Bayla
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Bayla (, ), is a coastal town along the Guardafui Channel in the northeastern Bari region of Somalia. It is the capital of the Bayla District.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Bandar Beyla
- Settlement.other_name
- بندر بيلا
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Bandarbayla.jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Somalia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Somalia.
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Regional State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Bari
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Bayla
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_total
- 16700
- Settlement.timezone
- EAT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +3
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 16700
- Elevation
- 29
- Image
- Bandarbayla.jpg
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- native label
- Bandar Beyla
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Bayla (, ), is a coastal town along the Guardafui Channel in the northeastern Bari region of Somalia. It is the capital of the Bayla District.
==History== Bayla is located at the headland of Ras Ma'bar (or ''Cape Ma'bar). It historically served as an important landmark for sailors voyaging between the Arabian Peninsula and Horn of Africa.
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Guardafui Channel
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Majeerteen Sultanate
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sewn boat
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Bayla District
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