Largest cities or towns in Somalia
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| Rank | Name | Region | Pop. | Rank | Name | Region | Pop. | ||
 Mogadishu  Hargeisa |
1 | Mogadishu | Banaadir | 2,610,000[1] | 11 | Afgooye | Lower Shebelle | 135,012[2] |  Bosaso  Galkayo |
| 2 | Hargeisa | Woqooyi Galbeed | 1,127,000[1] | 12 | Beledweyne | Hiran | 144,345[2] | ||
| 3 | Bosaso | Bari | 164,906[2] | 13 | Goldogob | Mudug | 40,433[2] | ||
| 4 | Galkayo | Mudug | 137,667[2] | 14 | Garowe | Nugal | 57,991[2] | ||
| 5 | Merca | Lower Shebelle | 192,939[2] | 15 | Jowhar | Middle Shebelle | 218,027,100[2] | ||
| 6 | Jamame | Lower Juba | 129,149[2] | 16 | Bardera | Gedo | 106,172[2] | ||
| 7 | Borama | Awdal | 215,616[2] | 17 | Qardho | Bari | 60,825[2] | ||
| 8 | Kismayo | Lower Juba | 166,667[2] | 18 | Erigavo | Sanaag | 114,846[2] | ||
| 9 | Baidoa | Bay | 227,761[2] | 19 | Luuq | Gedo | 62,703[2] | ||
| 10 | Burao | Togdheer | 288,211[2] | ||||||
