Sacadin
11°26′11″N 43°27′46″E / 11.4363°N 43.4629°E / 11.4363; 43.4629 to 11°21′N 43°28′E / 11.350°N 43.467°E / 11.350; 43.467Archipelago Zeila Archipelago Administration Demographics Ethnic groups Uninhabited [1]
Somaliland
Sacadin is the largest of the six Somaliland islands of the Zeila Archipelago, off the coast of Somaliland.[2] It has an area of 7.2 square kilometers (about 720 hectares) and is mostly desert, although 2 portions of the island have abundant vegetation. It is 11.5 kilometers long and is located 5.4 kilometers north of the coast of Somaliland, near the border with Djibouti.
Its surface area is comparatively larger than that of Gibraltar and 3 times that of Monaco.
See also
- Administrative divisions of Somaliland
- Regions of Somaliland
- Districts of Somaliland
- Aibat
References
- ^ [Philip Briggs https://books.google.com/books?id=M6NI2FejIuwC&pg=PA154&lpg=PA154&dq=Sa%27ad+ad-Din+Islands&source=bl&ots=pcZDCLGxdj&sig=1XbocDUyly-3A_sHByX9VUp_DbU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjSlfPE7ZfOAhUS8mMKHXI0ACwQ6AEIXTAM#v=onepage&q=Sa'ad%20ad-Din%20Islands&f=false "Somaliland: With Addis Ababa & Eastern Ethiopia"] "Brandt Guides". Retrieved Jul 29, 2016.
- ^ Kemp, Jeremy (April 2001). "Survey design for Proposed Marine Protected Areas" (PDF): 20, 29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-11. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
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