Hargeisa
Appearance
Hargeisa Hargeysa هرجيسا | |
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Ceety | |
Montage of places in Hargeisa, Somaliland. | |
Coordinates: 10°00′00″N 44°30′00″E / 10.00000°N 44.50000°ECoordinates: 10°00′00″N 44°30′00″E / 10.00000°N 44.50000°E | |
Kintra | Somaliland |
Region | Woqooyi Galbeed |
1960 (State o Somaliland) | |
1991 (Somalie) | |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Yusuf Warsame Saeed |
Population | |
• Total | 1,200,000[1] |
Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
Hargeisa (Somali: Hargaysa, Arabic: هرجيسا) is the caipital o the Woqooyi Galbeed region an the 2nt lairgest ceety in Somalie wi a population o approximately 1.3 million. Hergesia is the caipital o Somaliland, a de facto independent republic that is internaitionally recognised as a pairt o Somalie. It wis the colonial caipital o Breetish Somaliland frae 1941 tae 1960 when it gained independence as the State o Somaliland an unitit wi Italian Somaliland tae form the Somali Republic.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Hargeisa City Hall. Retrieved on 2012-10-17. (2000 est.)
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