Sacadin

Sa'ad ad-Din island

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Geography
Location	Somalia
Coordinates	From 11°26′11″N43°27′46″E / 11.4363°N 43.4629°E / 11.4363; 43.4629 to 11°21′N43°28′E / 11.350°N 43.467°E / 11.350; 43.467
Archipelago	Zeila Archipelago
Administration
Somalia
Demographics
Ethnic groups	Uninhabited [1]

Sacadin is the largest of the six Somalia islands of the Zeila Archipelago, off the coast of Somalia. ^[2] It has an area of 7.2 square kilometers (about 720 hectares) and is mostly desert, although 2 portions of the island have abundant vegetation. It is 11.5 kilometers long and is located 5.4 kilometers north of the coast of Somalia, near the border with Djibouti.

Its surface area is comparatively larger than that of Gibraltar and 3 times that of Monaco.

See also

• Administrative divisions of Somalia
• Regions of Somalia
• Districts of Somalia

• Aibat

• Somalia portal

References

1. [Philip Briggs https://books.google.com/books?id=M6NI2FejIuwC&pg=PA154&lpg=PA154&dq=Sa%27ad+ad-Din+Islands&source=bl&ots=pcZDCLGxdj&sig=1XbocDUyly-3A_sHByX9VUp_DbU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjSlfPE7ZfOAhUS8mMKHXI0ACwQ6AEIXTAM#v=onepage&q=Sa'ad%20ad-Din%20Islands&f=false "Somalia: With Addis Ababa & Eastern Ethiopia"] "Brandt Guides". Retrieved Jul 29, 2016.
2. Kemp, Jeremy (April 2001). "Survey design for Proposed Marine Protected Areas" (PDF): 20, 29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-11. Retrieved 2018-05-27.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

11°26′06″N43°27′47″E / 11.435°N 43.463°E / 11.435; 43.463