The railway connected the capital city Mogadishu with Afgooye, and subsequently with Villaggio Duca degli Abruzzi – usually called "Villabruzzi" (present-day...
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Rail transport in Somalia (redirect from Railway stations in Somalia)
Railway transport in Somalia consisted of the erstwhile Mogadishu–Villabruzzi Railway and secondary tracks. The system was built during the 1910s by the...
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Jowhar (redirect from Villabruzzi)
build dams, roads, a railway, schools, hospitals, a church and a mosque. The village called Villaggio Duca degli Abruzzi (or Villabruzzi) was founded as an...
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were three flights a week that continued to Mogadishu, capital of Italian Somalia. The most important railway line in the African colonies of the Kingdom...
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All railway stations in Italian Somaliland were served by the Mogadishu–Villabruzzi Railway of 114 kilometres (71 mi). The railway stations in Somalia...
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Mogadishu Cathedral (Italian: Cattedrale di Mogadiscio) is a ruined Catholic cathedral located in Mogadishu, Somalia. Between 1928 and 1991, it served...
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Massaua, Addis Ababa and Mogadishu and Addis Ababa - Assab. 900 km of railways were reconstructed or initiated (like the railway between Addis Ababa and...
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colonial administrators. The King then traveled to Villabruzzi on 5 November and then returned to Mogadishu, where he celebrated his 65th birthday on 11 November...
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only the coastal areas. Between 1911 and 1912, over 1,000 Somalis from Mogadishu, the then capital of Italian Somaliland, served in combat units along...
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village on 18 March 1933. The Mogadishu-Villabruzzi Railway was initially built for the surrounding area of Mogadishu (Mogadiscio in Italian), after...
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railways were also built, such as the Mogadishu-Villabruzzi Railway (Italian: Ferrovia Mogadiscio-Villabruzzi). During the first half of 1940, there...
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List of countries by rail transport network size (redirect from List of countries by size of railway network)
electrified lengths of the following railways: Amtrak (735 km), Deseret Power Railway (53 km), Iowa Traction Railway (9 km), Long Island Rail Road (237...
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Architecture Infrastructure Mogadishu–Villabruzzi Railway Ethio-Djibouti Railways Eritrean Railway Asmara-Massawa Cableway Railway stations in Eritrea Rail...
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Light Railway Bandraboua Vittorio di Africa Southern Fuegian Railway Narrow-gauge railways of France Eritrean Railway Mogadishu–Villabruzzi Railway Saint-Élie...
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population of 46,720 residents. It is inhabited by Abgaal . Mogadishu-Villabruzzi Railway Chiesi, Gustavo (1909). La colonizzazione Europea nell'Est Africa...
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Transport in Somalia (section Railways)
the erstwhile Mogadishu-Villabruzzi Railway, which ran from Mogadishu to Jowhar (then called Villaggio Duca degli Abruzzi). This railway was 114 km in...
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reparations. Iron towers that remained were scrapped in the 1980s. Eritrean Railway Italian Eritrea The Eritrean cableway (in Italian) La teleferica Massaua-Asmara...
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colonisers set up various infrastructure projects, most notably roads and railways. Archeology was another important feature of the Italian presence in Tripolitania...
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List of track gauges (redirect from List of railway gauges)
of railway track gauges by size. A gauge is measured between the inner faces of the rails. For ridable miniature railways and minimum gauge railways, the...
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claim the provinces now held by Italy. Negotiations with the French over a railway brought things to a head: the Italian—but not Amharic—version of the Treaty...
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powered sugar cane could be transported to the Mogadishu Port. Eritrean Railway Mogadishu-Villabruzzi Railway Ferrovie dello Stato Astuto 1941, p. 30. S....
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212–22 online. Tripodi, Paolo (1999). Colonial Legacy in Somalia: Rome & Mogadishu from Colonial Administration to Operation Restore Hope, covers 19th century...
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most important were the coastal road between Tripoli and Benghazi, the railways Benghazi-Barce and Benghazi-Soluch, and the enlargement of the Port of...
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Decauville (redirect from Decauville railway)
railways Mogadishu-Villabruzzi Railway extension Small, Charles S. (April 1971). "Decauville Locomotives in Australia". Australian Railway Historical Society...
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