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| Regions of Somalia | Sanaag |
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| - City | ca. Sanaag ( Somali: Sanaag) is a region ( gobol) in northern Somalia. 33,853 |
| - Metro | ca. A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large Metropolis and its adjacent zone of influence or of more than one closely adjoining neighboring central 33,853 |
Erigabo or Erigavo (Somali: Ceerigaabo) is the administrative capital of the Sanaag region of Somalia. Somali ( Af Soomaali, الصوماليه is a member of the East Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by ethnic Somalis Sanaag ( Somali: Sanaag) is a region ( gobol) in northern Somalia. Somalia ( Soomaaliya; الصومال) officially the Somali Republic ( Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya, جمهورية الصومال) and formerly known Erigavo is disputed by the two autonomous Puntland and Maakhir regions of northern Somalia, as well as the internationally unrecognized secessionist region of Somaliland in northwestern Somalia. Puntland is a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe ( Nugaal region whose leaders declared it to be an autonomous state in 1998 Maakhir ( Gobolka Maakhir; ماخر) officially the Maakhir State of Somalia ( Maamul Goboleedka Maakhir, ولاية ماخر الصومال The city has an estimated population of just over 33,853. [1], and sits at an altitude of 1,788 m (5,866 ft)[2] above sea level.
Erigavo is also the seat of a handful of local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and governmental officials from Somaliland.
Erigavo has one hospital, and a small airport lies to the east of the town.
10 km (6 m) to the north of Erigavo are the remains of a juniper forest[3], running along the edge of the escarpment which looks down to the Gulf of Aden. Junipers are Coniferous plants in the genus Juniperus of the cypress family Cupressaceae. In Geomorphology, an escarpment is a transition zone between different physiogeographic provinces that involves a sharp steep Elevation differential characterized The Gulf of Aden (خليج عدن transliterated: Khalyj 'Adan Somali: Khaleejka Cadan) is located in the Arabian Sea between The escarpment is approximately 2,000 m (6,562 ft) above sea level, where the road from Erigavo drops down to the coast. 2 km (1. 2 mi) to the west it rises to the highest point in Somalia (2,416 m [7,927 ft]), known variously as Shimbiris/Shimbir Beris (abode of the birds), Surad Cad, and other names. Somalia ( Soomaaliya; الصومال) officially the Somali Republic ( Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya, جمهورية الصومال) and formerly known Mount Shimbiris is the highest peak in Somalia. It sits at an altitude of 2450 meters above sea level Shimbir Beris was one of the locations where Sayyid Mohammed Abdullah Hassan built a fort, which was subsequently attacked and destroyed by British colonial forces in 1920. For the Lost character please see Sayid Jarrah Sayyid ( ar سيد) (plural Saadah is an Honorific title Sayyīd Muhammad `Abd Allāh al-Hasan ( Sayid Maxamed Cabdille Xasan or Sayyid Mahammad Abdille Hasan, محمّد The British Empire was the largest empire in history and for over a century was the foremost global power.
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Roads To and From Erigavo
The road was constructed in a form suitable for trucks by the British during World War II, using the labour of Italian prisoners of war. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Before then there was a long established camel track down the escarpment. Camels are Even-toed ungulates within the Genus Camelus. The Dromedary, one-humped or Arabian camel has a single hump and the Frankincense grows throughout the area north of the escarpment, and is a source of income for the people of this area. Frankincense or olibanum ( Arabic language: لبٌان, lubbān) is an aromatic Resin obtained from trees of the genus
History of Erigavo
In the Government area of the town of Erigavo (the Shaab) a simple masonry monument holds the wrecked engine block of a British biplane that crashed in the area in 1920 while carrying out bombing operations against Mohammed Abdullah Hassan. A biplane is a Fixed-wing aircraft with two main Wings The first powered heavier-than-air Aircraft, the Wright brothers' Wright Flyer Sayyīd Muhammad `Abd Allāh al-Hasan ( Sayid Maxamed Cabdille Xasan or Sayyid Mahammad Abdille Hasan, محمّد This operation, based out of Aden, is thought to be one of the first uses of aircraft in war, on the continent of Africa. Aden (ˈeɪdən Arabic: عدن) is a city in Yemen, 170 kilometers east of Bab-el-Mandeb.
Scattered throughout the coastal ranges and some distance inland from the escarpment, are large graves, in the shape of cairns of large stones loosely piled on top on each other, up to three meters high and from six to ten metres wide. A Coastal range is any range of mountains forming a coastline A cairn ( carn in Irish is an artificial pile of stones often in a conical form These are know as Galla graves (Taalla Galla), and thought to predate the occupation of the area by the Warsangeli. The Warsangali (also Warsengeli or Warsingeli) ("Son of Mohamoud Harti" is a Somali clan of the Harti group part of the Darod Some have been opened up, showing a small burial chamber covered by a flat rock. A chamber tomb is a Tomb for Burial used in many different Cultures In the case of individual burials the chamber is thought to signify a higher status The cairns near the coast at Mait seem to be more complex in design, with two distinct levels, the use of different colored stone for different sections, and sometimes an outer boundary ring of stones some metres away from the cairn itself
People
Pastoralism is the principal source of livelihood for people in the region. Nomads herd goats, sheep and camels, over ranges of open country defined on a clan rather than a household basis. The domestic goat ( Capra aegagrus hircus) is a subspecies of goat Domesticated from the Wild goat of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe In the town proper, remittances from family members outside of Somalia also serve as an important source of sustenance.
Image Gallery
 Erigavo city, the capital city of the Sanaag region of Somalia |
 Erigavo Hospital |
 Road inside Erigavo |
 East district of Erigavo city |
 Surad, Erigavo |
 farm house in Erigavo |
 Road to Erigavo |
References
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