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Budunbuuto

Coordinates: 8°31′4″N 49°25′13″E / 8.51778°N 49.42028°E / 8.51778; 49.42028
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Budunbuuto
Budunbuuto
Budunbuuto is located in Somalia
Budunbuuto
Budunbuuto
Map showing Budunbuuto in Somalia
Coordinates: 8°31′4″N 49°25′13″E / 8.51778°N 49.42028°E / 8.51778; 49.42028
Country Somalia
Regional state Puntland
RegionNugal, Somalia
DistrictEyl District
Population
 • Total10,569[1]
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

Budunbuto (Somali: Bandunbuuto) is a town in Puntland in northeastern Somalia. Budunbuto is located in the Eyl District, Nugaal region. It also confused with a second village, Budunbuto also in Puntland, but located 107 km to the south in the Jariban District of Mudug Region.[2]

Overview

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Budunbuto is located on the largely unpaved road from Garowe (the capital of Puntland, 110 km away)[3] to the district capital Eyl (just over 91 km) in a sandy semi-desert area with very sparse and scattered vegetation. Villages in the area include Qarxis (18 km),[4] Baarweyn (7.3 km),[5] Diilinmaxato (28 km),[6] Sinujiif (52.4 km),[7] and Dangorayo.[8] Around Budunbuto there are about 18 berkads. Some of them are covered with corrugated iron as part of a water project of the Stichting Kaalo Nederland.[9]

Climate

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Budunbuto has an average annual temperature of 26 °C; the temperature variation is small; the coldest month is January (average 22.6 °C); the warmest May (28.2 °C). Rainfall is only about 138 mm annually. There are two dry seasons (from December to February and June to August) and two rainy seasons (April to May and around October).[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Regions, districts, and their populations: Somalia 2005 (draft)" (PDF). UNDP. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Geographic.org" en "Geonames.org" noemen uitsluitend het Budunbuto in Nugaal. Deze lijst met namen van 9639 plaatsen in Somalië noemt Budunbuto in Mudug en Bandunbuto in Nugaal (met Budunbuto als alternatieve spelling). Van de beide kaarten genoemd in externe links spreekt er een van Budunbuto, de ander van Bandunbuto.
  3. ^ Gemeten langs de weg.
  4. ^ "Bing Maps". Bing Maps. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
  5. ^ "Bing Maps". Bing Maps. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
  6. ^ "Bing Maps". Bing Maps. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
  7. ^ "Bing Maps". Bing Maps. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
  8. ^ "Bing Maps". Bing Maps. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
  9. ^ "Pilotproject verbeterde berkads in Budunbuto, Puntland, Somalie". SlideShare. 2012-01-28. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
  10. ^ "Bandunbuto climate: Weather Bandunbuto & temperature by month". en.climate-data.org. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
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  • 'Zoomable' satellite photos of Budunbuto: here and here.
  • Administrative maps of Eyl District in Nugaal Region showing the location of Budunbuto (Bandunbuto): here and here.

8°31′4″N 49°25′13″E / 8.51778°N 49.42028°E / 8.51778; 49.42028