Berbera

Barbara بربرة Berbera
Berbera
Coordinates	10 ° 26 '  N , 45 ° 2'  E Coordinates: 10 ° 26 '  N , 45 ° 2'  E
Basic data
Country	Somalia
	also claimed by Somaliland
region	Woqooyi Galbeed
District	Berbera
Residents	78,000 (calculated in 2012)
politics
mayor	Abdi-Shakur Mohamed Hassan
Political party	UCID
Buildings in Berbera

Berbera is a port city in northern Somalia on the Gulf of Aden , in Somaliland, which is not recognized internationally . Its population is estimated to be over 200,000. Most of them are members of the Somali clan of Issa .

Berbera lies on the edge of the hot and dry coastal plain of Guban . The regional division of the city is different; according to the administrative structure of Somalia it belongs to the Woqooyi Galbeed region , the capital of which is Hargeysa , in Somaliland it is the capital of the Saaxil (Sahil) region.

history

In the Periplus Maris Erythraei (1st century AD) Berbera, called Malao there, is described as a trading place for myrrh , frankincense , spices and copal .

From 1870 to 1942 Berbera was the capital or at least the administrative seat of British Somaliland . During the Cold War , Berbera's port facilities were used by the Soviet Union and later by the United States .

Economy and Infrastructure

The city has a seaport . Roads connect Berbera with Hargeysa and Burao . The long runway at Berbera Airport was laid out by the Soviet Union in the 1970s.

Sheep, gum arabic , frankincense and myrrh are exported through the port of Berbera ; Sea trade is mainly conducted with Aden in Yemen on the other side of the Gulf of Aden. Since the Eritrea-Ethiopia war , Berbera has also been a major export port for neighboring Ethiopia , making it the most important source of foreign currency for Somaliland. The Somaliland Navy, established in 2009 with the support of Great Britain , also operates from here .

Climate table

Berbera
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     6th   29 20th     5   29 22nd     5   30th 23     11   32 25th     8th   36 27     1   42 30th     2   42 31     2   41 31     2   39 29     3   33 24     4th   31 22nd     4th   29 20th Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: wetterkontor.de

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Berbera Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 28.9 28.9 30.0 31.7 35.6 41.7 41.7 41.1 39.4 33.3 31.1 29.4 O 34.4 Min. Temperature (° C) 20.0 21.7 22.8 25.0 26.7 30.0 31.1 30.6 28.9 24.4 21.7 20.0 O 25.3 Precipitation ( mm ) 6th 5 5 11 8th 1 2 2 2 3 4th 4th Σ 53 Humidity ( % ) 76 76 77 76 72 51 48 48 54 70 72 75 O 66.2 Source: wetterkontor.de

Web links

Commons : Berbera  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Yusuf M Hasan: Somaliland: Las Anod Gets Elected Mayor. (No longer available online.) In: Somaliland Sun. December 20, 2012, archived from the original on August 20, 2013 ; accessed on July 16, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.