Laascaanood: facts

At a glance

• Country: Somalia
• Region: Sool
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 60,100
• Coordinates: 8.4774° N, 47.3597° E
• Time zone: Africa/Mogadishu (UTC+03:00)
• Currency: Shilling (SOS)
• Distance to the capital, Mogadishu: 750 km (466 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Garowe Airport (GGR): 133 km (83 mi), straight line
• Galcaio Airport (GLK): 189 km (117 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Xidhxidh: 42 km (26 mi)
• Yagoori: 53 km (33 mi)
• Wadh: 64 km (40 mi)
• Holhol: 68 km (42 mi)
• Widhwidh: 72 km (45 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Cabudwaaq, 278 km (173 mi)