Boosaaso
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Bosaso Boosaaso بوصاصو |
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Bosaso at dusk
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 Bosaso
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| Coordinates: 11°17′05″N 049°10′57″E / 11.28472°N 49.18250°ECoordinates: 11°17′05″N 049°10′57″E / 11.28472°N 49.18250°E | |||
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 Somalia
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| Regional State |
 Puntland
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| Region | Bari | ||
| District | Bosaso | ||
| Founded | 14th century | ||
| Government | |||
| • Type | Metropolitan Administration | ||
| • Mayor | Yasin Mire Mohamud | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 30 km2 (10 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 15 m (49 ft) | ||
| Population (2005) | |||
| • Total | 164,906 | ||
| • Density | 5,500/km2 (14,000/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | EAT (UTC+3) | ||
| Climate | BWh | ||
| Website | bosasomunicipality |
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Bosaso (Somali: Boosaaso; Arabic: بوصاصو'; formerly known as Bandar Qasim) is a city in Somalia, and the most populous city in the state of Puntland. Bosaso, according to a 2005 estimate, had a population of around 164,906 residents, and it is the seat of Bosaso District in the Bari Administrative Region. First settled in the 14th century, it is among the oldest cities in Somalia. It currently serves as the nation's main seaport.
The city has a diverse economy based on education, government, banking, tourism, aviation, food, clothes, logistics, steel, energy, health care, hospitality, retail and technology. The area's many colleges and universities make Bosaso a regional centre of higher education, including law, medicine, engineering and business. The city is considered to be the country's leader in entrepreneurship.
Ancient Greek merchants sailed to Bosaso, providing notes about the strategic and geographical location of the current Bosaso area, which was known as Mosylon in ancient times.
Bosaso was previously known as Bandar Qasim, a name derived from A Somali trader of the same name. It is believed that Qasim's favourite camel was called Boosaas, from which derived the current name of the town. The town was thus first called Bandar Qassim after its founder ("Qasim's town"), then later dubbed Bosaso after its founder's trusted camel. however, purely and Historically, Bosaso has been Dishiishe stronghold, last two decades the town has been receiving various clans who mostly are Darood specially the big tribes of Harti-Darood
Near Bosaso, at the end of the Baladi valley, lies a 2 km to 3 km long earthwork. Local tradition recounts that the massive embankment marks the grave of a community matriarch. It is the largest such structure in the wider Horn region. The town would eventually be administered through the official Bari region in the post-independence period.
With the start of the Somali Civil War and the subsequent formation of Puntland in the 1990s, Bosaso has become the business capital of the northeastern regions of Somalia also all Somali people who resorted to reach there. In recent years, it has served as a refueling station for maritime transport between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf ports, and has also become an important commercial point of entry.
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