Dinsoor

Dinsoor
Dinsoor
—  Town  —
Dinsoor is located in Somalia
Dinsoor
Location in Somalia
Coordinates: 2°24′N 42°59′E / 2.4°N 42.983°E / 2.4; 42.983
Country  Somalia
Region Bay
Time zone East Africa Time (UTC+3)

Dinsoor (Somali: Diinsoor) is a town in the southwestern Bay region of Somalia.[1]

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It was founded in 1805, when a group of nomads constructed a water well near a mountain area called Bug. It is the fourth largest city in the Bay province.

Dinsoor has one local airport called Mecca Boqol. The city also serves as a centre for business and trade in the region, and is the only district in Bay which shares borders with all of the districts in the region.

Notes

  1. ^ Waaxda Dhexe ee Istaatistikada, p.18

References

Coordinates: 2°24′N 42°59′E / 2.4°N 42.983°E / 2.4; 42.983


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