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Banaadir

Banaadir is an administrative region in southeastern . It covers the same area as the city of , which serves as the capital. It is the only region in the country not belonging to any of the seven states.
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  • Type: State with 1,650,000 residents
  • Description: southern coastal region of Somalia
  • Also known as: “Banaadir coastal region”, “Banaadir region”, “Banadir Region”, “Benaadir”, “Benadir”, “Benadir region”, “Benadir Region”, “Gobolka Xamar”, “Mogadiscio”, and “Mogadishu”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mogadishu Stadium and Bakara Market.

Stadium
Photo: Abdi maxamed, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a in , Somalia. During the Somali Civil War, the stadium was heavily damaged by foreign troops who used the structure as a base. The stadium has been completely rebuilt and artificial turf was laid on 27 March 2020.

Commercial area
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The Bakaaraha Market is an open market in , Somalia. It is the largest in the nation. The name Bakaaraha is derived from the Somali word for grain silo or storage, baqaar.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mogadishu.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is the capital and most populous city in . Once a beautiful city that merged Somali and Italian cultural and architectural traditions, much of it now lies in ruins after decades of civil war.

Banaadir

Latitude
2.0783° or 2° 4′ 42″ north
Longitude
45.2805° or 45° 16′ 50″ east
Population
1,650,000
Elevation
61 metres (200 feet)
Abbreviation
“BN”
Open location code
6HJ737HJ+86
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2208332175
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
64833
Wiki­data ID
Q806070
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Banaadir” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بنادر”
  • Arabic: “بنادر‎”
  • Armenian: “Բանադիր”
  • Basque: “Banaadir”
  • Belarusian: “Банаадыр”
  • Bengali: “বানাদির”
  • Bulgarian: “Банадир”
  • Catalan: “Banaadir”
  • Cebuano: “Gobolka Banaadir”
  • Chinese: “巴納迪爾州”
  • Chinese: “巴纳迪尔州”
  • Danish: “Banaadir”
  • Dutch: “Banaadir”
  • Esperanto: “Banaadir”
  • Finnish: “Banaadir”
  • French: “Banaadir”
  • Georgian: “ბენადირის რეგიონი”
  • German: “Banaadir”
  • German: “Benadir”
  • German: “Benadirküste”
  • German: “SO-BN”
  • Greek: “Μπανααντίρ”
  • Gujarati: “બનાદિર”
  • Hebrew: “בנאדיר”
  • Hindi: “बानादीर”
  • Hungarian: “Banaadir”
  • Indonesian: “Banaadir”
  • Italian: “Banaadir”
  • Italian: “Benadir”
  • Japanese: “バナディール州”
  • Japanese: “ベナディル海岸”
  • Javanese: “Banaadir”
  • Kannada: “ಬನಾಡಿರ್”
  • Korean: “바나디르주”
  • Latvian: “Banādira”
  • Literary Chinese: “巴納迪爾州”
  • Lithuanian: “Benadiras”
  • Malay: “Banaadir”
  • Marathi: “बानादीर”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Banaadir”
  • Norwegian: “Banaadir”
  • Persian: “استان بنادر”
  • Persian: “بنادر”
  • Polish: “Banaadir”
  • Portuguese: “Banaadir”
  • Russian: “Банадир”
  • Russian: “Бенадир”
  • Scots: “Banaadir”
  • Sinhala: “බනාදීර් කලාපය, සෝමාලියාව”
  • Sinhala: “බනාදීර්”
  • Somali: “Banaadir”
  • Somali: “BANAADIR”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بنادر (استان)”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بنادر”
  • Spanish: “Banaadir”
  • Spanish: “Banadir”
  • Spanish: “Banādir”
  • Spanish: “Benadir”
  • Spanish: “Región de Benadir”
  • Swahili: “Banaadir”
  • Swedish: “Banaadir”
  • Swedish: “Banadir”
  • Tamil: “பநாடிர்”
  • Telugu: “బనాడిర్”
  • Thai: “แคว้นบานาดีร์”
  • Turkish: “Banaadir”
  • Turkish: “Benadir”
  • Ukrainian: “Бенадір”
  • Urdu: “بنادر”
  • Vietnamese: “Banaadir”
  • Zulu: “Banaadir”

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