El Baraf, also written Ceel Baraf, is a town and district in the Middle Shabelle region of the Hirshabelle state of Somalia. It is a transportation hub at a junction of roads, and was under the effective control of Hirshabelle authorities until the 2025 Shabelle offensive.
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Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Wikipedia: El Baraf
en.wikipedia.org infobox settlement, population_total field (as of July 2021), read 2026-09-27
population_total='101630' population_as_of='July 2021'
- In Group: Cities of Eastern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source2. El Baraf (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)Quote, P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 3.207278, longitude 45.75875
3. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 3.2073,45.7588
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevationQuote, results elevation
"elevation": 122.0
4. 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 3.25, 45.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 3.25, 45.75
3.25 45.75 BWh
5. 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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