Yaamba

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Yaamba
Waters Indian Ocean
Archipelago Bajuni Islands
Geographical location 0 ° 46 ′  S , 42 ° 15 ′  E Coordinates: 0 ° 46 ′  S , 42 ° 15 ′  E
Yaamba (Somalia)
Yaamba

Yaamba (also: Yaambo ) is a tiny island in 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 Jabbaabe in the north . Further north is Guume . The islands are also referred to here as Isole Giuba .

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