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Place details
- Locality
- Laascaanood لاس عانود
- Region
- Sool سول
- Country
- Soomaaliland أرض الصومال
- Population
- 60,100
- Timezone
- Africa/Mogadishu
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- Somalia
- Regional state
- North Eastern State of Somalia
- Region
- Sool
- Type
- District Council
- Mayor
- Abdirahim Ali Ismail
- Elevation
- 691 m (2,267 ft)
- City
- 156,438
- Rank
- 6th
- Urban
- 76,498
- Time zone
- UTC+3 ( EAT )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Elevation
- 0
- Image
- Las Anod, SSC-Khatumo, Somalia.png
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- Commons category
- Las Anod
- native label
- Laascaanood
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Travel guide
Understand
Since the turn of the millennium the city has changed hands numerous times, including by Puntland, Somaliland, Khatumo, SSC, Northland State and NSUM.
One of the largest cities of the Horn of Africa, Las Anod is home to about 400,000 people as of 2023. It is a region dominated by the reer Darawiish clan, a subclan of Harti.
See
Masjid Jama Goolad Hills of Hilble Hills of Sayidka Darayda Durdurka
Sleep
One of the many five-star hotels like Hamdi and Dhiif.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Article
Las Anod (Somali: Laascaanood; Arabic: لاسعانود) is the administrative capital of the Sool region, currently controlled by North Eastern State of Somalia forces aligned with Somalia.
Territorial dispute