Beledweyne
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Beledweyne (, ) is a city in central Somalia. Beledweyne District is the capital city of the Hiran region.
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Place details
- Locality
- Beledweyne بلد وين
- Region
- Hiiraan هيران
- Country
- Soomaaliya الصومال
- Population
- 55,410
- Timezone
- Africa/Mogadishu
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Beledweyne
- Settlement.native_name
- Beled Weyne
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Beledweyne 01.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Aerial view of Beledweyne
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Somalia#Horn of Africa#Africa
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within Somalia##Location within the Horn of Africa##Location within Africa
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- 1
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Hirshabelle
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Hiran
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Nadar Tabaax Malin
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.timezone
- EAT
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Somalia
- Located in
- Beledweyne District
- Area
- 24
- Elevation
- 182
- Time zone
- East Africa Time
- Capital of
- Hiran
- Image
- Beledweyne 02.jpg
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- Beledweyne
- P12749
- Joan Lorring
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Municipality
- Transportation
- Demographics
- Climate
- Notable residents
- Notes
- References
- External links
Beledweyne (, ) is a city in central Somalia. Beledweyne District is the capital city of the Hiran region.
The city is situated in the Shebelle Valley riverine near the Ethiopian border, 210 miles (345 km) north of Mogadishu. Beledweyne is divided by the Shebelle River into eastern and western sections.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Beledweyne” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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