- On the way out of Hargeisha, travellers by plane must take a 3-hour
bus to Berbera to get to Somaliland’s only functional airport. Upon
arrival in Berbera, the majestic coastline grabs your attention. The
presence of numerous ships at sea perplexes those with a
Mogadishu-perspective of Somaliland.
Somaliland has a coastline to the north along the Gulf of Aden that
covers more than 850 km (over 520 miles). The Somaliland Administration
through the Berbera Port Authority (BPA) owns and operates the Port of
Berbera. The former Soviet Union built the port as a military base and a
challenge to the influence of the U.S. and its allies in the Horn of
Africa in the 1960s.
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