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Kismaayo

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Kismaayo

Town and port in southern Somalia on the Indian Ocean coast near the mouth of the Juba River, one of the two permanent rivers in the country; population (2007 est) 256,700. It is the third-largest town in Somalia and was founded by the Sultan of Zanzibar in 1872. Major exports from the port include cattle and bananas. Meat-processing is a major industry in the town.
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These included Kismaayo, El Aolde, Merca, and El Maan.
Fish, family, and profit: piracy and the Horn of Africa by Weir, Gary E. / Naval War College Review
Despite international efforts to encourage dialogue between the CIC and the TFIs, the CIC chose repeatedly to violate the terms of the Khartoum Declaration by bombing the Parliament building in Baidoa on September 18, 2006 taking over the port city of Kismaayo September 24, 2006, and increased their military presence near Baidoa and Puntland.
Foreign affairs--Somalia by Swan, James / DISAM Journal
The price of food in Marere fell as traders traveling from Kismaayo no longer had to factor in the cost of roadblocks.
To return and tame the warlords Somalis yearn for Islamic rulers by The Star (Amman, Jordan)
 
 
 
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