Bari, Somalia

It is bordered by Sool and Sanaag to the west, Nugal to the south, the Gulf of Aden to the north and the Guardafui Channel to the east. It is located on the tip of the Horn of Africa. Its name, Bari, literally means East in Somali.Nakano, Aki'O. Basic Vocabulary in Standard Somali (I). Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, 1976.

In terms of landmass, Bari is the largest region in Somalia.{{Cite web |title=Bari {{!}} European Union Agency for Asylum |url=https://euaa.europa.eu/country-guidance-somalia-2022/bari |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=European Union Agency for Asylum |language=en}} The highest point in this region is Mount Bahaya, the third tallest mountain in Somalia with an elevation of 2120 meters; other notable peaks include Karkaar and Cal Miskaad mountains.

In 2024, Islamic State (IS) fighters wrested control of the Cal Miskaad (Al Miskaad) mountain range in Bari from rival militant group Al Shabaab.{{Cite web |last=ADF |date=2024-06-18 |title=Somalia Faces Critical Threat as Islamic State Group Expands in Puntland |url=https://adf-magazine.com/2024/06/somalia-faces-critical-threat-as-islamic-state-group-expands-in-puntland/ |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=Africa Defense Forum |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Kheyr |date=2024-04-21 |title=Islamic State in Somalia Strategically Takes over Al Miskaad |url=https://thesomalidigest.com/islamic-state-in-somalia-strategically-takes-over-al-miskaad/ |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=The Somali Digest |language=en-US}}

Most of the inhabitants of the Bari region belong to the Somali ethnic group including Majeerteen, Madhibaan, Deshiishe, Kaskiqabe, Warsangeli, Leelkase Darood clans and other clans Robert Buijtenhuijs, Piet Konings, Wim M. J. van Binsbergen, Gerti Hesseling, Trajectoires de libération en Afrique contemporaine: hommage à Robert Buijtenhuijs, (KARTHALA Editions: 2000), p.134.{{cite book| last = Bader| first = Christian| title = Le sang et le lait: brève histoire des clans somal| publisher = Maisonneuve & Larose| date = 1999| page = 236| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=pLFETPhIrcMC| isbn = 2-7068-1373-3}} According to the 2015 Population Estimation Survey, the population was 1,887,568 inhabitants. This figure combines both the rural and urban populations of Bari as well all IDPs (internally displaced persons).{{Cite web|url=http://goobjoog.com/english/puntland-issues-report-of-population-estimation-of-its-residents/|title=Puntland Issues Report of population Estimation of Its Residents|date=27 May 2015|access-date=17 June 2018|archive-date=30 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230430230243/http://goobjoog.com/english/puntland-issues-report-of-population-estimation-of-its-residents/|url-status=live}}[http://www.somali-jna.org/downloads/ACFA9.pdf Population Statistics of Somalia] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315080919/http://www.somali-jna.org/downloads/ACFA9.pdf |date=15 March 2016 }}

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In the official administrative divisions of Somalia, the Bari region consists of the following seven districts:{{cite web|title=Bari Region|url=http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/121024_Administrative_Map_Bari_A4.pdf|access-date=30 December 2013|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090204/http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/121024_Administrative_Map_Bari_A4.pdf|url-status=live}}

The Bari region is the largest region of the 18 administrative regions of Somalia and it contains following districts.

• Bosaso District The capital and largest
• Qardho District
• Alula District
• Bandarbayla District
• Waiye
• Iskushuban District
• Qandala District
• Carmo District
• Ufayn District

In 1998, Bari became a part of Puntland, an autonomous region in northeastern Somalia. In the Transitional Constitution of the Puntland Regional Government of 2001, Puntland's territory is defined in terms of Somalia's official regions, Bari being one of them.See Article 3.1. (Territory, Borders and Its Inviolability and Sacredness) of the Transitional Constitution of the Puntland Regional Government at: http://www.puntlandgovt.com/puntland-constitution/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413133230/http://www.puntlandgovt.com/puntland-constitution/ |date=2018-04-13 }}

In the years thereafter, Puntland changed its internal administrative division, and the Bari region was split in two: the southern half, roughly coinciding with the Qardho and Bandarbayla Districts, became the new region of Karkaar (also spelled as Karkar). It was subdivided into five new districts: Qardho, Bandarbayla, Waiye, Rako and Hafun Armo District. The northern half continued to be known as Bari and was split into seven districts: five of them keeping their original names (Bosaso, Iskushuban,

Ufayn, Qandala and Alula), as well as three new ones: Carmo,Tisjiic and Bargal.List of Primary Schools in Puntland, see website of Puntland's Ministry of Education at: http://www.moepuntland.com/primary/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311093600/http://www.moepuntland.com/primary/ |date=2023-03-11 }}

Radio Galkacyo reported on 19 April 2011 that a new administration, called Raas Asayr, had been declared in parts of Bari Region. Farah Mahmud Yusuf was reported to have been elected as its president.Radio Galkacyo website, Puntland, 19/4/2011, via ARB-PSC, 1-31 April 2011, p.18811A. Later, Barre Fatah Said there were possibilities of starting negotiation between Puntland Government and the founders of Raas Assayr state. The leaders of this prospective polity retracted their claims a few months later in June 2012, indicating that they now supported Puntland and were satisfied with the Puntland authorities' new development projects in the region.{{cite news|title=No more Raas Assayr State as its founders retreated their claims and supported Puntland |url=http://puntlandi.com/no-more-raas-assayr-state-as-its-founders-retreated-their-claims-and-supported-puntland/ |access-date=21 June 2014 |publisher=Puntlandi |date=11 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140212223448/http://puntlandi.com/no-more-raas-assayr-state-as-its-founders-retreated-their-claims-and-supported-puntland/ |archive-date=12 February 2014 }}

On 8 April 2013, the Puntland government announced the creation of a new region named Gardafuul. Carved out of the Bari region, it consists of three districts and has its capital at Alula.{{Cite web |url=http://www.puntlandpost.com/garoowe-gobal-degmooyin-cusub-oo-maalmahan-si-rasmi-ah-ugu-soo-biiraaya-gobalada-degmooyinka-puntland/ |title=Garoowe: Gobal & Degmooyin cusub oo maalmahan si rasmi ah ugu soo biiraaya Gobalada & Degmooyinka Puntland |access-date=2013-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613145006/http://www.puntlandpost.com/garoowe-gobal-degmooyin-cusub-oo-maalmahan-si-rasmi-ah-ugu-soo-biiraaya-gobalada-degmooyinka-puntland/ |archive-date=2015-06-13 |url-status=dead }}

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• [https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/121024_Administrative_Map_Bari_A4.pdf Administrative map of Bari]

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