshū; 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.

References [edit]

  1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc, The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Marcopædia, Volume 17, (Encyclopædia Britannica: 1991), p.829.
  2. Fred Oluoch (2010-01-10). Somalia: A Working Christmas in Mogadishu. allAfrica.com. Retrieved on 12 October 2011. .
  3. Mogadishu