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Laascaanood
Sool · Somalia
City population
60,100
#19
in Somalia
#9,615
worldwide
8.477, 47.360 · 750 km from Mogadishu
About Laascaanood
Laascaanood is a city in Sool, Somalia with a population of 60,100. It is the 19th largest of the 42 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Somalia, and the 9,615th largest worldwide. It lies 750 km from Mogadishu.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Sool
Elevation
692 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Mogadishu
Coordinates
8.477, 47.360
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.