Mogadishu

Summary

Mogadishu is a port city^[1]. Mogadishu ranks in the top 7% of port_city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,735 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Mogadishu is located in Banaadir^[3].
• Mogadishu is in the country of Somalia^[4].
• Mogadishu is on the body of water Indian Ocean^[5].
• Mogadishu's head of government is recorded as Mohamed Ahmed Amiir^[6].
• Mogadishu's image is recorded as Mogadishu, Somalia.JPG^[7].
• Mogadishu's image is recorded as Pictures from an armed convoy trip in Mogadishu.jpg^[8].
• Mogadishu's instance of is recorded as port city^[9].
• Mogadishu's instance of is recorded as city^[10].
• Mogadishu's instance of is recorded as largest city^[11].
• Mogadishu's instance of is recorded as federal capital^[12].
• Mogadishu's twinned administrative body is recorded as Istanbul^[13].
• Mogadishu's twinned administrative body is recorded as Almaty^[14].
• Mogadishu's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ankara^[15].
• Mogadishu's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 150085428^[16].
• Mogadishu's GND ID is recorded as 4210605-9^[17].
• Mogadishu's locator map image is recorded as Somalia-Mogadishu.png^[18].
• Mogadishu's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79090023^[19].
• Mogadishu's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 135720905^[20].
• Mogadishu's IdRef ID is recorded as 052653749^[21].
• Mogadishu's Commons category is recorded as Mogadishu^[22].
• Mogadishu's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00^[23].
• Mogadishu's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 2.0391666666666666, 'lon': 45.341944444444444}^[24].
• Mogadishu's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0gclb^[25].
• Mogadishu's official website is recorded as https://bra.gov.so/^[26].
• Mogadishu's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mogadishu^[27].

Body

Geography

Mogadishu is in the country of Somalia^[4]. Mogadishu is located in Banaadir^[3]. Mogadishu is on the body of water Indian Ocean^[5].

Physical Characteristics

Mogadishu's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+91'}^[28]. Mogadishu's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+9'}^[29]. Mogadishu's population is recorded as {'amount': '+2120000'}^[30].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include port city^[9], city^[10], largest city^[11], and federal capital^[12].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Mogadishu include Escape from Mogadishu^[31], a film^[32], directed by Ryoo Seung-wan^[33].

Why It Matters

Mogadishu ranks in the top 7% of port_city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,735 views/month).^[2] Mogadishu has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] Mogadishu is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]

Entities named for Mogadishu include Escape from Mogadishu^[31], a film^[32], directed by Ryoo Seung-wan^[33].