Kismayo
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Place details
- Locality
- Kismaayo كيسمايو
- Region
- Jubbada Hoose جوبا السفلى
- Country
- Soomaaliya الصومال
- Population
- 234,852
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- Demographics
- History
- Antiquity
- Middle Ages and the early modern period
- Colonial Era
- Somali Civil War
- Geography
- Location
- Climate
- Government
- Districts
- Education
- Economy
- Transportation
- Airport
- Roads
- Seaport
- Notable residents
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Kismayo (, 𐒏𐒘𐒈𐒑𐒛𐒕𐒙) is a port city in the southern Lower Juba (Jubbada Hoose) province of Somalia. It is the de facto capital of the autonomous Jubaland region.
The city is situated southwest of the capital Mogadishu, near the mouth of the Jubba River, where it empties into the Indian Ocean. According to the United Nations Development Programme, the city of Kismayo had a population of around 89,333 in 2005.
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