Bari is a region (gobolka) in northern Somalia. Its capital is Boosaaso. It is bordered by the Somalian regions of Sanaag, Sool and Nugaal, the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. Bari is the largest region of Somalia. locator map of Bari region, Somalia File links The following pages link to this file: Bari, Somalia Categories: Images with unknown source ... Bosaaso (formerly Bander Qassim) is the fourth largest city in Somalia and the main port of Somalia since the start of the Somali Civil War in 1991. ... Sanaag is a region (gobolka) in northern Somalia, and was formerly part of the British Somaliland protectorate. ... Sool is a region (gobolka) in northern Somalia, and was formerly part of the British Somaliland protectorate. ... Categories: Stub | Regions of Somalia ... The Gulf of Aden is located in the Indian Ocean between Yemen on the south coast of the Arabian Peninsula and Somalia in Africa. ...
It was particularly hard hit by the tsunamis caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. Over a hundred people were killed on the Hafun peninsula and the coastal road to Somalia was severely damaged. Animation of the tsunami caused by the earthquake (see also the full-length version) The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC (07:58:53 local time) on December 26, 2004. ... Sumatra (also spelled Sumatara and Sumatera) is the sixth largest island of the world (approximately 470,000 km²) and is the largest part of Indonesia. ... Hafun (Xaafuun) is a small low-lying peninsula in the Bari region of northern Somalia. ...
It consists of 6 Districts which are as followed.
1- District of Bosaso Majeerteen, Warsengeli, Dishishe,
2- District of Gal gala Warsengeli
3- District of Qardho Majeerteen,Warsengeli
4- District of Isku shuban Majeerteen Majeerteen is a Somali sub clan which is from the Harti group of Darood. ...
5- District of Qandala Majeerteen Majeerteen is a Somali sub clan which is from the Harti group of Darood. ...
6- District of Bender bayla Majeerteen,Jambeel,Arab Saalax
Somalia became a united state 1 July 1960 (from a merger of British Somaliland, which became independent from the UK on 26 June 1960, and Italian Somaliland, which became independent from the Italian-administered UN trusteeship on 1 July 1960, to form the Somali Republic).
Somalia has no functioning government; the United Somali Congress (USC) ousted the regime of Major General Mohamed Siad Barre on January 27, 1991; the present political situation is one of anarchy, marked by interclan fighting, random banditry, internicene warfare between proto governments and resistance to the state apparently consistent with the stateless capitalist ideal.