Hobyo
Coordinates: 5 ° 21 ' N , 48 ° 32' E
Hobyo (also written Hobya or Obbia ) is a city in Somalia with about 12,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Indian Ocean in the region of Mudug , the part of the de facto autonomous Puntland is.
history
The name Hobyo means something like "place where there is water"; the place is adequately supplied with water by wells, which is a rarity in this world region. For this reason Hobyo became a stopover for caravans and seafarers and for Muslims on pilgrimages to Mecca from the 7th century . Sea and land traffic made it a trading center and soon put Opone (today's Hafun ) in the shade. The people in and around Hobyo grew millet and beans and raised cattle; Livestock products, raisins and fragrant woods were exported, rice, clothing, etc. a. however imported. Traders looking for exotic products could buy textiles, precious metals and pearls in Hobyo. The city became the commercial center of the Ajuran state and from 1878 the center of one of the Majerteen sultanates.
Sultan Yusuf Ali Kenaadiid submitted to German protection in 1885 , then to the Italian protectorate in 1888. After its incorporation into the Italian Somaliland colony in 1926, Hobyo lost its importance as the trade routes shifted to Mogadishu , further south . Many residents subsequently left the city and moved to Mogadishu.
On August 16, 2006, Hobyo was captured by the Union of Islamic Courts .
On November 18, 2008, it became known that Somali pirates anchored near Hobyo after the hijacking of the supertanker Sirius Star . In other reports, however, the waters off the city of Harardheere were also mentioned.
Trivia
The city is namesake of the Obbialerche . The type specimen that Harry Witherby used for the first scientific description of this species of lark was collected near this town.
Movie
- Among pirates - Antonia Rados on the trail of the Somali pirates , report by Antonia Rados , 2010
Single receipts
- ↑ bevölkerungsstatistik.de (2006)
- ↑ FAZ v. November 19, 2008: Kidnappings continue - 18 ships have now been captured
- ^ Rudolf Pätzold: Compendium of Larks. All the larks on earth. Jan-Schimkat-Medienpublikation, Dresden 2003, ISBN 3-00-011219-7 . P. 293
- ↑ http://www.gong.de/sendungsdetails/767179/unter-piraten-antonia-rados-auf-den-spuren-der-somalischen-seeraeuber.html ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 7, 2010
