Kuwuubi

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Kuwuubi
Waters Indian Ocean
Archipelago Bajuni Islands
Geographical location 0 ° 57 ′  S , 42 ° 6 ′  E Coordinates: 0 ° 57 ′  S , 42 ° 6 ′  E
Kuwuubi (Somalia)
Kuwuubi

Kuwuubi (also: Cuvùmbi ) 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 joins Juula and Yondiyoond in the north . There are numerous other reef islets in the area, including Kiwamooka , Bawaadi and Bengadiine . At this point the fringing reef forms several reef crowns one behind the other towards the sea.

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. Kuwuubi at GeoNames , geonames.org. Retrieved August 7, 2020