When the burco airport is finisht

[The_Emperior5]

its gonne be the largest in somaliland

what should we name it


i think we should name it sh bashir international airport



Burao (Somali: Burco, Arabic: ????) is the capital city of the Togdheer region in Somaliland and the third largest city in the country after Hargeisa and Berbera.

Contents [hide]
1 History
2 Population
3 Geography
4 Transport
5 References



[edit] History
Like Hargeisa, it was heavily bombed in the 1980s by the south Somalian dictator Siad Barre. It was also the site of the declaration of an independent Somaliland in June 1991 [1]. Also like the other cities in the northern part of the country, Burao has been rebuilt with limited outside aid. The city has boomed economically with the money coming in and people from rural areas moving to the city.


[edit] Population
Burao's population has more than tripled since 1991, to around 100,000. Today the city has a population more than 700,000.[citation needed]

The city also has full-time electricity and a reliable water supply from groundwater.


[edit] Geography
Weather in Burao, much like other inland towns in Somaliland, is warm and dry year round. The average daytime temperatures during the summer months of June-August can rise to 35°C (95°F), with low of 25°C (77°F) at night. The weather is cooler the rest of the year and is 27°C (80°F) during the day and 14°C (57°F) at night time. The city's limited rainfall usually comes in December and May.

The Togdheer River runs through the town. The river is often dry but subject to flooding, when it divides the city in half and can be crossed by a newly built bridge at the city centre.


[edit] Transport
Burao has a working bus system and there is the Burao airport nearby which has flights with Daallo Airlines to Hargeisa, Addis Ababa, San'a and other cities in Somalia. An all weather road connects Burco to the port of Berbera via the escarpment town of Sh