Ceerigaabo

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official_name = Ceerigaabo, Erigavo‎|

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map_caption = Location in Somalia
subdivision_type = Regions of Somalia
subdivision_name = Sanaag
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leader_name = Jibrell Ali Salaad
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population_as_of = 2007
population_total = ca.33,853
population_metro = ca.33,853
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latd= 10|latm= 37|lats=0|latNS=N
longd= 47|longm= 22|longs=0|longEW=E
latitude = 00°70′ N
longitude = 52°10′ E
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Erigabo or Erigavo ( _so. Ceerigaabo) is the administrative capital of the Sanaag region of Somalia. Erigavo is disputed by the two autonomous Puntland and Maakhir regions of northern Somalia, as well as the internationally unrecognized secessionist region of Somaliland in northwestern Somalia. , and sits at an altitude of 1,788 m (5,866 ft) [ [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/SO/12/Ceerigaabo.html Fallingrain] ] above sea level.

Erigavo is also the seat of a handful of local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and governmental officials from Somaliland.

Erigavo has one hospital, and a small airport lies to the east of the town.

10 km (6 m) to the north of Erigavo are the remains of a juniper forest [ [http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/at/at1319_full.html Somali montane xeric woodlands (AT1319)] ] , running along the edge of the escarpment which looks down to the Gulf of Aden. The escarpment is approximately 2,000 m (6,562 ft) above sea level, where the road from Erigavo drops down to the coast. 2 km (1.2 mi) to the west it rises to the highest point in Somalia (2,416 m [7,927 ft] ), known variously as Shimbiris/Shimbir Beris (abode of the birds), Surad Cad, and other names. Shimbir Beris was one of the locations where Sayyid Mohammed Abdullah Hassan built a fort, which was subsequently attacked and destroyed by British colonial forces in 1920.

Roads To and From Erigavo

The road was constructed in a form suitable for trucks by the British during World War II, using the labour of Italian prisoners of war. Before then there was a long established camel track down the escarpment. Frankincense grows throughout the area north of the escarpment, and is a source of income for the people of this area.

History of Erigavo

In the Government area of the town of Erigavo (the Shaab) a simple masonry monument holds the wrecked engine block of a British biplane that crashed in the area in 1920 while carrying out bombing operations against Mohammed Abdullah Hassan. This operation, based out of Aden, is thought to be one of the first uses of aircraft in war, on the continent of Africa.

covered by a flat rock. The cairns near the coast at Mait seem to be more complex in design, with two distinct levels, the use of different colored stone for different sections, and sometimes an outer boundary ring of stones some metres away from the cairn itself

People

Pastoralism is the principal source of livelihood for people in the region. Nomads herd goats, sheep and camels, over ranges of open country defined on a clan rather than a household basis. In the town proper, remittances from family members outside of Somalia also serve as an important source of sustenance.

References

* [http://www.laasqoray.net LaasqorayNET]
* [http://www.dhahar.com Dhahar Online]