Berbera

Region

Berbera is a seaport city in northern Somalia in the Gulf of Aden, in the internationally unrecognized Somaliland. Their population is currently calculated at 78,000, but estimates range up to 230,000. For the most part these are members of the Somali clan of Issa.

Berbera is on the edge of the hot and dry coastal plain Guban. The regional division of the city is different; according to the administrative structure of Somalia it belongs to the region Woqooyi Galbeed, whose capital is Hargeisa, Somaliland it is the capital of Saaxil ( Sahil ) region.

History

In between 40 and 70 AD Periplus Maris incurred Erythraei is Berbera, there called Malao, described as a trading of myrrh, incense, spices, and copal.

From 1870 to 1942, Berbera capital or at least administrative headquarters of British Somaliland. During the Cold War, the port facilities Berberas of the Soviet Union and later used by the U.S. were.

Economy and infrastructure

The city has a seaport. Connect them with roads Hargeysa and Burao. In addition, Berbera also has an airport, whose long runway had created the Soviets in the 1970s.

About the port of Berbera are sheep, gum arabic, frankincense, and myrrh exports, maritime trade is mainly operated with Aden in Yemen on the other side of the Gulf of Aden. Since the Eritrea - Ethiopia war Berbera is also a major export port for the neighboring Ethiopia, which makes it the most important source of foreign exchange for Somaliland. Moreover operated from here in the year 2009 established with the support of the UK Marine of Somaliland.

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