Borama
 Borama, Somaliland
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| Overview | |
| Region | Awdal |
| Languages | Somali, Arabic, and french |
| Total Population | 200.000 |
| Area | 10 km2 |
| Clan | Gadabuursi |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Mayor | Abdirahman Shide Bile |
| Timezone | EAT |
| UTC offset | +3 |
| Coordinates | 9°55′59″N 43°10′54″E / 9.93306°N 43.18167°E |
Borama (Somali: Boorama) is a city in the Awdal region of Somaliland, near the border with Ethiopia. Borama is located 150 km of Somaliland capital Hargeisa. Borama has a population between 150,000 till 200,000 residents. Borama is the commercial center of the Awdal region.
Borama is an important education center and is the home of the historic Amoud University. The first postwar institution of higher learning throughout Somaliland. Borama has six secondary schools, four of them are newly build: Al Aqsa Secondary School, Ubaya - Ibnuka'ab Secondary School, Al Nuur Secondary School and New Amoud Secondary School. The other two secondary schools in the town are the famous Sh. Ali Jowhar Secondary and Hassan Ardale Secondary school. Borama is also the home of the first Deaf school in Somaliland Borama Deaf School trains and provides the deaf children with education that extends up to high school. Since the school is the first and the only one of its type, it has attracted a great number of deaf pupils from across the Somaliland and even beyond.
Borama is a mountainous and hilly city and has one of the wonderful and beautiful landscapes in the country. It has green meadows and fields and a key wildlife area in the country. The fertility and greenery of Borama has attracted many animals into the region: gazelles, birds, camels and other animals as well.
Borama has three major hotels. Rays Hotel are located on the west coner of the town, next to the Sheera Boorama. Cape Town hotel and Nasimo Hotel both are located in downtown Boorama, in the area of the EELO AMERICAN UNIVERSITY.
Borama International Airport is the only one airport in the Awdal Region. It's Has the name of the first minister of Education of the Somali Republic Aden Isaaq.
Airlines: Djibouti airlines, Daallo Airlines and Star African Airlines. Destionations: Djibouti, Dubai, Hargeisa and Mogadishu
Annalena Tonelli, winner of the 2003 Nansen Refugee Award from the UNHCR, was murdered in October 2003 at the Tuberculosis hospital she founded in Borama.
Notes
- ^ Goth, Bashir and Hashim Annalena Tonelli found her bliss in becoming one with the poorest, Awdal News Network, Somali Republic (October 8, 2004)