City profile · Somalia · Africa
Hargeysa
Woqooyi Galbeed · Somalia
City population
477,876
#3
in Somalia
#1
in Woqooyi Galbeed
#1,203
worldwide
9.560, 44.065 · 848 km from Mogadishu
About Hargeysa
Hargeysa is a city in Woqooyi Galbeed, Somalia with a population of 477,876. It is the 3rd largest of the 42 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Somalia, and the 1,203rd largest worldwide. It lies 848 km from Mogadishu.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Woqooyi Galbeed
Rank in region
#1of 4
Elevation
1,261 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Mogadishu
Coordinates
9.560, 44.065
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.