Postby Twisted_Logic » Fri Feb 15, 2008 10:35 am
[quote="Somalian_Boqor"]Boosaaso currently has more than 30 primary and secondary schools, including Boosaaso Public Secondary School (with over 2000 students), Sheikh Hamdan Secondary School (approximately 800 students), Imam-Alnawawi, Alnajeh, and Garisa. East Africa University, the main university of Puntland, is also located in Boosaaso, as is the Puntland Nursing Institute. UNCTAD, SIBA and Sunshine also provide modern education. The Sam Greathouse School of Modern Technology (SG-SMT) has been working with local governments to construct a large scale dial-up network linking Boosaaso to the cities of Berbera and Las Anod.
A highway connects Boosaaso to Garoowe (the capital of Puntland State), Las Anod, Galkacyo and, from there, to Mogadishu and Berbera. Boosaaso has the busiest port in Somalia, along with a major airport ( Bender Qassim International Airport.
Boosaaso is a rapidly growing city. As with Hargeisa and Berbera, the rapid construction in the city has largely been financed by Somalis from the diaspora. Boosaaso has grown exponentially since the civil war, as it has attracted people from all over Somalia. Boosaaso is actually doing better than it did before the civil war, when it was largely neglected, and is relatively stable compared with other parts of the country.
Boosaaso is also the major port for boats carrying Somali emigrants across the Gulf of Aden to settle (sometimes illegally) in Yemen, Saudi Arabia, and the other Persian Gulf states. Khat is also shipped from the port.[/quote]
Bossaso is not the busiest port in Somalia. It is the third busiest port in Somalia.