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    Merca (Somali: Marka, Arabic: ماركا) is the capital city of the Lower Shebelle province of Somalia, a historic port city in the region. It is located...
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    A Merca is a municipality in the province of Ourense, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Terra de Celanova. "IGE...
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    Merca District (Somali: Degmada Merka) is a district of the southeastern Lower Shebelle (Shabeellaha Hoose) region in Somalia. Its capital lies at Merca...
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    Banadir resistance, also known as the Bimaal revolt, Merca revolt, or simply the Bimaal resistance, was a guerrilla war that lasted from the 1890s to 1924...
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    The Port of Merca (Somali: Dekada Marka, Italian: Porto di Merca) also known as Merca Port, is the official seaport of Merca, situated in southeastern...
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  • Moallim and Mao' Mo'allim; 1954 – 22 July 2013) was a Somali hospital cook and health worker from Merca who is the last person known to have been infected...
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  • HURDLES OVERTURNED TO CLAIM GOLD AT PAN AM GAMES... Olympics.com - Paul Merca "Oregon22 | WCH 22 | World Athletics". Gianna Woodruff 2015 roster Washington...
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    inhabits and in the NEP region of Kenya. The Bimal are the dominant clan in Merca district of Lower Shabelle region and make up the majority in Jammaame district...
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    capital was Mogadishu. Its capital is now Merca. Lower Shabelle Region is divided into Nineteen Districts: Merca Minicipality (Capital City) Afgooye District...
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  • Marca, Sălaj, a commune in Sălaj County, Romania Marca, a tributary of the Barcău in Sălaj County, Romania an alternative name for Merca, Somalia Marca...
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  • Latino and Interscope Records. The album was produced by a wide array of producers such as Merca Bae, Caleb Calloway, Nely "el Arma Secreta", Scott Storch...
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  • clan, the major clan of Merca was rebelling against the Geledi Sultanate and had refused to participate in the Bardera campaign a few years prior. Sheikh...
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    Sheikh Hussein was a 13th-century Somali Muslim proselytizer who lived in Ethiopia and was from the famous port town of Merca in Somalia, one of the power...
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    the city-states and republics of Merca, Mogadishu, Barawa, Hobyo and their respective ports flourished and had a lucrative foreign commerce with ships...
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    Murusade (section Merca)
    as Merca and the lower Shabelle valley. Of particular note is Merca, which is specifically identified as the "capital of Hawiye country," boasting a multitude...
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  • "Aden A. Osman, 99; first president of independent Somalia". Los Angeles Times. 10 June 2007. Retrieved 9 October 2013. Janaale Port of Merca Genale...
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    Police FC until 2013) is a Somali football club based in Horseed, a district of Merca. The club was founded in the Port of Merca in 1950 by descendants...
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    those of Osman Atto for control of the port of Merca as well as strategic areas in Mogadishu. Fighting in Merca eventually ended after elders intervened, but...
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  • Portfolio". Grand Tabak. Retrieved 2023-11-12. "Alain Delon a-t-il une marque de cigarettes à son nom en Asie?". Libération. Retrieved 2023-11-12. "Adlon...
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    the center of a thriving weaving industry known as toob benadir (specialized for the markets in Egypt and Syria), together with Merca and Barawa also...
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    people in Merca are primarily based in the oldest part of the city, Saraha and Aw Balle. Much like Mogadishu the Benadiri clans in Merca also have a huge presence...
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    eventually transformed into Islamic Mogadishu, Berbera, Zeila, Barawa, Hafun and Merca, which were part of the Berberi civilization. The city of Mogadishu came...
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    (Garbahaarreey) Hiiraan (Beledweyn) Lower Juba (Kismayo) Lower Shabelle (Merca) Middle Juba (Bu'ale) Middle Shebelle (Jowhar) Mudug (Galkayo) Nugal (Garowe)...
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    militia and clan that has controlled Merca since 1993, whether the Somali National Alliance (SNA) controlled Merca, and whether the SNA recruited people...
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    town Mogadishu, but also the port towns of Barawe and Merca. In the late 19th century, through a succession of treaties with these kingdoms, the Italian...
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    century by Al-Idrisi, occupying the regions spanning from Ras Hafun to Merca, which served as their capital. Presently, the Hawiye reside in central...
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    indigenous smallpox (Variola minor) was diagnosed in Ali Maow Maalin, a hospital cook in Merca, Somalia, on 26 October 1977. The last naturally occurring case...
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    stage and film actress, poet and author who frequently uses the pen name Merca. Initially associated with the burgeoning Estonian punk rock scene of the...
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    Italian Somaliland (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    territory in the 1880s through a series of protection treaties. Starting in the 1890s, the Bimaal and Wa'dan revolts near Merca marked the beginning of Somali...
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    formats, differentiated by size and the range of products sold. Tandy or Merca Mas is the name given to Froiz's franchised convenience stores. Froiz is...
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