Location of Bari in Puntland, Somalia.

Bari (Somali: Bari) is an administrative region (gobolka) in northern Somalia. Somali ( Af Soomaali, الصوماليه is a member of the East Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by ethnic Somalis Somalia ( Soomaaliya; الصومال) officially the Somali Republic ( Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya, جمهورية الصومال) and formerly known Major cities include Bosaso (the capital) and Qardho. Bosaso (Boosaaso is a large city in Somalia and the main Port of Somalia (since the start of the Somali Civil War in 1991 Qardho (Gardo Is Historic city in the central Puntland area of Somalia. It is bordered by regions Sanaag and Sool to the west, Nugaal to the south, the Gulf of Aden to the north, and the Indian Ocean to the east. Sanaag ( Somali: Sanaag) is a region ( gobol) in northern Somalia. Sool ( Somali: Sool) is a province located in the northeastern interior of the Horn of Africa. Nugaal (Nugaal is one of the smaller administrative regions ( gobol) of Somalia. The Gulf of Aden (خليج عدن transliterated: Khalyj 'Adan Somali: Khaleejka Cadan) is located in the Arabian Sea between The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's Oceanic divisions covering about 20% of the water on the Earth 's surface In terms of land mass, Bari is the largest province in the Somali republic. The majority of the inhabitants belong to the Ali Saleebaan subclan of the Majeerteen, and the Mohamud_Ali sucblan of the Leelkase, who are both of the larger Darood tribe. See also Somali clan The Majeerteen, Majerteen or Macherten (Majerteen ماجرتين Muhammad Harti Amaleh Abdi Muhammad Abdirahman See also Somali clan Mohamoud Ali is a sub-clan of Leelkase and largely inhabit many cities in the Province of Bari in the autonomous state See also Somali clan Leelkase (Leelkaase ليلكسي ( Hussein bin Abdirahman bin Is'mail bin Ibrahim al Jaberti) is a Somali subclan of the

It was particularly hard hit by the Tsunami caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea Earthquake that occurred at 005853 UTC on December 26 2004 with an Epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra (also spelled Sumatera) is the sixth largest island in the world (approximately 470000 km² and is the largest island entirely in Indonesia (two The Republic of Indonesia ( (Republik Indonesia is a Country in Southeast Asia. Over a hundred people were killed on the Hafun peninsula and the coastal road, linking the area with the rest of Somalia, was severely damaged. Hafun ( Xaafuun) is a 40 km long low-lying peninsula in the Bari region of northern Somalia.

Division into Bari and Karkaar

According to the government of the autonomous state of Puntland, the Bari region is divided into two administrative regions: Bari in the north ( with its capital being Bosaso ) and Karkaar in the south ( with its capital being Qardho ). Puntland is a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe ( Nugaal region whose leaders declared it to be an autonomous state in 1998 Bosaso (Boosaaso is a large city in Somalia and the main Port of Somalia (since the start of the Somali Civil War in 1991 Karkaar is the name of series of mountains in Northeast portion of Somalia. Qardho (Gardo Is Historic city in the central Puntland area of Somalia. ^[1]

Districts

There are Seven official Somalia districts in Bari^[2][3]:

1. Alula District
2. Bender Bayla District
3. Bosaso District - Capital city of Bari Region. Bosaso (Boosaaso is a large city in Somalia and the main Port of Somalia (since the start of the Somali Civil War in 1991
4. Iskushuban District
5. Qandala District
6. Qardho District
7. Carmo

There are tribal areas, which are sometimes called districts, around the following places:

• Baargaal or Bargal 11.2833° N 51.0833° E
• Kod Dhexaad or Kob-dhehaad 10.6° N 49.5° E
• Rako Raaxo or Rako 9.7833° N 49.7333° E
• Ufeyn or Ufayn 10.65° N 49.75° E
• Waaciye or Uahie 10.0167° N 49.0333° E
• Xaafuun or Hafun or Dante 10.4167° N 51.2667° E
• Gal-Gala or Galgala or Dante - Near the Capital city of Bari Region. Iskushuban (Scusciuban is a small district located in the Province of Bari part of the autonomous state of Puntland, Somalia. Qandala City is an ancient Harbour, and like many other Somali ports on the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean, may had been frequented Qardho District is the third-largest district in the Bari region of Somalia, and has a population of 50000 Bargal (Baargaal is a town of some 7000 people in north-east Somalia. Ufeyn is a district in Bari Region, Somalia, near the border with the Sanaag Region. Hafun ( Xaafuun) is a 40 km long low-lying peninsula in the Bari region of northern Somalia.

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