Bandar Siyada
Qaw
Bandar Siyada | |
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Populated place | |
Town plan for Qaw (Bandar Siyada) | |
| Coordinates: 11°14′34″N 48°58′33″E / 11.24278°N 48.97583°E | |
| Country | Somalia |
| Region | Bari |
| Elevation | 8 m (26 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
Qaw (Somali: Qaw), also known as Bandar Siyada, is a populated place in the northeastern Bari region of Somalia.
Qaw is well developed town which deserved to be District but for some reasons it is still under bosaso District which is the part of the hypocrisy of Puntland state leaders situated in the Bosaso District of the autonomous Puntland region. The town was founded by early 14th century by the subclan of the majeerten, Maxamud Maxamed Harti(wabeneye). It hosts the main base of the Puntland Maritime Police Force.
For a while after the Somali civil war, it became a hub for smuggling, but since the establishment of the Puntland base in 2010, it has been relatively stable.