Dhobley, formerly known as Liboi-Somalia, is a border town in the Lower Juba region of southwestern Somalia, immediately alongside the border with Kenya. Settled only in the 1970s, its position on the border has made it the second-largest town in Jubaland State after the state capital, Kismayo. It lies about 15 kilometers northeast of the Kenyan town of Liboi, which has a population of about 100,000.
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Founding Year Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. GeoNames: Dhobley
2. Wikipedia: Dhobley (Lower Juba Region)
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It is located immediately along the Kenya border. Having been settled only in the 1970s, its strategic location along the border has since made it the second largest city in the Jubaland State after Kismayo, the State capital.
- In Group: Cities of Eastern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source3. Dhobley (Lower Juba Region) (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)Quote, P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 0.40975, longitude 41.008014
4. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 0.4098,41.008
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevationQuote, results elevation
"elevation": 78.0
5. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 0.25, 41.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 0.25, 41.25
0.25 41.25 BSh
6. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, africa zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Africa/Nairobi; SO has this one zone in zone1970.tabQuote, Zone Africa/Nairobi; SO has this one zone in zone1970.tab
Zone Africa/Nairobi 2:27:16 - LMT 1908 May ... 2:45 - %z 1942 Jul 31 24:00 3:00 - EAT
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