Jazeera Beach
{{Short description|Beach in Somalia}}
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| native_name_lang = Xeebta Jasiira
| image_skyline = Jazeera beach view.jpg
| settlement_type = Xeebta Jasiira
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Somalia.
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| subdivision_name = {{flag|Somalia}}
| subdivision_type1 = Region
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name1 = Banaadir
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Jazeera Beach (also known as Gezira Beach; {{langx|so|Xeebta Jasiira}} or {{lang|so|Xeebta Jaziira}}) is a beach which overlooks the Somali Sea near the city of Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia.
The Jazeera beach massacre took place here in 1989.{{cite web | title=Somaliland: The 30th Anniversary Of The Execution Of 56 Civilians At Jazira Beach | website=Somaliland Standard | date=18 July 2019 | url=https://somalilandstandard.com/somaliland-the-30th-anniversary-of-the-execution-of-56-civilians-at-jazira-beach/ | access-date=27 January 2025}}
The beach is now a leisure destination where people gather on weekends as part of Somali seagoing culture. There are hotels, restaurants and leisure boats.{{cite web|last1=Dixon|first1=Robyn|author-link=Robyn Dixon (journalist)|date=27 August 2012|title=Somali diaspora see hope and opportunity in Mogadishu|url=https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-aug-27-la-fg-mogadishu-rising-20120828-story.html|website=Los Angeles Times|location=Mogadishu}}
International tourists mostly from Turkey, America, the UK, Italy, Germany, and Malaysia visit Jazeera Beach. The beach offers tourists the chance to see the animal market in Jazeera where camels, cows, goats, sheep and wildlife are sold, as well as the salt mining processes located there. The features of the beach include a small island which can be accessed by tourists by renting a boat.
A dry, hot climate is typical in this eastern African city. Rainy days come rarely to Mogadishu, and the wettest weather occurs from May through August.
The beach has a problem with people dumping rubbish on it.{{cite web |last1=Maruf |first1=Harun |title=Mogadishu: White Sand, Blue Waters, Heaping Piles of Trash |url=https://www.voanews.com/africa/mogadishu-white-sand-blue-waters-heaping-piles-trash |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191121024715/https://www.voanews.com/africa/mogadishu-white-sand-blue-waters-heaping-piles-trash |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 21, 2019 |website=Voice of America |language=en |date=10 January 2019}}
File:Xeebta Jazeera.jpg|
File:Jazeera beach view.jpg|