Las Khorey

Las Qoray
Laasqoray
لاسقُرَي
Town
View of a residential area in old Las Qoray.
View of a residential area in old Las Qoray.
Las Qoray is located in Sanaag
Las Qoray
Las Qoray
Location in Somaliland
Las Qoray is located in Somaliland
Las Qoray
Las Qoray
Las Qoray (Somaliland)
Coordinates: 11°11′N 48°13′E / 11.183°N 48.217°E / 11.183; 48.217
Country Somaliland
RegionSanaag
DistrictBadhan District
Population
 (2021[1])
 • Total15,000
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

Las Qoray (Somali: Laasqoray, Arabic: لاسقُرَى Lāsqoray) is a historic coastal town in the Sanaag region of Somaliland.

BBC reported in 2021, "The Navy or Somaliland Coast Guard is one of the military departments of Somaliland, operating on the coast of Somaliland in Las Qoray, Zeila and Berbera."[2] Somaliland National TV (SLNTV) reported in its September 2023 broadcast that Las Qoray is a territory of Somaliland.[3] Hiiraan Online reported in a January 2024 article, "Las Qoray is outside Hargeisa's control."[4] Andrew Palmer, CEO of the maritime consultancy Idarat Ltd, describes Las Qoray as "on the north coast of Puntland" in 2014.[5] Awet Tewelde Weldemichael, an associate professor at Queen's University, wrote in his book "Puntland coast between Las Qoray and Hafun" in 2019.[6]

  1. ^ unicef (September 2002). "SANAAG REGION NUTRITION SURVEY REPORT" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  2. ^ "Wax ka ogow awoodda iyo qaybaha ciidanka Somaliland" [Find out about the strength and components of the Somaliland force]. BBC. 2021-11-03. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  3. ^ Gudoomiyaha Degmada laas-Qoray ayaa murugada iyo dhibaatada la qaybsanaya masiibadii dabka ahayd... [The governor of Las-Qoray District shares the grief and suffering of the fire disaster....] (in Somali), retrieved 2023-12-31
  4. ^ "Analysis: A port deal puts the Horn of Africa on the brink". Horseed Media. 2024-01-26. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  5. ^ Andrew Palmer (2014-08-15). The New Pirates - Modern Global Piracy from Somalia to the South China Sea. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 121. ISBN 9780857725271.
  6. ^ Awet Tewelde Weldemichael (2019-01-24). Piracy in Somalia - Violence and Development in the Horn of Africa. Cambridge University Press. p. 168. ISBN 9781108496964.