battle, Cold War

Battle of Hargeisa

Name: Battle of Hargeisa
Location: Somaliland

Battle of Hargeisa was a battle fought in 1988 in what is now Somaliland; it ran into the following year. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at its recorded location. It was part of Q110654542. The recorded result: SNM victory. Recorded strength: 500 men; 82 military vehicles against Unknown.

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Fought1988ran into the following year

WhereSomaliland9.566N, 44.061E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeSNM victory

BelligerentsSomali National MovementagainstSomali Democratic Republic

Casualties and losses50,000 killed (including civilians)and1 plane shot down

Part ofQ110654542

Where it sits in Q110654542

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Record

Date	1988 (year precision) to 1989
Place	Somaliland 9.566N, 44.061E
Kind	Battle, Cold War
Territorial change	SNM forces capture Hargeisa aside from the Hargeisa Airport
Strength	500 men; 82 military vehicles	Unknown
Casualties and losses	50,000 killed (including civilians)	1 plane shot down
Commanders	Ibrahim Degaweyne Abdillahi Askar Muse Bihi Abdi Hassan Yonis Habane	Mohammed Said Hersi Morgan Mohammed Hashi Gani Yusuf Tukeh

Placed at its recorded location; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

British attack on Berbera 1827, 143 km NE
Ual-Ual Incident 1934, 256 km S
Battle of Das 1332, 350 km NW
Siege of Aden 1513, 373 km N
Aden Expedition 1839, 373 km N

In the same war

Before: Battle of Cadaadley 1988

Elsewhere in 1988

Battle for Hill 3234 Afghanistan
Operation Praying Mantis United Arab Emirates
Johnson South Reef skirmish Vietnam
Operation Ramadan ul-Mubarak Iraq
Battle of Afabet Eritrea

Battle of Hargeisa is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q131626367, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Hargeisa (1988), revision 1377824854, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.