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
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Somalia
- Located in
- Bari
- Population
- 16700
- Elevation
- 29
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Image
- Bandarbayla.jpg
Show 1 more fact
- native label
- Bandar Beyla
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Administration
- Demographics
- Education
- Notes
- References
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bayla” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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