Laangua Bembe

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Laangua Bembe
Waters Indian Ocean
Archipelago Bajuni Islands
Geographical location 1 ° 11 ′  S , 41 ° 55 ′  E Coordinates: 1 ° 11 ′  S , 41 ° 55 ′  E
Laangua Bembe (Somalia)
Laangua Bembe

Laangua Bembe 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 off the coast between Tandraas in the north and the Buurgaal headland in the south. To the southwest, to the mainland, the island forms the Bay of Bandar Makalla together with the island of Tandraas.

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 Volume 8, No. 2 (2016): pp. 120–132. doi: 10.1080 / 09744053.2016.1186867
  2. Laangua Bembe at GeoNames , geonames.org. Retrieved August 3, 2020.