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dhhgov.org. Hargeisa ( / hɑːrˈɡeɪsə / har-GAY-sə; Somali: Hargeysa; Arabic: هرجيسا, romanized : Harjīsā) [4] [5] is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Somaliland, a de facto sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, still considered internationally to be part of Somalia.
Location and habitat. Geographic map of Somaliland. Somaliland is situated in the northwest of recognised Somalia. It lies between 08°N and 11°30'N, and between 42°30'E and 49°00'E. [29] It is bordered by Djibouti to the west, Ethiopia to the south, and Somalia to the east.
70,000 km 2 (27,000 sq mi) Somaliland is an unrecognised sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, internationally considered to be part of Somalia. [3] Somaliland is located in the East African sub-continent between the equator and the Gulf of Aden. The country occupies an area of approximately 176,120 square kilometres (68,000 sq mi).
Somalia, [a] officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, [b] is the easternmost country in continental Africa. The country is on the Horn of Africa and is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti [11] to the northwest, the Gulf of Aden to the north, the Indian Ocean to the east, and Kenya to the southwest.
Berbera ( burr-burr-AH; Somali: Barbara, Arabic: بربرة) is the capital of the Sahil region of Somaliland and is the main sea port of the country, located approximately 160 km from the national capital, Hargeisa. [2] Berbera is a coastal city and was the former capital of the British Somaliland protectorate before Hargeisa.
Somaliland has been inhabited since at least the Paleolithic. During the Stone Age, the Doian and Hargeisan cultures flourished. [1] The oldest evidence of burial customs in the Horn of Africa comes from cemeteries in Somalia dating back to the 4th millennium BC. [2] The stone implements from the Jalelo site in the north were also characterized ...
Hargeisa City (Somali: Caasimada Hargeysa) is a Capital City in the Maroodi Jeex region in Somaliland. Its capital lies at Hargeisa . Other settlements in the district include Daarbuduq .
Coordinates. 10°00′N 44°30′E / . 10°N 44.5°E. / 10; 44.5. [1] Hargeisa National Park ( HNP) is a national park in Hargeisa, Somaliland. Located outside the city of Hargeisa in the north. [2]