Burao

Burco برعو Burao
Burao
Coordinates	9 ° 31 '  N , 45 ° 32'  E Coordinates: 9 ° 31 '  N , 45 ° 32'  E
Basic data
Country	Somalia
	also claimed by Somaliland
region	Togdheer
District	Burao
height	1041 m
Residents	159,200 (calculated in 2013)
politics
mayor	Cllr Mohamed Muraad
Political party	Kulmiye

Burao (also written Burco or Bur'o ) is a city in northern Somalia with around 159,200 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Togdheer region and part of the internationally unrecognized Somaliland .

The majority of the population belongs to the Somali clan of Isaaq .

geography

The temporarily dry Togdheer River ( Wabi Togdheer ) runs through the city. The climate in Burao is warm and dry all year round, as is everywhere in the northern Somali interior. There is limited rainfall in December and May.

history

In 1988, the Somali government army bombed Burao to push back the rebels of the Somali National Movement (SNM). In 1991 a gathering of clan elders took place in the city under the auspices of the SNM, at which Somaliland's independence from the rest of Somalia was declared on May 18. Since then, Burao, like other cities in the region, has been rebuilt and grown with immigrants from rural areas.

Economy and Infrastructure

Burao has a reliable supply of groundwater and electricity. A market complex has been open since 2007 and, after a year of construction, offers space for up to 2000 dealers.

In addition to numerous schools, the University of Burao has been teaching since 2004, and in 2010 the private Gollis University opened a campus in Burao in addition to its main location in the capital Hargeysa .

A bridge across the river connects the city it divides. There is also a local transport system with buses and via Burao Airport the airline Daallo Airlines plans to offer flights to Hargeysa and Berbera as well as international destinations such as Dubai in the near future.

Climate table

Burao
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     1   26th 12     1   28 13     5   29 15th     38   30th 18th     59   31 19th     15th   31 19th     11   30th 19th     11   30th 19th     25th   31 20th     17th   30th 16     10   28 14th     2   27 13 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: weatherbase.com

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Burao Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 26th 28 29 30th 31 31 30th 30th 31 30th 28 27 O 29.3 Min. Temperature (° C) 12 13 15th 18th 19th 19th 19th 19th 20th 16 14th 13 O 16.4 Temperature (° C) 19th 21st 22nd 24 25th 25th 24 25th 25th 23 21st 20th O 22.8 Precipitation ( mm ) 1 1 5 38 59 15th 11 11 25th 17th 10 2 Σ 195 Source: weatherbase.com

sons and daughters of the town

• Liban Abdi (* 1988), Norwegian football player
• Magid Magid (* 1989), British politician, MEP

Web links

Commons : Burao  - 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.  
2. ↑ bevölkerungsstatistik.de , accessed on July 10, 2013.
3. ^ University of Burao. (No longer available online.) In: University homepage. Archived from the original on August 20, 2013 ; accessed on July 13, 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.