Xiis

Xiis
	Xiis
	Xiis
Coordinates	10 ° 54 ' N , 46 ° 55' E Coordinates: 10 ° 54 ' N , 46 ° 55' E
Basic data
Country	Somalia
	also claimed by Somaliland Puntland; ;
region	Sanaag
ISO 3166-2	SUN-SAT
District	Erigabo
Residents	1400 (calculated 2012)

Xiis , also spelled Heis or Hais , is a place in the Sanaag region in northern Somalia . It is located on the coast of the Gulf of Aden and, according to current calculations, has about 1400 inhabitants.

The place is said to be identical with the ancient trading center Mundu , which is described in more detail in the Periplus Maris Erythraei , the book of an anonymous Alexandrian traveling salesman from the 1st century AD. At Xiis pottery and fragments of glass fragments from Rome from the 1st – 5th centuries were found. Century found.

To the east of the city, off the coast, is a small island called Xiis Island .

Individual evidence

↑ Population statistics ( Memento from February 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
↑ Marcel Gosteli: Mundu. (No longer available online.) In: Seminar on the Indian Ocean at the University of Bern . October 14, 2010, archived from the original on November 13, 2013 ; Retrieved November 4, 2012 .

Web links

Xiis, Somalia Page at fallingrain.com
Photos of Xiis and the surrounding area at Stad.com

[1] Population statistics ( Memento from February 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )

[2] Marcel Gosteli: Mundu. (No longer available online.) In: Seminar on the Indian Ocean at the University of Bern . October 14, 2010, archived from the original on November 13, 2013 ; Retrieved November 4, 2012 .