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Dinsoor — Town — Location in Somalia Coordinates: 2°24′N 42°59′E / 2.4°N 42.983°E 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
- ^ Waaxda Dhexe ee Istaatistikada, p.18
References
- Somalia. Waaxda Dhexe ee Istaatistikada (1981). Report on the demographic survey of Banadir, Bay, and Lower Shebelle regions of Somalia, 1980-81. The Dept.. http://books.google.ca/books?id=sx20AAAAIAAJ.
- Diinsoor
Categories:- Populated places in Somalia
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