Mogadishu, Somalia 🇸🇴Mogadishu is the capital and most populous city of Somalia. Mogadishu is also known by the locals as Xamar or Hamar. Mogadishu is located in the coastal Banadir region on the Indian Ocean, which unlike other Somali regions, is considered a municipality rather than a maamul goboleed (federal state).The city has served as an important port connecting traders across the Indian Ocean for millennia, and has an estimated urban population of 4,249,083 (2023). | Mubita C. Nawa

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