Hargeysa (Woqooyi Galbeed, Somalia)
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Name (Hebrew)
הרגייסה (ווקויי גלביד, סומליה)
Name (Latin)
Hargeysa (Woqooyi Galbeed, Somalia)
Other forms of name
Hargeisa (Somalia)
Hargaysa (Somalia)
Hargesa (Somalia)
Harghessa (Somalia)
Coordinates
44.060556 44.060556 9.565556 9.565556 (gooearth )
E0440354 E0440354 N0093336 N0093336 (geonames )
Associated country
Somalia
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- GEOnet, July 31, 2002(Hargeysa--PPL, 09°35GN 44°04ʹE, variants: Hergesa, Hargeisa; SO16 (Woqooyi Galbeed); another Hargeysa listed in Jubbada Dhexe)
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 09°33ʹ36ʺN 044°03ʹ54ʺE;)
- Baraarug, Apr. 24, 1992:t.p. (Hargeysa)
- Dalka (Hargeysa, Somaliland (Secessionist government, 1991- ), Sept. 26, 1993:(Hargaysa)
- Web. geog.(Hargeysa; Hargeisa; Town, N Somalia, 50 m. SW of Berbera; pop. (1975c) 63,365; * of former British Somaliland)
- Britannica online, Year in Review 1998, World Affairs, Somalia, via WWW, Aug. 12, 1999(Hargeysa is the capital of Somaliland)
- GEOnet, July 31, 2002(Hargeysa--PPL, 09p0s35GN 44p0s04ʹE, variants: Hergesa, Hargeisa; SO16 (Woqooyi Galbeed); another Hargeysa listed in Jubbada Dhexe)
- Britannica online, July 31, 2002(Hargeysa; also spelled Hargeisa; town, northwestern Somalia; originally the summer capital of former British Somaliland)
- Columbia gazetteer online, July 31, 2002(Hargeisa; ref. from Harghessa; town (cap.) Woqooyi Galbeed region, NW Somalia; former summer capital of Br. Somaliland; also, capital of N Somalia rebel group who declared independence from Somalia in 1991)