Bargal
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Bargal is a town of some 7000 people in northeastern Somalia
. It is a port town located on the Arabian Sea
coast in the mountainous Bari region of the autonomous Puntland
macro-region.
Bargal was the location of the Battle of Bargal in June 2007.
Somalia
Somalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory...
. It is a port town located on the Arabian Sea
Arabian Sea
The Arabian Sea is a region of the Indian Ocean bounded on the east by India, on the north by Pakistan and Iran, on the west by the Arabian Peninsula, on the south, approximately, by a line between Cape Guardafui in northeastern Somalia and Kanyakumari in India...
coast in the mountainous Bari region of the autonomous Puntland
Puntland
Puntland , officially the Puntland State of Somalia , is a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998....
macro-region.
Bargal was the location of the Battle of Bargal in June 2007.