- Boorama
Borama ( _so. Boorama) is a city in the
Awdal region of Somalia, near the border withDjibouti . Borama has a population between 150,000 till 200,000 residents. Borama is the commercial center of theAwdal region.Borama is an important
education center and is the home ofAmoud University , the first postwar institution of higher learning throughout Somalia.Borama has six secondary schools, four of them are newly built: Al Aqsa Secondary School, Ubaya - Ibnuka'ab Secondary School, Al Nuur Secondary School and New Amoud Secondary School. The other two secondary schools in the town are the famous Sh. Ali Jowhar Secondary and Hassan Ardale Secondary school. Borama is also the home of the first Deaf school inSomalia . Borama Deaf School trains and provides the deaf children with education that extends up to high school. Since the school is the first and the only one of its type, it has attracted a great number of deaf pupils from across the region and even beyond.Borama is a mountainous and hilly city. It has green
meadow s and fields and a key wildlife area in the country. The fertility and greenery of Borama has attracted many animals into the region:gazelle s,bird s,camel s and other animals as well.Borama has three major hotels. Rays Hotel are located on the west coner of the town, next to the Sheera Boorama. Cape Town hotel and Nasimo Hotel both are located in downtown Boorama.
Borama International Airport is the only one airport in the Awdal Region. It has the name of the first minister of Education of the
Somali Republic Aden Isaaq.Airlines: Djibouti airlines,
Daallo Airlines and Star African Airlines.Destionations:Djibouti ,Dubai ,Hargeisa andMogadishu Annalena Tonelli , winner of the 2003Nansen Refugee Award from theUNHCR , was murdered in October 2003 at the Tuberculosis hospital she founded in Borama.[Goth, Bashir and Hashim [http://www.awdalnews.com/wmview.php?ArtID=3854 Annalena Tonelli found her bliss in becoming one with the poorest] , Awdal News Network, Somali Republic (October 8, 2004)]
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