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Bosaso
Bari · Somalia
City population
74,287
#14
in Somalia
#2
in Bari
#7,760
worldwide
11.284, 49.182 · 1,112 km from Mogadishu
About Bosaso
Bosaso is a city in Bari, Somalia with a population of 74,287. It is the 14th largest of the 42 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Somalia, and the 7,760th largest worldwide. It lies 1,112 km from Mogadishu.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Bari
Rank in region
#2of 3
Elevation
12 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Mogadishu
Coordinates
11.284, 49.182
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.