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Burao
Togdheer · Somalia
City population
99,270
#11
in Somalia
#5,821
worldwide
9.522, 45.534 · 833 km from Mogadishu
About Burao
Burao is a city in Togdheer, Somalia with a population of 99,270. It is the 11th largest of the 42 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Somalia, and the 5,821st largest worldwide. It lies 833 km from Mogadishu.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Togdheer
Elevation
1,041 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Mogadishu
Coordinates
9.522, 45.534
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.