The Port of Merca (Somali: Dekada Marka, Italian: Porto di Merca) also known as Merca Port, is the official seaport of Merca, situated in southeastern Somalia. It is classified as a jetty class port.[2] It has a harbour as well as a pier which juts into the Somali Sea.[3]
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Merca (Somali: Marka, Arabic: مركة) is the capital city of the Lower Shebelle province of Somalia, a historic port city in the region. It is located approximately...
located 11 km from Merca. The city was linked to the PortofMerca by a decauville railway, used to transport the huge production of bananas of the farms around...
The Banadir resistance, also known as the Bimaal revolt, Merca revolt, or simply the Bimaal resistance, was a guerrilla war that lasted from the 1890s...
broke out, he was still a student. Issa later relocated to the portofMerca at the age of sixteen, where he would work as a postal clerk from 1939 to 1941...
centers ofMerca, Mogadishu, Barawa, and their respective ports became profitable trade outlets for commodities originating from the interior of the State...
centered around the port town Mogadishu, but also the port towns of Barawe and Merca. In the late 19th century, through a succession of treaties with these...
routes. During the Age of the Ajurans, the Somali sultanates and republics ofMerca, Mogadishu, Barawa, Hobyo and their respective ports flourished and had...
Somali point of view. During the Age of the Ajurans, the sultanates and republics ofMerca, Mogadishu, Barawa, Hobyo and their respective ports flourished...
at the time. The Bimaal clan were once part of the Geledi Sultanate and Merca served as an important port for the kingdom. They reasserted their independence...
Maritime transport facilities are found in the port cities of Mogadishu, Bosaso, Berbera, Kismayo and Merca. There is also one merchant marine. Established...
Jubba region. Residents of Kismayo simultaneously continue to leave the port for the eastern cities of Barawe and Merca ahead of the planned offensive....
in 1954 in Merca. Maalin worked as a cook at the hospital in the port town ofMerca in southern Somalia, as well as an occasional vaccinator for a WHO...
Benadiri people in Merca are primarily based in the oldest part of the city, Saraha and Aw Balle. Much like Mogadishu the Benadiri clans in Merca also have a...
developed sections of these little cities. The center of Genale is a few kilometers inland from the city ofMerca which is its port (being Janaale landlocked)...
Portuguese blockade and Omani interference, used the Somali portsofMerca and Barawa (which were out of the two powers' jurisdiction) to conduct their trade...
territories of the southern Somali regions. At the time, the Bimaal clan who lived in Merca were rebelling against the Geledis. Haji Ali arrived in Merca and...
confederation of clans inhabiting the city ofMerca and other southern coastal towns of Somalia. Reer Marka, also known as 12 Koofi are confederation of clans...
Portuguese blockade and Omani meddling, used the Somali portsofMerca and Barawa (which were out of the two powers' jurisdiction) to conduct their trade...
century described Barawa as one of the three most important cities on the East African coast along with Mogadishu and Merca all serving as the commercial...
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