country_of_citizenship abdillahi mohammed ahmed
Aden (, ; "" ) is a port city in ___MASK79___ , located by the eastern approach to the Red Sea ( the Gulf of Aden ), some east of Bab - el - Mandeb . Its population is approximately 800 , 000 people . Aden ' s ancient , natural harbour lies in the crater of a dormant volcano which now forms a peninsula , joined to the mainland by a low isthmus . This harbour , Front Bay , was first used by the ancient Kingdom of Awsan between the 5th and 7th centuries BC . The modern harbour is on the other side of the peninsula . Aden gives its name to the Gulf of Aden . Bosaso District is a district in the northeastern Bari region of ___MASK88___ . Its capital lies at Bosaso . It is also the commercial capital of Puntland state of ___MASK88___ and one of ___MASK88___ ' s commercial capitals , The city appreciates its indigenous clan who warmly welcomed all people reached there last 25 years , Ugaas Hassan Ugaas yaasiin ugaas abdurahman is the well known traditional elder of the city ]] Abdillahi Mohamed Ahmed `` Qablan '' : Hon . Abdillahi ( 1926 -- 1993 ) was born in 1926 in Las Khorey . He was taken to Aden at the age of five and had Quranic and Elementary education there . At the age of thirteen he went into business and began to rise in this career step by step until he became Branch Manager for the Firm A . Besse and Co . In Bosaso . In 1946 , he joined the Somali Youth League and in 1960 was elected to the party in Berbera . He went into politics in the Legislative Council during the general Elections of February 1960 . For a brief period he was an Under - Secretary in the first Abdirashid Government . From September 1964 until he resigned from Abdirizak ' s Government in April 1966 , he was Under - Secretary for Finance . He was elected from Las Khoreh both in 1960 and in 1964 . He was also Minister of National and Co - ordination ( now Planning ) in the Mohamed Ibrahim H . Igaal Government . Sanaag ( ) is an administrative region (" gobol ") in northern ___MASK88___ . Its capital city is Erigavo . Sanaag has a long coastline facing the Gulf of Aden to the north , and is bordered by the Somali regions of Woqooyi Galbeed , Togdheer , Sool and Bari . Puntland , officially the Puntland State of ___MASK88___ , is a region in northeastern ___MASK88___ , centered on Garoowe in the Nugal province . Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998 . Las Khorey is an ancient coastal city in the northern Sanaag region of ___MASK88___ . Situated in the Las Khorey District , it is notable as the historic capital of the Warsangali Sultanate . The Gulf of Aden ("") is a gulf located in the Arabian Sea between ___MASK79___ , on the south coast of the Arabian Peninsula , and ___MASK88___ in the Horn of Africa . In the northwest , it connects with the Red Sea through the Bab - el - Mandeb strait , which is more than 20 miles wide . It shares its name with the port city of Aden in ___MASK79___ , which forms the northern shore of the gulf . Historically , the Gulf of Aden was known as " The Gulf of Berbera ", named after the ancient Somali port city of Berbera on the south side of the gulf . However , as the city of Aden grew during the colonial era , the name of " Gulf of Aden " was popularised . The ancient Kingdom of Awsn in South Arabia ( modern ___MASK79___ ), with a capital at ajar Yairr in Wd Markhah , to the south of Wd Bayn , is now marked by a tell or artificial mound , which is locally named " ajar Asfal ". Once it was one of the most important small kingdoms of South Arabia . The city seems to have been destroyed in the 7th century BCE by the king and Mukarrib of Saba ' Karab El Watar , according to a Sabaean text that reports the victory in terms that attest to its significance for the Sabaeans . The Warsangali Sultanate was a Somali imperial ruling house centered in northeastern and in some parts of southeastern ___MASK88___ . It was one of the largest sultanates ever established in the territory , and , at the height of its power , included the Sanaag region and parts of the northeastern Bari region of the country , an area historically known as Maakhir or the " Maakhir Coast ". The Sultanate was founded in the late 13th century in northern ___MASK88___ by a group of Somalis from the Warsangali branch of the Darod clan , and was ruled by the descendants of the Garaad Dhidhin . In the late 19th century , the influential Sultan Mohamoud Ali Shire governed the Sultanate , assuming control during some of its most turbulent years . The Akil Dhahar ruled south of Sanaag and some portions of the Bari region . In 1884 , the United Kingdom established the protectorate of British Somaliland through various treaties with the northern Somali sultanates , including the Warsangali Sultanate . The Bab - el - Mandeb ( Arabic : , " Gate of Tears ") or Mandeb Strait is a strait located between ___MASK79___ on the Arabian Peninsula , and Djibouti and ___MASK59___ in the Horn of Africa . It connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden . ___MASK79___ ('), officially known as the Republic of ___MASK79___ ('), is an ___MASK46___ country in Western Asia , occupying South Arabia , the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula . ___MASK79___ is the second - largest country in the peninsula , occupying 527 , 970 km ( 203 , 850 sq mi ). The coastline stretches for about 2 , 000 km ( 1 , 200 mi ). It is bordered by ___MASK14___ to the north , the Red Sea to the west , the Gulf of Aden and Arabian Sea to the south , and ___MASK4___ to the east - northeast . Although ___MASK79___ ' s constitutionally stated capital is the city of Sana ' a , the city has been under rebel control since February 2015 . Because of this , ___MASK79___ ' s capital has been temporarily relocated to the port city of Aden , on the southern coast . ___MASK79___ ' s territory includes more than 200 islands ; the largest of these is Socotra . A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary - mass object , such as ___MASK45___ , that allows hot lava , volcanic ash , and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface . ___MASK88___ ( '), officially the Federal Republic of ___MASK88___ , 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 . ___MASK88___ 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 . Bosaso (', formerly known as Bandar Qasim ) is a city in ___MASK88___ , and the most populous city in the state of Puntland . Bosaso according to an estimate made in 2005 had a population of around 164 , 906 residents , and it is the seat of Bosaso District in the Bari Administrative Region . First settled in the 14th century , it is among the oldest cities in ___MASK88___ . It currently serves as the nation ' s main seaport and most important city of the regional state of puntland .