Everything you need to know about Somaliland
Explore Somaliland from Hargeisa and Borama to Zeila, Berbera, Burao and the eastern highlands. Place twelve cities and towns, follow four connected regional waters, discover ten sights, read ten illustrated topics and begin Somali.
Read it, then make it stick
Geography of Somaliland
From the Gulf of Aden to the high plateau
Know the shape of the country
Find twelve cities and towns in two rounds of six, then learn the Gulf of Aden, Bab el Mandeb, Red Sea and Arabian Sea. Whole water shapes continue beyond country borders; pan and zoom out to follow them.
Heritage and landscapes of Somaliland
Essential · Rock art
Laas Geel
Painted rock shelters depict cattle and people from an early pastoral world. The pin identifies the site area, not a route or entrance.
Locate ten rock-art, coastal, urban and highland sites. Pins are approximate learning locations; eastern territorial claims are disputed. Essential marks starting points for learning; Detour adds context. Select a pin to read about a place, then play the map and find them all.
Take Somali with you
Greetings and politeness
Hello, please, thank you, sorry: the eleven openers everything else builds on.
Keep going one country deeper
When you have had your fill of Somaliland, the countries in white have a guide like this one, and every other has maps of its own.
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