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In early 1991, the Somali Postal Service had 100 post offices, with a total staff of between 1,665 [2] to 2,165 personnel. [5] The national postal infrastructure was later completely destroyed during the civil war, with Somali Postal officially suspending operations in October 1991. [6]
[186] [187] They have also helped to propel the local real estate market. [188] Since 2015, Mogadishu and many parts of the north of the country have seen a rise in refugees and migrants mainly those who are returning from Yemen or are from war torn Arab countries particularly those who are Yemenis and Syrians who are fleeing conflict. [189] [190]
Mogadishu: 2009 Commercial bank P A Shabelle Media Network: Consumer services Publishing Mogadishu: 2002 News organization P A Somafone: Telecommunications Fixed line telecommunications Mogadishu: 2003 Telecommunications P A Somali Airlines: Consumer services Airlines Mogadishu: 1964 Airline, defunct 1991 P D Somali Broadcasting Corporation ...
Lego, (Arabic: ليغو; Somali: Leego) [1] is a town located in Bay, Somalia. It is situated 100 kilometres northwest of the capital Mogadishu and approximately 20 km west of Yaqbiriweyne and 54 km east of Burhakaba. It is located on the road between Burhakaba and Bali Dogle in the Lower Shabelle region.
Baledogle Airfield, also called Wanlaweyn Airstrip, is the largest military air base in Somalia, about 90 kilometers northwest of the capital, Mogadishu. The airfield was constructed in the 1970s for the Somali Air Force with assistance of the Soviet Union. It was later expanded on and modernized by the United States during the 2010s. [1]
Prior to the civil war, Mogadishu was known as the White pearl of the Indian Ocean. Mogadishu (Somali: Muqdisho, popularly Xamar; Arabic: مقديشو) is the largest city in Somalia and the nation's capital. Located in the coastal Benadir region on the Indian Ocean, the city has served as an important port for centuries.
The Port of Mogadishu was created as a modern port (called in Italian Porto di Mogadiscio) with magazines and docks in the late 1920s by the Italian government of Italian Somalia. In 1930 a protective dike with breakwaters was made in front of the enlarged port, [ 6 ] which was connected to the Somalia interior by a railway and even by a new ...
Jowhar (Somali: Jowhar, Arabic: جوهر, Italian: Giohar) is the capital city of Hirshabelle state of Somalia. Jowhar is also the administrative capital of Middle Shabelle region of Somalia . Along with Baidoa , it used to form the joint administrative capital of the Transitional Federal Government , which it captured from the Islamic Courts ...