Quiz: Somali Geography

[Highland]

For the benefit of everyone, answer in detail what you know.
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1. Who knows a town in southern Somalia whose Oromo's given name when translated into Somali means, "ceel dameer" or the well of the donkeys?


2. Where is Hargeisa Yarey, a small town?


3. How many regions Somalia has and total # of districts in each region.

4. Which places have you ever visited?

5. Where were your parents born?

6. How many rivers Somalia has?

7. How long is Somalia's coast?

8. How many countries we share borders?

7. Which region has Calmadow and Daallo
mountains?

8. Which region is the ancient port city of Adel empire locate and what's the name of that city?

9. Which region has the highest annual rainfall?

10. How many lush green Islands Somalia has?

11. Name three national game parks?

12. Add up your questions?

[Cumar-Labasuul]

For the benefit of everyone, answer in detail what you know.
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1. Who knows a town in southern Somalia whose Oromo's given name when translated into Somali means, "ceel dameer" or the well of the donkeys?

2. Where is Hargeisa Yarey, a small town?
somewher in south

3. How many regions Somalia has and total # of districts in each region.
18
4. Which places have you ever visited?
hargeysa, gabiley, arabsiyo
5. Where were your parents born?
dhaboolac(mum) and ilinta(dad)
6. How many rivers Somalia has?
two
7. How long is Somalia's coast?
about 2000km
8. How many countries we share borders?
3
7. Which region has Calmadow and Daallo
mountains?
sanaag
8. Which region is the ancient port city of Adel empire locate and what's the name of that city?
awdal, saylac
9. Which region has the highest annual rainfall?
lower shabbelle
10. How many lush green Islands Somalia has?
3
11. Name three national game parks?

12. Add up your questions?

I've missed alot out

[The_Emperior5]

For the benefit of everyone, answer in detail what you know.
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1. Who knows a town in southern Somalia whose Oromo's given name when translated into Somali means, "ceel dameer" or the well of the donkeys?
ceel waaq


2. Where is Hargeisa Yarey, a small town?
In somaliland capital city is hargeisa


3. How many regions Somalia has and total # of districts in each region.
13 provinces

4. Which places have you ever visited?
Mogadisho afgoyee bossaaso Diradhawe jigjiga harti sheikha Djibouti gabiley arasbiyo hargeisa burco ceerigabo

5. Where were your parents born?
Hargeisa

6. How many rivers Somalia has?
2
7. How long is Somalia's coast?

piratska weydii

8. How many countries we share borders?
Somaliland kenya Ethiopia
7. Which region has Calmadow and Daallo
mountans
Sanaag region of rep somaliland

8. Which region is the ancient port city of Adel empire locate and what's the name of that city?
seylac awdal province of somaliland
9. Which region has the highest annual rainfall?
Jubba region

10. How many lush green Islands Somalia has?
3

11. Name three national game parks?
park ah parke deee
12. Add up your questions?

[BaasAbuur]

For the benefit of everyone, answer in detail what you know.
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1. Who knows a town in southern Somalia whose Oromo's given name when translated into Somali means, "ceel dameer" or the well of the donkeys?

Garboharey

2. Where is Hargeisa Yarey, a small town?

Don't know but probably somewhere in Bay

3. How many regions Somalia has and total # of districts in each region.

18 regions......too many districts to count. Mogdishu has 18 districts, Gedo has 7 districts.
4. Which places have you ever visited?

Kismaayo, Afmadow, Mogdisu, Baydhabo, Daafeed, Leego, Afgooye, Beled Xawo, Garrisa, Luuq etc.
5. Where were your parents born?

Mom(Hareri Hoosle(Beled Xawo district). Dad(Nairobi, Kenya)
6. How many rivers Somalia has?
2 main rivers and one smaller one
7. How long is Somalia's coast?
Fockin Huge.
8. How many countries we share borders?
3 countries
7. Which region has Calmadow and Daallo
mountains?
Sanaag, biggin up your people huh.
8. Which region is the ancient port city of Adel empire locate and what's the name of that city?

Awdal, Seylac
9. Which region has the highest annual rainfall?

Jubbada Hoose though you want me to say Sanaag

10. How many lush green Islands Somalia has?

Several of them off the coast of Kismayo

11. Name three national game parks?

I can't name one

12. Add up your questions?

In another reply.

[Xamud.]

1. Who knows a town in southern Somalia whose Oromo's given name when translated into Somali means, "ceel dameer" or the well of the donkeys?


2. Where is Hargeisa Yarey, a small town?-----Don`t know


3. How many regions Somalia has and total # of districts in each region.------By regions do you mean gobol? if so waa 18 gobols, don`t know about the districts though

4. Which places have you ever visited?Baydhabo,Burtinle,Bacadweyn, Berbera,Burco,Barawe,Hargeisa,Xamer,Janale,Afgoye,Jilib,Kismayo and alot of villages.

5. Where were your parents born? Father was born in Gaalkacyo, Mother in Geladi

6. How many rivers Somalia has?20-21

7. How long is Somalia's coast?

8. How many countries we share borders?--- Kenya,Ethiopia,Djabouti

7. Which region has Calmadow and Daallo ----Sanaag
mountains?

8. Which region is the ancient port city of Adel empire locate and what's the name of that city?----Awdal,Seylac

9. Which region has the highest annual rainfall?----Am gonna take a wild guess and say Shabellada hoose/dheexe

10. How many lush green Islands Somalia has?-----5-10

11. Name three national game parks?---


I answered all of the question with out the help of google or the internet in particular.

[Voltage]

For the benefit of everyone, answer in detail what you know.
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1. Who knows a town in southern Somalia whose Oromo's given name when translated into Somali means, "ceel dameer" or the well of the donkeys?

Somewhere in Bakool or Bay

2. Where is Hargeisa Yarey, a small town?
Jubbada Hoose

3. How many regions Somalia has and total # of districts in each region.
18 regions.

4. Which places have you ever visited?

Muqdisho and only because I was born there.

5. Where were your parents born?

Hawd, outside of Somalia "proper"

6. How many rivers Somalia has?

2; the might Jubba and the Shabelle

7. How long is Somalia's coast?

Long enough to be Africa's longest coastline

8. How many countries we share borders?

3; Ethiopia, Kenya, Djibouti

7. Which region has Calmadow and Daallo
mountains?

Are you advertising your native region?

8. Which region is the ancient port city of Adel empire locate and what's the name of that city?

Region is Awdal, city is Zaylac

9. Which region has the highest annual rainfall?

Lower Jubba or Sanaag.

10. How many lush green Islands Somalia has?

Bajuni so one.

11. Name three national game parks?

What an irony

12. Add up your questions?

[kambuli]

@ Question # 5...

[abdikarim86]

For the benefit of everyone, answer in detail what you know.
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1. Who knows a town in southern Somalia whose Oromo's given name when translated into Somali means, "ceel dameer" or the well of the donkeys?

dunno
2. Where is Hargeisa Yarey, a small town?

dunno
3. How many regions Somalia has and total # of districts in each region.
18
4. Which places have you ever visited?
hargeisa berbera sheekh borama (djibouti jigjiga even they aint somalia)
5. Where were your parents born?
dad born in jigjiga originally from hargeisa
mum born in djibouti originally from jigjiga
6. How many rivers Somalia has?
2

7. How long is Somalia's coast?
10 000km (guess )
8. How many countries we share borders?
3 djibouti ethiopia kenya

7. Which region has Calmadow and Daallo
mountains?
sanaag? i think
8. Which region is the ancient port city of Adel empire locate and what's the name of that city?
saylac
9. Which region has the highest annual rainfall?

awdal
10. How many lush green Islands Somalia has?
i know an island called sacadiin near saylac
named after some guy who died there

11. Name three national game parks?
dunno
12. Add up your questions?

[Voltage]

For the benefit of everyone, answer in detail what you know.
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1. Who knows a town in southern Somalia whose Oromo's given name when translated into Somali means, "ceel dameer" or the well of the donkeys?

Garboharey

Garbahareey is a very young city. Booran were kicked out of it and it was named after the defeat given to them, "Garbo haray" means all the dead that were lying around

[BaasAbuur]

For the benefit of everyone, answer in detail what you know.
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1. Who knows a town in southern Somalia whose Oromo's given name when translated into Somali means, "ceel dameer" or the well of the donkeys?

Garboharey

Garbahareey is a very young city. Booran were kicked out of it and it was named after the defeat given to them, "Garbo haray" means all the dead that were lying around

It was a guess saaxib. I think I heard in the past that harey means female donkey or something. But I have always known hareey as the rattle snake.

[Cumar-Labasuul]

Regarding question 10. there is an island off the coast of xiis or maydh but I don't think it has lots of plants.
Also for question 6. I know somalia has only one permanent river in the jubba and a seasonal river in shabelle but somalia also has lots of seasonal rivers like togdheer and togwajaale same for many dooxs around somalia.

[BaasAbuur]

Regarding question 10. there is an island off the coast of xiis or maydh but I don't think it has lots of plants.
Also for question 6. I know somalia has only one permanent river in the jubba and a seasonal river in shabelle but somalia also has lots of seasonal rivers like togdheer and togwajaale same for many dooxs around somalia.

A tog is not a river. But there is the Daawo river that makes up the border between Ethiopia and Somalia in northern Gedo region.

[DisplacedDiraac]

For the benefit of everyone, answer in detail what you know.
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1. Who knows a town in southern Somalia whose Oromo's given name when translated into Somali means, "ceel dameer" or the well of the donkeys?
PASS


2. Where is Hargeisa Yarey, a small town?

Yarey?
PASS


3. How many regions Somalia has and total # of districts in each region.
Around 18 regions.


4. Which places have you ever visited?
Burco, Berbera, Sheikh, Haregisa, Caynaba, LaasCanood, Boroma, Saylac, Bosaaso, Xiis, Ceerigabo, LaasQoraay, Eyl


5. Where were your parents born?

Hoyoo = Bosaaso
Abo = Burco

6. How many rivers Somalia has?

Three, including Todgheer river

7. How long is Somalia's coast?

Over 3000 kilometers

8. How many countries we share borders?

Three. Dji, Kenya, Ethio.

7. Which region has Calmadow and Daallo
mountains?

Sanaag

8. Which region is the ancient port city of Adel empire locate and what's the name of that city?

Awdal, Saylac

9. Which region has the highest annual rainfall?

Sanaag

10. How many lush green Islands Somalia has?

I don't know. I'll include Socotra and its little brothers, cos we getting them back!!!!



11. Name three national game parks?

[DisplacedDiraac]

Regarding question 10. there is an island off the coast of xiis or maydh but I don't think it has lots of plants.
Also for question 6. I know somalia has only one permanent river in the jubba and a seasonal river in shabelle but somalia also has lots of seasonal rivers like togdheer and togwajaale same for many dooxs around somalia.

Its a Rock island.

[Cumar-Labasuul]

Westldnshawty
I was talking about this one, it looks kinda the same: