Balad

E340407
human settlement town

Balad is a town in Somalia’s Banaadir region, located north of the capital Mogadishu and known as an agricultural and trading center along the Shabelle River.

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Label Occurrences
Balad canonical 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement ⓘ
town ⓘ
administrativeDivision Balad District ⓘ
agriculturalSystem irrigated farming ⓘ
rain-fed farming ⓘ
climate arid to semi-arid ⓘ
country Somalia ⓘ
distanceToMogadishu approximately 30–40 kilometers ⓘ
economicRole agricultural center ⓘ
trading center ⓘ
governingLevel district capital ⓘ
hasFunction collection point for agricultural produce ⓘ
local market hub ⓘ
hasNearbyFeature Shabelle River ⓘ
surface form: Shabelle River floodplain
historicalRole part of Somalia’s banana export zone ⓘ
knownFor agriculture ⓘ
trade ⓘ
languageUsed Arabic ⓘ
Somali ⓘ
locatedIn southern Somalia ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Banaadir ⓘ
surface form: Banaadir region
locatedInContinent Africa ⓘ
locatedInSubregion Horn of Africa ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone East Africa Time ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Mogadishu ⓘ
locatedOn Mogadishu–Jowhar corridor ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Shabelle River ⓘ
majorReligion Islam ⓘ
partOf Benadir region ⓘ
surface form: Benadir coastal and riverine belt
primaryCrops bananas ⓘ
fruits ⓘ
vegetables ⓘ
primaryEconomicSector farming ⓘ
livestock ⓘ
local trade ⓘ
region Banaadir ⓘ
regionCapitalOf Balad District ⓘ
regionType riverine area ⓘ
riverIrrigationSource Shabelle River ⓘ
roadConnection Jowhar ⓘ
Mogadishu ⓘ
transportMode road transport ⓘ
utcOffset +3 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Banaadir → includesSettlement → Balad ⓘ