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Mon, 5:57 PM GMT+3Africa/MogadishuCityCapital
Mogadishu
2.07° N, 45.36° E
- Population
- 1,100,000
- Natural Earth
- Population rank
- 1 of 15
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 15 cities of Somalia in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Somalia, so this is not a national ranking.
- Elevation
- 9 m
- Elevation above sea level from Wikidata (P2044), rounded to the metre. A city whose sources give two different elevations shows no row.
- Area
- 91 km²
- Total area from Wikidata (P2046). Where two statements differ by less than half a percent the smaller is shown; a larger disagreement (land area against total area, say) shows no row.
- Administrative unit
- Banaadir
- The administrative unit Wikidata files this city under (P131), one level below the state. The state itself is shown on its own row and is not repeated here; a city filed under more than three units shows no row at all.
- Time zone
- Africa/Mogadishu
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Practical bearings for Mogadishu, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Mogadishu have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
The name probably derives from the Arabic word "mukaddas", meaning "holy".
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person