Kiyoojo Lagooni

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Kiyoojo Lagooni
Waters Indian Ocean
Archipelago Bajuni Islands
Geographical location 1 ° 3 ′  S , 42 ° 0 ′  E Coordinates: 1 ° 3 ′  S , 42 ° 0 ′  E
Kiyoojo Lagooni (Somalia)
Kiyoojo Lagooni

Kiyoojo Lagooni is a tiny island of 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 lies together with Kiiwa Kasabuuli and Kiyoojo Kaaji in the Bay of Juula . There the Caannoole river flows into the sea. On the opposite mainland lies the Koday settlement on the south bank of the Caanoole. Ukahiiyo joins in the north and then the larger Juula .

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. Kiyoojo Lagooni at GeoNames , geonames.org. Retrieved August 7, 2020