Borama
Borama is the largest city of the northwestern Awdal region of Somaliland. The commercial seat of the province, it is situated near the border with Ethiopia.- Type: City with 598,000 residents
- Description: city in Somalia
- Also known as: “Boorama”, “Borime”, and “بوراما Borama”
Borama
- Categories: border city and locality
- Location: Awdal, Somaliland, Somalia, East Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
9.9387° or 9° 56′ 19″ north
Longitude
43.1841° or 43° 11′ 3″ east
Population
598,000
Elevation
1,468 metres (4,816 feet)
IATA airport code
BXX
United Nations Location Code
SO BXX
Open location code
6HX5W5QM+FJ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Borama from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Borama” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بوراما”
- Arabic: “بوراما”
- Arabic: “بورمة”
- Arabic: “بورمه”
- Asturian: “Borama”
- Bengali: “বোরামা”
- Catalan: “Boorama”
- Catalan: “Borama”
- Chinese: “博拉馬”
- Chinese: “博拉马”
- Czech: “Borama”
- Danish: “Boorama”
- Dutch: “Borama”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بورمه”
- Esperanto: “Borama”
- Finnish: “Boorama”
- Finnish: “Borama”
- French: “Boorama”
- French: “Borama”
- Georgian: “ბორამა”
- German: “Booraama”
- German: “Boorama”
- German: “Borama”
- German: “Boramo”
- German: “Buramo”
- Greek: “Μποράμα”
- Gujarati: “બોરામા”
- Hebrew: “בוראמה”
- Hebrew: “בורמה”
- Hindi: “बोरामा”
- Indonesian: “Borama”
- Italian: “Boorama”
- Italian: “Borama”
- Japanese: “ボラマ”
- Kannada: “ಬೋರಾಮಾ”
- Korean: “보라마”
- Korean: “부라마”
- Latvian: “Borama”
- Lithuanian: “Borama”
- Malay: “Borama”
- Marathi: “बोरामा”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Borama”
- Norwegian: “Borama”
- Persian: “بوراما”
- Polish: “Boorama”
- Polish: “Burama”
- Portuguese: “Boorama”
- Portuguese: “Borama”
- Romanian: “Boorama”
- Russian: “Борама”
- Sinhala: “බොරමා”
- Somali: “Boorama”
- Somali: “Boorame”
- Somali: “Borama”
- Spanish: “Boorama”
- Swahili: “Boorama”
- Swedish: “Borama”
- Tamil: “போராமா”
- Telugu: “బోరామా”
- Thai: “บอรามา”
- Turkish: “Boorama”
- Turkish: “Borama”
- Ukrainian: “Борама”
- Urdu: “بوراما”
- Vietnamese: “Borama”
- Zulu: “Borama”
- “Borama”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Borama”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Dunbuluq and Burca Jicif.
Somaliland: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Hargeisa, Woqooyi Galbeed, Berbera, and Togdheer.
Explore These Curated Destinations
Discover places selected for their distinct character and enduring appeal.