City profile · Somalia · Africa
Baidoa
Bay · Somalia
City population
129,839
#9
in Somalia
#1
in Bay
#4,401
worldwide
3.114, 43.650 · 223 km from Mogadishu
About Baidoa
Baidoa is a city in Bay, Somalia with a population of 129,839. It is the 9th largest of the 42 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Somalia, and the 4,401st largest worldwide. It lies 223 km from Mogadishu.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Bay
Rank in region
#1of 3
Elevation
441 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Mogadishu
Coordinates
3.114, 43.650
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 42 in SomaliaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.