Cities in Somaliland - Hargeisa, Zeila, Arabsiyo, Edna Adan Maternity Hospital, Somaliland University of Technology (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Hargeisa, Zeila, Arabsiyo, Edna Adan Maternity Hospital, Somaliland University of Technology, Hargeisa International Airport, Admas University College, Hargeisa, Somaliland Social and Economic Research Center, Baki, Somalia, Hargeisa Canadian Medical Center, University of Hargeisa, National Stadium. Excerpt: Hargeisa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Laas Geel rock art on the outskirts of Hargeisa.The city is home to Neolithic cave paintings recently discovered named Laas Geel. The cave paintings are situated on the outskirts of the city, located around a plethora of granite alcoves and rocky mountains. The paintings show ancient inhabitants of the area worshipping cattle. It also shows animals which are commonly seen in the region primarily antelopes, camels and early dogs. The Laas Geel cave paintings were discovered in November 2002 by a French archaeological team. They contain some of the earliest known art in the Horn region and Africa in general, dating back to somewhere between 8,000 and 9,000 BCE. A civil war-era plane monument in the center of Hargeisa.In 1888, after signing successive treaties with the then ruling Somali Sultans such as Mohamoud Ali Shire of the Warsangali Sultanate, the British established a protectorate in the region referred to as British Somaliland. The British garrisoned the protectorate from Aden in present-day Yemen, and administered it from their British India colony until 1898. British Somaliland was then administered by the Foreign Office until 1905 and afterwards by the Colonial Office. Berbera, a major trading harbour on the Red Sea, was the protectorate's first capital due to its strategic importance. However, the capital was moved from Berbera to Hargeisa, and the city was granted capital status ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=864284