| Place | Kind | District | Location | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bulo osman a/lleBuulo cusmaan a/lle | Settlement | Wanla Weyn | 2.6254, 45.1394 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 8604, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Bulo qataar | Settlement | Wanla Weyn | 2.3374, 44.6964 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 10046, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Bulo rahmo 1 | Settlement | Qoryooley | 1.8431, 44.6106 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 9776, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Bulo raliya | Settlement | Afgooye | 2.1689, 44.9535 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 7835, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Bulo raxmoBuulo Raximo | Settlement | Qoryooley | 2.1436, 44.5754 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 9952, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Bulo rer aw edin | Settlement | Qoryooley | 2.0085, 44.5784 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 9853, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Bulo rer aw maganey | Settlement | Afgooye | 2.2187, 44.9102 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 7889, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Bulo rer aw mamow | Settlement | Wanla Weyn | 2.4181, 44.8285 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 8162, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Bulo rer aw wine | Settlement | Wanla Weyn | 2.4233, 44.7735 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 10073, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Bulo Saile | Populated place | Marka | 1.8333, 44.9167 | GeoNames · OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 7162 | |
| Bulo Scecal | Populated place | Afgooye | 2.2667, 45.1667 | GeoNames | |
| Bulo selemanBuulo suleman | Settlement | Wanla Weyn | 2.626, 45.1241 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 8606, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Bulo SelleiBulo Selei | Populated place | Kurtunwaarey | 1.7167, 44.35 | GeoNames | |
| Bulo sh saidBuulo shiikh saciid, Buulo Sh. Saciid | Settlement | Marka | 1.8493, 44.75 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 9787, KEMRI - 2007, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Bulo sh. madBulo sheikh. mad | Settlement | Wanla Weyn | 2.5154, 45.0515 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 8363, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Bulo shiiq | Settlement | Wanla Weyn | 2.6217, 45.0771 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 8599, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Bulo shiiqaal | Settlement | Qoryooley | 1.8103, 44.5727 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 9733, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Bulo Sigalei | Populated place | Wanla Weyn | 2.8, 45.1 | GeoNames · OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 8917 | |
| Bulo siidowBuulo siidow, Siidow, Banaana | Settlement | Marka | 1.8622, 44.7815 | 273 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 7185, KEMRI - 2007, UNDP - 2006, UNDP - 1997 |
| Bulo siimowBuulo siimow, Siimow | Settlement | Qoryooley | 1.7561, 44.5276 | 184 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 9629, UNDP - 2006, UNDP - 1997 |
| Bulo teesi | Settlement | Wanla Weyn | 2.4857, 45.0317 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 8297, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Bulo UaiamaUaiama | Populated place | Sablaale | 1.5, 43.9833 | GeoNames · OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 9350 | |
| Bulo uurdeq | Settlement | Qoryooley | 2.0187, 44.578 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 9857, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Bulo wasaq | Settlement | Wanla Weyn | 2.546, 45.0069 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 8419, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Bulo wiin | Settlement | Afgooye | 2.2605, 44.7195 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 10018, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Bulo wiish | Settlement | Marka | 1.5193, 44.4168 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 9362, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Bulo xansholey | Settlement | Afgooye | 2.339, 45.3283 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 8061, FSAU | |
| Bulo yelaleBulo ceelale | Settlement | Afgooye | 2.1521, 44.9796 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 7811, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Bulo-aurundoBuul Aruundo, Alundi | Settlement | Qoryooley | 1.8315, 44.7053 | 111 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 9762, KEMRI - 2007, UNDP - 2006, UNDP - 1997 |
| Bulo-yaqle | Settlement | Afgooye | 2.0287, 44.8592 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 7292, UNDP - 2006 | |
| BulogodinBulo godin | Settlement | Qoryooley | 2.1261, 44.5482 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 9929, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Bulukey | Populated place | Qoryooley | 1.8015, 44.5972 | GeoNames | |
| BulukoyBulu Keey, Bulukey | Settlement | Qoryooley | 1.8021, 44.5976 | 449 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 9719, KEMRI - 2007, UNDP - 2006, UNDP - 1997 |
| Buq | Well | Baraawe | 1.4792, 44.4543 | GeoNames | |
| Bur Alami | Hill | Baraawe | 1.0167, 43.9 | GeoNames | |
| Bur CiromoCollina Ciromo | Hill | Baraawe | 1.0667, 43.9333 | GeoNames | |
| Bur dheere | Settlement | Afgooye | 2.5053, 45.1294 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 8344, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Bur dheere | Settlement | Afgooye | 2.5053, 45.2094 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 8345, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Bur fuule | Settlement | Afgooye | 2.2355, 44.8882 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 7918, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Bur Malahav | Hill | Afgooye | 1.95, 45.1333 | GeoNames | |
| Buraale | Populated place | Qoryooley | 1.7394, 44.5145 | GeoNames · OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 9578 | |
| Burdheer | Settlement | Qoryooley | 2.0097, 44.5786 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 9854, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Buri-weyne | Settlement | Afgooye | 2.244, 45.1859 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 7933, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Burow | Settlement | Afgooye | 2.3375, 45.3289 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 8060, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Buslei | Populated place | Afgooye | 2.2833, 45.2333 | GeoNames | |
| Buslei | Monument | Afgooye | 2.2667, 44.95 | GeoNames | |
| Busley | Locality | Afgooye | 2.2881, 45.1793 | GeoNames | |
| Busley | Populated place | Wanla Weyn | 2.6765, 45.0554 | GeoNames · OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 8706 | |
| Busley | Populated place | Afgooye | 2.6357, 45.328 | GeoNames · OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 8635 | |
| Busley | Populated place | Qoryooley | 1.8538, 44.7457 | GeoNames · OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 9792 | |
| Busley | Populated place | Qoryooley | 1.7957, 44.4871 | GeoNames · OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 9714 | |
| Busley | Settlement | Marka | 1.5702, 44.4487 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 9383, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Busley | Settlement | Qoryooley | 1.7693, 44.5298 | 410 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 9661, UNDP - 1997 |
| Busley da'udBusley Daud, Bulo Jini, Busley, Seeska | Settlement | Qoryooley | 1.853, 44.7468 | 1,105 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 9793, KEMRI - 2007, UNDP - 2006, UNDP - 1997 |
| BuslowBuslei | Populated place | Afgooye | 2.0952, 45.0943 | GeoNames · OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 7689 | |
| Buuffow Cusbooley | Populated place | Marka | 1.7304, 44.5889 | GeoNames | |
| Buufo Danada | Populated place | Marka | 1.7253, 44.5847 | GeoNames | |
| Buufow | Populated place | Marka | 1.7493, 44.7437 | GeoNames | |
| Buufow bacaadBuufow | Settlement | Marka | 1.7509, 44.7445 | 1,188 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 9612, KEMRI - 2007, UNDP - 2006, UNDP - 1997 |
| Buufow-shiidka | Settlement | Qoryooley | 1.7446, 44.5905 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 9594, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Buulallow | Populated place | Afgooye | 2.2193, 45.0972 | GeoNames | |
| Buulcaas | Populated place | Wanla Weyn | 2.6682, 45.0285 | GeoNames | |
| Buullow | Populated place | Qoryooley | 1.7577, 44.5235 | GeoNames · OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 9637 | |
| Buulo | Settlement | Marka | 1.629, 44.5215 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 9426, FSAU | |
| Buulo Aas | Populated place | Wanla Weyn | 2.3977, 44.8231 | GeoNames | |
| Buulo adan gaab | Settlement | Qoryooley | 2.1183, 44.556 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 9906, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Buulo aw moos | Settlement | Wanla Weyn | 2.4242, 44.7932 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 8184, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Buulo awsuufi | Settlement | Wanla Weyn | 2.6008, 45.1276 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 8545, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Buulo ayfiiley | Settlement | Qoryooley | 2.0837, 44.5279 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 9877, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Buulo bariise | Settlement | Wanla Weyn | 2.5865, 45.1347 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 8516, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Buulo barwaaqoBarwaaqo | Settlement | Afgooye | 2.337, 45.3296 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 8059, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Buulo bashiir | Settlement | Qoryooley | 1.8591, 44.7128 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 9799, KEMRI - 2007 | |
| Buulo booray | Settlement | Qoryooley | 2.1028, 44.5275 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 9890, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Buulo buulow/farxane | Settlement | Qoryooley | 1.7588, 44.3569 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 9634, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Buulo c/karim caruush | Settlement | Marka | 1.8685, 44.8107 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 7193, KEMRI - 2007 | |
| Buulo c/llahi qoorey | Settlement | Marka | 1.8726, 44.8123 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 7197, KEMRI - 2007 | |
| Buulo Cabdi | Populated place | Marka | 1.8161, 44.8611 | GeoNames | |
| Buulo caliyow | Settlement | Marka | 1.8729, 44.9529 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 7198, KEMRI - 2007 | |
| Buulo dhagaxow | Settlement | Afgooye | 2.5708, 45.1534 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 8472, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Buulo dhumey | Settlement | Wanla Weyn | 2.6154, 45.0947 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 8579, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Buulo doomay | Settlement | Qoryooley | 2.1252, 44.4995 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 9927, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Buulo doon | Settlement | Qoryooley | 2.0171, 44.5776 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 9856, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Buulo godan | Settlement | Qoryooley | 2.1243, 44.5494 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 9925, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Buulo golol | Settlement | Wanla Weyn | 2.7798, 45.0874 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 8884, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Buulo gulshe | Settlement | Qoryooley | 2.1893, 44.6403 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 9981, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Buulo habar muuminoHabar Muumina | Settlement | Marka | 1.8555, 44.7574 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 9797, KEMRI - 2007, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Buulo harani | Settlement | Marka | 1.6667, 44.7002 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 9454, KEMRI - 2007 | |
| Buulo irib | Settlement | Wanla Weyn | 2.7821, 45.045 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 8888, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Buulo jadiid | Settlement | Qoryooley | 1.7562, 44.5245 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 9630, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Buulo jadiid | Settlement | Qoryooley | 1.8151, 44.5837 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 9738, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Buulo jadiid | Settlement | Qoryooley | 1.9033, 44.7203 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 9837, KEMRI - 2007 | |
| Buulo jadiid 1 | Settlement | Qoryooley | 2.1934, 44.6336 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 9983, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Buulo kaarshe | IDP Camp | Afgooye | 2.0937, 45.1678 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 7688, OCHA - 2008 | |
| Buulo karas | Settlement | Afgooye | 2.1617, 45.1706 | 257 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 7821, UNDP - 1997 |
| Buulo kashiito | Settlement | Marka | 1.8502, 44.7926 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 7176, KEMRI - 2007 | |
| Buulo khaliif | Settlement | Qoryooley | 1.8811, 44.7069 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 9812, KEMRI - 2007 | |
| Buulo KuraariCurare | Populated place | Afgooye | 2.1616, 45.1717 | GeoNames | |
| Buulo macallin osmanMacalim-Cusmaan | Settlement | Marka | 1.8295, 44.8343 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 7161, KEMRI - 2007, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Buulo madow | Settlement | Qoryooley | 1.7658, 44.5249 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 9647, UNDP - 2006 | |
| Buulo mayow | Settlement | Qoryooley | 1.7557, 44.3837 | OCHA settlementsOBJECTID 9628, UNDP - 2006 |
How this list is made
GeoNames and the OCHA settlements list were merged where the same name (after Somali spelling rules: double vowels, dh/d, kh/k, x/h, q/k, c) sits within 5 km. Wikidata items were merged into GeoNames by name. The district and region come from placing each point inside the OCHA district boundaries (COD-AB v03); where a row has no point, the district is the one its source gives. Population is the figure the source gives (GeoNames, or the UNDP 1997 estimate in the OCHA list); most rows have none. The whole list, with every region or letter, is on Gazetteer of every place. We copy the sources and do not change what they say; see how we source.
Sources
- OCHA settlements: OCHA FISS, Somalia - Settlements (COD-ST), som_settlements_2022, from the UNDP 1997 gazetteer and FAO, UNHCR, UNSOS, IOM-DTM, PRMN
- GeoNames: GeoNames gazetteer, country dumps SO, DJ, ET, KE (download.geonames.org/export/dump), pulled 12 Nov 2026
- Wikidata: Wikidata, items tied to Somalia, Somaliland or the Somali language, pulled 12-13 Nov 2026
- OCHA boundaries: OCHA Somalia, Subnational Administrative Boundaries (COD-AB) v03, valid 8 Jan 2025