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 The Burao countryside en route to Berbera. History The city was first described in the eighth chapter of the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea written by a Greek merchant in the first century CE |
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| Region | Togdheer |
| Languages | Somali, Arabic, and English |
| Total Population | 0. |||}The Regions of Somaliland are (capitals in parentheses Awdal ( Borama) Saaxil ( Berbera) Togdheer ( Togdheer) is an administrative region in northwestern Somalia. Somali ( Af Soomaali, الصوماليه is a member of the East Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by ethnic Somalis Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology 4 million |
| Area | NA km² |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Timezone | EAT |
| UTC offset | +3 |
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Burao (Somali: Burco) is the capital city of the Togdheer province of Somaliland. The word million In standard English, the -lli- in million is pronounced with an l-sound followed by a Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. A religion is a set of Tenets and practices often centered upon specific Supernatural and moral claims about Reality, the Cosmos Sunni Islam is the largest denomination of Islam. Sunni Islam is also referred to as Ahl as-Sunnah wa’l-Jamā‘h (Arabic East Africa Time, or EAT, is a time zone used in eastern Africa. UTC+3 is used in the following locations Moscow Time Eastern European Summer Time West Asian Summer Time In Mathematics and its applications a coordinate system is a system for assigning an n - Tuple of Numbers or scalars to each point Somali ( Af Soomaali, الصوماليه is a member of the East Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by ethnic Somalis Togdheer ( Togdheer) is an administrative region in northwestern Somalia. In terms of population, it is the second largest city in Somaliland after Hargeisa. History Prehistoric inhabitants The city is home to Neolithic Cave paintings recently discovered named Laas Geel.
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History
Burco was the site of the unilateral and internationally unrecognized declaration of an independent Somaliland in June 1991. [1] Also like the other cities in the northern part of the country, Burao has been rebuilt with limited outside aid. The city has boomed economically with the money coming in and people from rural areas moving to the city.
Population
Burao's population has more than tripled since 1991, to around 100,000. Today the city has a population more than 400,000. Although information on the number of people voting in the city in 2006 parliamentary elections is available, no census was conducted for more than 20 years.
The city also full-time electricity and a reliable water supply from groundwater. Water supply is the process of self-provision or provision by third parties of water of various qualities to different users Groundwater is Water located beneath the Ground surface in Soil pore spaces and in the Fractures of lithologic formations Burao's central location has also contributed to the economic revival of the city. Goods travelling to the south, central and eastern Somalia all depart from the outerskirts of the city. Rural merchants also sell their produce in a daily basis which brings the city business,culture and nomadic spirit.
Geography
Weather in Burao, much like other inland towns in northern Somalia, is warm and dry year round. The average daytime temperatures during the summer months of June-August can rise to 35°C (95°F), with low of 25°C (77°F) at night. The weather is cooler the rest of the year and is 27°C (80°F) during the day and 14°C (57°F) at night time. The city's limited rainfall usually comes in December and May.
The Togdheer River runs through the town. Togdheer River ( Somali Wabi Togdheer) is a seasonal river in the Togdheer region of northern Somalia ( Somaliland) the region is named The river is often dry but subject to flooding, when it divides the city in half and can be crossed by a newly built bridge at the city centre.
Transport
Burao has a working bus system and there is the Burao airport nearby which has flights with Daallo Airlines to Hargeisa, Addis Ababa, San'a and other cities in Somalia. Daallo Airlines is an Airline, headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. History Prehistoric inhabitants The city is home to Neolithic Cave paintings recently discovered named Laas Geel. Addis Ababa (sometimes spelled Addis Abeba, the spelling used by the official Ethiopian Mapping Authority Amharic Somalia ( Soomaaliya; الصومال) officially the Somali Republic ( Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya, جمهورية الصومال) and formerly known An all weather road connects Burco to the port of Berbera via the escarpment town of Sheikh. History The city was first described in the eighth chapter of the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea written by a Greek merchant in the first century CE Sheikh, also rendered as Sheik, Cheikh, Shaikh, and other variants ( Arabic:, shaykh
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References
- ^ Somaliland History (HTML). Dul Madoba ( Dul Madooba) is a hill ridge some 25 miles south-east of Burao in northwestern Somalia. World66. World66 was a Dutch company which embraced the Open content idea and tried to transform it into a profitable business Internet Brands. Retrieved on 2007-07-17. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians “In 1991, after the collapse of the government in Somalia, the territory asserted its independence as the Republic of Somaliland, at a meeting of clan elders in the town of Burao. ”
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