Port of Kismayo

Port of Kismayo
The port as of 2012
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Location
Country Somalia
LocationKismayo
Coordinates00°21′29″S 042°32′43″E / 0.35806°S 42.54528°E / -0.35806; 42.54528
UN/LOCODESOKMU[1]
Details
Operated byJubbaland

The Port of Kismayo (Somali: Dekada Kismaayo, Italian: Porto di Chisimaio), also known as the Kismayo Port, is the official seaport of Kismayo, situated in southern Somalia. It is classified as a major class port.[2] It has a harbour as well as a pier which juts into the Somali Sea.[3]

  1. ^ "UNLOCODE (SO) - SOMALIA". service.unece.org. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Istanbul conference on Somalia 21 – 23 May 2010 - Draft discussion paper for Round Table "Transport infrastructure"" (PDF). Government of Somalia. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
  3. ^ Webersik, Christian, et al. "Commerce in the chaos: Bananas, charcoal, fisheries, and conflict in Somalia." Livelihoods, natural resources, and post-conflict peacebuilding (2015): 365-90.