page_title: Bosaso
section_title: Demographics
hierarchical_section_title: Bosaso / Demographics
caption_attribution_description: English: A residential area in Bosaso, Somalia.
context_page_description: Bosaso is a city in the northeastern Bari province of Somalia. It is the seat of the Bosaso District. Located on the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden, the municipality serves as the region's commercial capital and is a major seaport within the autonomous Puntland state.
  It has an estimated population of around 164,906 residents. The city has a diverse economy centred on education, government, banking, tourism, aviation, food, clothes, logistics, steel, energy, health care, hospitality, retail and technology. The area's many colleges and universities make it a regional hub of higher education, including law, medicine, engineering, business and entrepreneurship.
context_section_description: Bosaso's total population is estimated at around 164,906 residents (2005 est.). An additional 50,000 registered internally displaced people primarily from conflict-stricken parts of southern Somalia have also sought refuge in camps on the outskirts of the city.
  Furthermore, Bosaso is a major port for boats carrying emigrants from within the country as well as adjacent territories across the Gulf of Aden to settle (sometimes illegally) in the Persian Gulf states.
  While Bosaso today is a melting pot, with residents hailing from many different parts of Somalia, most of the city's population is from the Harti confederation of Darod sub-clans.
caption: A residential area in Bosaso
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