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Baligubadle

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Air quality index

23Good
Coordinates9.00°, 44.00°

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Overview

Baligubadle is a town in the southern Maroodi Jeex region of Somaliland. The locality serves as the capital of the Baligubadle District, an administrative subdivision of the Maroodi Jeex region that was created in 1991 after regaining Somaliland independence, and straddles the border with the Somali Region of Ethiopia.

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History & geography

History

The town of Baligubadle served as the administrative headquarters of the SNM and played a crucial role in the formation of modern-day Somaliland. In March 1990, Baligubadle hosted the sixth Somali National Movement congress whereby the role of the House of Elders (Somaliland) was formally institutionalized under Article 4 of the Somali National Movement constitution. Additionally, the constitution of the Somali National Movement was adopted at the organisation's sixth congress in the town in 1990. Therefore, paving way for the future administration to govern for two years.

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Geography

Latitude
9.0010
Longitude
44.0001
Water area
—
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Good
23
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
3.8
PM10 (µg/m³)
5.2
Ozone (µg/m³)
52
NO₂ (µg/m³)
0.5

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

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Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
9
Distinct species (top 10)
6

Most-observed species

  • Somali Courser
    Cursorius somalensis Shelley, 1885 · Aves
    2
  • Crowned Lapwing
    Vanellus coronatus (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
    2
  • Isabelline Wheatear
    Oenanthe isabellina (Temminck, 1829) · Aves
    2
  • African Pipit
    Anthus cinnamomeus Rüppell, 1840 · Aves
    1
  • Somali Short-toed Lark
    Calandrella somalica (Sharpe, 1895) · Aves
    1
  • Blanford's Lark
    Calandrella blanfordi (Shelley, 1902) · Aves
    1

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
0
Largest magnitude
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Largest event
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Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
6.74
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
2,461

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

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Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
157
Avg daily Wikipedia views
5
Attention level
Obscure

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Sources

  • • Wikipedia
  • • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
  • • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikipedia Pageviews API