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Merca (; ) is the capital city of the Lower Shebelle province of Somalia, a historic port city in the region. It is located approximately to the southwest of the nation's capital Mogadishu. Merca is the traditional home territory of the Bimal clan and was the center of the Bimal revolt.

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Place details

Locality
Marka مركة
Region
Shabeellaha Hoose شبيلي السفلى
Country
Soomaaliya الصومال
Population
230,100
Timezone
Africa/Mogadishu

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Merca
Settlement.other_name
مَركة (Wadaad)
Settlement.settlement_type
City
Settlement.image_skyline
Marka,Somalia.jpg
Settlement.imagesize
250px
Settlement.image_caption
Merca beachside
Settlement.nickname
Marka Cadey
Settlement.pushpin_map
Lower Shebelle#Somalia#Horn of Africa#Africa
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location within Somalia##Location within the Horn of Africa##Location within Africa
Settlement.pushpin_relief
1
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Lower Shabelle
Settlement.established_title
Founded
Settlement.established_date
1000 BC
Settlement.leader_title
Mayor and Governor
Settlement.leader_name
Osman Muuse Mohamed
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric

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Wikidata facts

Population
230100
Elevation
0
Image
Merca minaret moonrise.jpg
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Merca
native label
Marka
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Article

13 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Antiquity
  • Medieval Period
  • Early Modern
  • Bimal Revolt
  • Modern
  • Demographics
  • Transportation
  • Notable people
  • See also
  • References
  • Sources
  • External links

Merca (; ) is the capital city of the Lower Shebelle province of Somalia, a historic port city in the region. It is located approximately to the southwest of the nation's capital Mogadishu. Merca is the traditional home territory of the Bimal clan and was the center of the Bimal revolt.

==History== ===Antiquity=== The city of Essina is believed to have been the predecessor state of Merca. It used to be an ancient Proto-Somali emporium city-state. It is mentioned in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, a Greek travel document dating from the first century AD, as one of a series of commercial ports on the Somali littoral. According to the Periplus, maritime trade already connected peoples in the Merca area with other communities along the Somali Sea coast.

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