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Mogadishu (" Maqadsh "), known locally as Hamar , is the capital and most populous city of ___MASK71___ . Located in the coastal Banaadir region on the Indian Ocean , the city has served as an important port for millennia . According to the United Nations Development Programme the population in 2005 was 901 , 183 and according to the CIA factbook in 2015 it was estimated to be 2 , 138 , 000 . According to Demographia as of April 2016 , it has a population of 2 , 265 , 000 residents . Banaadir ( or " Bandir ") is an administrative region (" gobol ") in southeastern ___MASK71___ . It covers the same area as the city of Mogadishu , ___MASK71___ ' s capital . Although by far the smallest administrative region in ___MASK71___ , it has the largest population , estimated at 1 , 650 , 227 ( including 369 , 288 internally displaced persons ) in 2014 . The Transitional Federal Government ( TFG ) was the internationally recognized government of the Republic of ___MASK71___ until 20 August 2012 , when its tenure officially ended and the Federal Government of ___MASK71___ was inaugurated . The TFG was established as one of the Transitional Federal Institutions ( TFIs ) of government as defined in the Transitional Federal Charter ( TFC ) adopted in November 2004 by the Transitional Federal Parliament ( TFP ). ___MASK71___ ( '), officially the Federal Republic of ___MASK71___ , is a country located in the Horn of Africa . It is bordered by Ethiopia to the west , Djibouti to the northwest , the Gulf of Aden to the north , the Indian Ocean to the east , and Kenya to the southwest . ___MASK71___ has the longest coastline on Africa ' s mainland , and its terrain consists mainly of plateaus , plains and highlands . Climatically , hot conditions prevail year - round , with periodic monsoon winds and irregular rainfall . The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world ' s oceanic divisions , covering ( approximately 20 % of the water on the ___MASK75___ ' s surface ). It is bounded by Asia on the north , on the west by Africa , on the east by ___MASK69___ , and on the south by the Southern Ocean or , depending on definition , by Antarctica . It is named after the country of India . The Indian Ocean is known as " Ratnkara ", "" the mine of gems "" in ancient Sanskrit literature , and as " Hind Mahsgar ", "" the great Indian sea "", in Hindi . Mohamed Botan ( Somali : Bootaan Ciise Caalin ) was a Somali rebel leader , formerly based in Mogadishu , and a former member of the Somali Transitional Government , in which he was minister for the disarmament of militias . He was also a member of the Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counter - Terrorism ( ARPCT ) , a group of warlords opposed to the Islamic Court Union and allegedly financed by the United States . He was sacked by the Interim transitional government on May 24 , 2006 , along with Mohamed Qanyare , Muse Sudi and Omar Finish . On June 3 , his militia surrendered to the Rahanweyn Resistance Army , four days after they were defeated in clashes in northeast Mogadishu . He left for Baidoa , seat of the transitional government . Abdi Hasan Awale or Abdi Qeybdiid was born in 1948 in Galkacyo , ___MASK71___ . He was elected on August 14 , 2012 as the new president of Galmudug state , a semi - autonomous region in ___MASK71___ . In December 2006 , he led an engagement on behalf of the Transitional Federal Government ( TFG ), backed by a sizable contingent of Ethiopian troops , known as the Battle of Bandiradley . He is also the " Mad Abdi " of the July 12 , 1993 Abdi House Raid , which presaged the First Battle of Mogadishu . A knight is a person granted an honorary title of " knighthood " by a monarch or other political leader for service to the monarch or country , especially in a military capacity . Historically , in Europe , knighthood was conferred upon mounted warriors . During the High Middle Ages , knighthood was considered a class of lower nobility . By the Late Middle Ages , the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry , a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior . Often , a knight was a vassal who served as a fighter for a lord , with payment in the form of land holdings . The lords trusted the knights , who were skilled in battle on horseback . Since the early modern period , the title of knight is purely honorific , usually bestowed by a monarch , as in the ___MASK13___ honours system , often for non - military service to the country . The modern female equivalent in the United Kingdom is Dame . The Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counter - Terrorism ( ARPCT ) was a Somali alliance created by various warlords and businesspeople . The alliance included Botan Ise Alin , Mohammed Dheere , Mohamed Qanyare , Musa Sudi Yalahow , Nuur Daqle , Abdi Hasan Awale Qeybdiid , Omar Muhamoud Finnish and others . Some of them were ministers in the Transitional Federal Government ( TFG ) of ___MASK71___ . A militia is generally an army or some other type of fighting unit that is composed of non - professional fighters , citizens of a nation or subjects of a state or government who can be called upon to enter a combat situation , as opposed to a professional force of regular , full - time military personnel , or historically , members of the warrior nobility class ( e . g ., knights or samurai ). Unable to hold their own against properly trained and equipped professional forces , it is common for militias to engage in guerrilla warfare or defense instead of being used in open attacks and offensive actions .