Bosaaso Is Now Somalia Third Largest City!!!

[MJ-Pride]

[quote="Murax"]Guys all this can be found on google earth.

The technology is there, use it.[/quote]

google earth isn't conclusive. It turns a whole raw of buildings into ONE single building. google earth isn't conclusive by any means.

[Shirib]

[quote="Murax"]Guys all this can be found on google earth.

The technology is there, use it.[/quote]

I want a population estimate of cities, thats how u know how big the city is.

[cabdallah252]

Bosaso totally overlapping Kismaayo (so called 'third' city of Somalia)!!!

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/2746/bbbyp9.jpg

i even left out the southern tip of Bosaso

[Monk-of-Mogadishu]

Google Earth is semi-conclusive. It doesn't explain population since Hobyo has a population of around 40,000 but the city has like 30 houses. It means that the majority of people live outside of the city, in villages that are secluded.

Google Earth just gives us a taste of what the cities LOOK LIKE. For example, the urban area of Bosaso is more extensive than Kismayo, but Kismayo has a population of 170k and Bosaso has only 160k. We all know the towns and villages outside of Kismayo like Bulo Gudud and Bulo Xaji make up for most of the population in the area but Bosaso has a higher percentage of its population living within the city limits since its not very wise to live in the middle of the desert. That explains most of the population questions.

Its like this -- The Twin Cities of Minnesota have a total pop. of 700,000, but the metro area has a pop. of 3.1 Million including all the surrounding suburbs.

No city in Somalia, aside from Xamar, has an urban population above 30%. Most people are nomads and live outside the city in remote villages and huts scattered across the landscape.

[Shirib]

^^^^ Thats what I was sayin Afgooye looked small, but then Afgooye isn't and can't be a big urban center. The pic just showed the market place and houses surrounding it. Most people have farms and live on their farms. All those people aren't included.

[FAH1223]

[quote="Shirib"]^^^^ Thats what I was sayin Afgooye looked small, but then Afgooye isn't and can't be a big urban center. Most people have farms and live on their farms. All those people aren't included.[/quote]

http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/4994/afgooyefh9.jpg

giddy up on back to the ranch

[Monk-of-Mogadishu]

Shirib,

I'm getting depressed again looking at Somali cities on google earth, they all look like absolute shit.

Even in Africa we can't compete. Maybe its our population that's too small to defend themselves or produce anything; Cairo city alone has double the population of Somalia at 17 million metro residents.

Just look at Cairo.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e ... ch2007.jpg

How do they build such cities, the Cairo skyline goes on for several miles nonstop.

More money flows through Cairo in one week than in Somalia for a century-long period. Fock, that's a massive skyline. Their downtown is the size of Xamar.

[cabdallah252]

If Kismaayo has such a large population, why hasn't there been anyone yet to document anything from that city since 1990....theres not even 1 proper photo of Kismaayo online other then pre-war pics and pics of people/meetings not of buildings/the city... damn reer badiye have no access to technology. Finding a picture from Kismayo online is like trying to find a picture from an isolated North Korean/Siberian tuulo or some shit

[Shirib]

[quote="FAH1223"][quote="Shirib"]^^^^ Thats what I was sayin Afgooye looked small, but then Afgooye isn't and can't be a big urban center. Most people have farms and live on their farms. All those people aren't included.[/quote]

http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/4994/afgooyefh9.jpg

giddy up on back to the ranch[/quote]


I'm gettin sick of city life, when I retire I'm gonna go live on a ranch (hopefully in Somalia) and chill there man. No more of this big city sh!t, peace and quiet, gonna get on next to the river scenery is beautiful.


Paidmonk the problem is these nomads.

[Monk-of-Mogadishu]

[quote="cabdallah252"]If Kismaayo has such a large population, why hasn't there been anyone yet to document anything from that city since 1990....theres not even 1 proper photo of Kismaayo online other then pre-war pics and pics of people/meetings not of buildings/the city... damn reer badiye have no access to technology. Finding a picture from Kismayo online is like trying to find a picture from an isolated North Korean/Siberian tuulo or some shit[/quote]
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Until recently, I had not seen any photos of Burco and its a pretty urbanized city. There's no photos of Kismayo because no one in the diaspora has visited to take photos neither is there a Dawlad to document the city or UN visitors who take the time to post their reports visually. Those are the three main reasons why Puntland is so highly photographically documented, even more so than any city in Somaliland or Djibouti for that matter.

But, population reports on UNDP and FSAU in Somalia show that Kismayo has a slightly higher population than Bosaso year after year.

[Shirib]

Monk

Can u give us an estimated population breakdown of the 10 most populated cities. That would be great if u could man.

[cabdallah252]

[quote="Monk-of-Mogadishu"]
Until recently, I had not seen any photos of Burco and its a pretty urbanized city. There's no photos of Kismayo because no one in the diaspora has visited to take photos neither is there a Dawlad to document the city or UN visitors who take the time to post their reports visually. Those are the three main reasons why Puntland is so highly photographically documented, even more so than any city in Somaliland or Djibouti for that matter.

But, population reports on UNDP and FSAU in Somalia show that Kismayo has a slightly higher population than Bosaso year after year.[/quote]


Ha,

These whites report all their shit from their offices in Nairobi, based on obeservations of Somali field workers (who lie to get more aid money)

None of them ever been in Kismaayo

What do they know?

Kismaayo probably is not even connected to the world wide web, backward shit that still live in 1850 lol

[Voltage]

Cabdalle someone would say this is the only picture of Kismaayo that should matter to you:

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r134 ... 1201884077

[cabdallah252]

[quote="Voltage"]Cabdalle someone would say this is the only picture of Kismaayo that should matter to you:

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r134 ... 1201884077[/quote]


Show me your mud huts mayne, how does kismaayo look like lol

[MJ-Pride]

[quote="Voltage"]Cabdalle someone would say this is the only picture of Kismaayo that should matter to you:

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r134 ... 1201884077[/quote]

Maxaa kaa galay Hiiraale? Where is your idol Miskiin Taaano who marku is waalwaaly kursi intii lugu xirxiray bakhaar lugu soo qufulay. Hiiraale interest lines with Marehan interest adiga laakiin miskiin wadaada madaxa ay ka galeen baad tahay