Iskushuban ( so, Iskushubaan) is a small town in the northeastern
Bari
Bari ( , ; nap, label= Barese, Bare ; lat, Barium) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, southern Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy a ...
province of
Somalia on the
Horn of Africa
The Horn of Africa (HoA), also known as the Somali Peninsula, is a large peninsula and geopolitical region in East Africa.Robert Stock, ''Africa South of the Sahara, Second Edition: A Geographical Interpretation'', (The Guilford Press; 2004), ...
. A historical settlement, it is situated in the autonomous
Puntland state. It lies along the
50th meridian east.
Overview
Iskushuban is the centre of the
Iskushuban District
Iskushuban District ( so, Degmada Iskushuban) is a district in the northeastern Bari region of Somalia. Its capital lies at Iskushuban
Iskushuban ( so, Iskushubaan) is a small town in the northeastern Bari province of Somalia on the Horn of Af ...
. It lies 80 km east of
Qardho and 150 km south of
Bosaso, the commercial capital of the Puntland region.
In the Arie valley, midway between the town and Qardho, once lay a sizeable city that had considerable structures with thick walls.
Iskushuban is renowned for its seasonal waterfalls, which are the second largest in the country after those at
Lamadaya
Lamadaya (, ar, لَمَدايَ, Lamādaya) are waterfalls that are located in the Cal Madow mountain range in the eastern Sanaag region of Somaliland. The meaning of the word in the Somali language is "not to be looked at", owing to the waterfa ...
in the northern
Sanaag region.
Demographics
Iskushuban has a population of around 7,000 inhabitants.
The broader Iskushuban District has a total population of 45,027 residents.
Education
Iskushuban has a number of academic institutions. According to the Puntland Ministry of Education, there are 8 primary schools in the
Iskushuban District
Iskushuban District ( so, Degmada Iskushuban) is a district in the northeastern Bari region of Somalia. Its capital lies at Iskushuban
Iskushuban ( so, Iskushubaan) is a small town in the northeastern Bari province of Somalia on the Horn of Af ...
. Among these are Timirshe, Meeladeen, Gargoore and Iskushuban Primary.
Sites
Sites in Iskushuban:
Image:Iskushuban3.jpg, Iskushuban lake
Image:Iskushuban4.jpg, Scenes of Iskushuban lake
Image:Iskushuban5.jpg, Scenes of Iskushuban lake
Image:Iskushuban6.jpg, Iskushuban waterfalls
Image:Iskushuban7.jpg, Overview of Iskushuban lake
Image:Iskushuban8.jpg, Iskushuban waterfalls
Notes
References
Iskushuban
Populated places in Bari, Somalia
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