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( Benadir)
Benadir (Somali Banaadir; Arabic ?????? Banadir, the Arabic broken plural of the Persian term, bandar, "moorage", "port") is a coastal region of Somalia. It covers most of the Indian Ocean coast of the country, from the Gulf of Aden to the Juba River, including the capital, Mogadishu. The name comes from Persian bandar, which means port, a fact that reflects the region's importance to Persian and Arab trade during the European Middle Ages. Benadir is known for a special breed of goats. The historical region gives its name to the current administrative region (gobolka) of Banaadir. The people of Benadir communities live in the Somali coast, such as Mogadishu, Merka, Brava and Kismayo on the Benadir coast of the Indian Ocean."Benadir" (also spelled Banadir) are a people with their roots in ancient Arabia, Persia, and south and central Asia. The name Benadir is derived from a Persian word which means "harbor" or "port", reflecting their origins as sea-faring traders and fishermen who crossed the Indian Ocean to the easternmost part of Africa and established centers of commerce which linked that continent with Asia. The Benadir very much view themselves as native and even founder of Somalia. The Benadir port city of Hamar eventually became Mogadishu, Somalia's capital. Benadiri are peace-loving people. The most fully documented of the early coastal settlements in Somalia points out that Mogadishu, capital and chief port of the Somalia Republic, was an ancient centre of the Muslim presence on the south coast 250 miles north east of the mouth of the Juba River.
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