Kismaayo

Kismayo, Kismayu, or Chisimayu (Somali: Kismaayo) is a city in the Jubbada Hoose Region, Somalia. It is near the mouth of the Jubba River, and is famous for its old port.

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The city is the center of the Jubaland region and was first settled by Oromos and Bantu groups and, later, the Bajunis with ethnic Somali clans being the most recent arrivals to the area. The city, along with the rest of Jubaland was part of the British colony of Kenya until 1925 when it was ceded to Italy. In 1926, it was incorporated into Italian Somaliland.

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Today Kismaayo, with a population of 540,000 is the third largest city in Somalia after Mogadishu (1,200,000), and Hargeisa (600,000). It is a strategic city, in the deep south of the country, close to Somali-inhabited lands in Kenya.

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Somali: Somali can refer to:...

Jubbada Hoose: Jubbada Hoose is a region (gobolka) in southern Somalia. Its capital is Kismaayo. It is bordered by Kenya, the Somalian region of Jubbada Dhexe and the Indian Ocean....

Jubba River: The Jubba River is a river in southern Somalia. It begins at the border with Ethiopia where the Dawa and Gebele rivers meet, and flows directly south to the Indian Ocean....