Kiyaamwa

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Kiyaamwa
Waters Indian Ocean
Archipelago Bajuni Islands
Geographical location 0 ° 36 ′  S , 42 ° 22 ′  E Coordinates: 0 ° 36 ′  S , 42 ° 22 ′  E
Kiyaamwa (Somalia)
Kiyaamwa

Kiyaamwa is an island in Somalia . It belongs politically to Jubaland and geographically to the Bajuni Islands , a chain of coral islands ( barrier islands ), which extends from Kismaayo in the north over 100 kilometers to the Raas Kaambooni near the Kenyan border.

geography

The island is located off the coast between the elongated Kiwaasa in the north and Koyaama in the south. The island is about 1.5 km from the coast and consists of several small reefs that are only separated from each other by narrow channels.

climate

The climate is tropical hot monsoon climate .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Oscar Gakuo Mwangi: Jubaland: Somalia's new security dilemma and state-building efforts. In: Africa Review 8.2 (2016): pp. 120–132.
  2. Kiyaamwa at GeoNames , geonames.org. Retrieved August 6, 2020