User:Garycrobinson/Sandbox/Gazetteers/Somalia

Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * Area handbook for Somalia Irving Kaplan, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1969
 * Biggest Cities In Somalia at WorldAtlas
 * Biggest Industries In Somalia at WorldAtlas
 * Cities in Somalia at Wikipedia
 * Cities in Somalia by population at Wikipedia
 * Demographics of Somalia at Wikipedia
 * Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in Somalia at FallingRain
 * Facts and figures about Somalia at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer - Index of places Somalia at Places in the world
 * List of Somalia Locations at GeoNames
 * Major Rivers Of Somalia at WorldAtlas
 * Maps Of Somalia at WorldAtlas
 * NIS Gazetteer - Ethiopia, Eritrea, and the Somalilands at Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading Room
 * Population of Cities in Somalia 2023 at World Population Review
 * Outline of Somalia at Wikipedia
 * Religion in Somalia at Wikipedia
 * Religions Practiced In Somalia at WorldAtlas
 * Rivers of Somalia at Wikipedia
 * Schools in Somalia at Wikipedia
 * Somalia Cities Database at SimpleMaps
 * Somalia: Division (Pre-War Regions and Districts) - Population at City Population
 * Somalia Factbook at CIA The World Factbook
 * Somalia: Federal States, Major Cities & Towns - Population Statistics at City Population
 * Tallest Mountains In Somalia at WorldAtlas
 * Universities in Somalia at Wikipedia

Print Only Gazetteers

 * Gazetteer of Somalia : names approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names Charles L. Burgett, Charles M. Heyda, Defense Mapping Agency, Washington, D.C., 1982

Why Use Gazetteers
A gazetteer is a dictionary of place-names. Gazetteers list or describe towns and villages, parishes, states, populations, rivers and mountains, and other geographical features. They usually include only the names of places that existed at the time the gazetteer was published. Within a specific geographical area, the place-names are listed in alphabetical order, similar to a dictionary. You can use a gazetteer to locate the places where your family lived and to determine the civil and religious jurisdictions over those places.

There are many places within a country with similar or identical place-names. You will need to use a gazetteer to identify the specific town where your ancestor lived, the state the town was or is in, and the jurisdictions where records about the person was kept.

Gazetteer Contents
Gazetteers may also provide additional information about towns, such as:
 * Different religious denominations
 * Schools, colleges, and universities
 * Major manufacturers, canals, docks, and railroad stations
 * The population size.
 * Boundaries of civil jurisdiction.
 * Ecclesiastical jurisdiction(s)
 * Longitude and latitude.
 * Distances and direction from other from cities.
 * Schools, colleges, and universities.
 * Denominations and number of churches.
 * Historical and biographical information on some individuals (usually high-ranking or famous individuals)