Hargeisa War Memorial

Hargeisa War Memorial
Location Freedom Square, Independence Avenue, Hargeisa, Somaliland
Type Monument
Dedicated to casualties during aerial bombardment of Hargeisa in 1988

The Hargeisa War Memorial is a monument in Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland, a self-declared republic that is internationally recognized as an autonomous region of Somalia.[1][2][3][4][5] The memorial was set up to commemorate Somaliland's breakaway attempt in the 1980s, and is a symbol of struggle for some of the people of this province.[6]

Description

The memorial is located in Hargeisa's Freedom Square. It consists of a MiG-17 fighter aircraft of the Somali Air Force, which crashed nearby. The fresco underneath shows a woman holding the flag of Somaliland looking towards the sky in hope.[7]

References

  1. ↑ BBC:Somaliland profile
  2. ↑ "The Transitional Federal Charter of the Somali Republic" (PDF). University of Pretoria. 1 February 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 18, 2008. Retrieved 2 February 2010. "The Somali Republic shall have the following boundaries. (a) North; Gulf of Aden. (b) North West; Djibouti. (c) West; Ethiopia. (d) South south-west; Kenya. (e) East; Indian Ocean."
  3. ↑ Philip Briggs (2012). Somaliland. Bradt Travel Guides. pp. 92–. ISBN 978-1-84162-371-9.
  4. ↑ Stuart Butler; Dean Starnes (2009). Ethiopia & Eritrea. Lonely Planet. pp. 276–. ISBN 978-1-74104-814-8.
  5. ↑ Lonely Planet; Jean-Bernard Carillet; Tim Bewer; Stuart Butler (1 May 2013). Lonely Planet Ethiopia, Djibouti & Somaliland. Lonely Planet. pp. 513–. ISBN 978-1-74321-647-7.
  6. ↑ "Close Residents of Somaliland sit under a war memorial of a MiG fighter jet in the centre of town in Hargeisa". Reuters. 19 May 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  7. ↑ Badawi, Zeinab (26 January 2011). "Somalia: 20 years of anarchy". BBC News. Retrieved 7 October 2014.

See also

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