Aluula

11.9550.75Koordinaten: 11 ° 57 'N, 50 ° 45 ' E

Bandar Aluula (also Alula, Calula, Caluula or Halule ) is a port city in the northeast of Somalia, about 50 kilometers west of the Cape Guardafui. It is located in the region of Bari, which is part of the de facto autonomous Puntland.

Maybe Aluula is identical to the mentioned in ancient Periplus Maris Erythraei city Akannai. Later the port to a seafaring base and a center of piracy. The town and its surroundings are dominated by the clan of the Darod Majerteen who had founded in the 19th century in the nearby Bargaal the Majerteen Sultanate, which was originally handed to Hobyo south.

Alarmed by the British protectorate of Somaliland in his neighborhood Sultan Mahmud Osman Yusuf Bogor (1854-1927) had in September 1885 initially, then closed with the German East Africa Company in April 1889 with the Italians friendship and protection agreements. German attempts to establish the contractually guaranteed subsidiary in Aluula failed. Instead, in 1889 took an Italian consul in Aluula his seat

Aluula 1906 militarily occupied by the Italians and the Sultanate in 1924 finally eliminated. The place was then expanded by the Italians to the city, in 1930 they should have, according to Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo - americana but counted only 500 residents. She blossomed only after the independence of Somalia and today has about 40,000 inhabitants. However, due to the Somali Civil War, the city is impoverished and once again become a center of piracy. Up to 100,000 Somalis have therefore attempted to escape as boat refugees from Aluula and neighboring ports in the opposite Yemen and the Arabian Peninsula, at least 1,500 of them are come 1993-2009 by drowning, hypothermia or exhaustion killed. On the Yemeni island of Socotra is a collection or internment camps for Somali refugees.

• Location in Somalia
• Place in Africa