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Kismayo
Lower Juba · Somalia
City population
234,852
#5
in Somalia
#1
in Lower Juba
#2,457
worldwide
-0.358, 42.545 · 410 km from Mogadishu
About Kismayo
Kismayo is a city in Lower Juba, Somalia with a population of 234,852. It is the 5th largest of the 42 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Somalia, and the 2,457th largest worldwide. It lies 410 km from Mogadishu.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Lower Juba
Rank in region
#1of 3
Elevation
11 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Mogadishu
Coordinates
-0.358, 42.545
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.