Yed | |
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| Country |  Somalia |
| Region | Bakool |
| Capital | Yed |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
Yed District (Somali : Degmada Yeed) also known as Yeed District is a district of the southwestern Bakool region of Somalia. Its capital is Yed.
Yed | |
|---|---|
| Country | Somalia |
| Region | Bakool |
| Capital | Yed |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
Yed District (Somali : Degmada Yeed) also known as Yeed District is a district of the southwestern Bakool region of Somalia. Its capital is Yed.
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Epsilon Ophiuchi or ε Ophiuchi, formally named Yed Posterior, is a red giant star in the constellation of Ophiuchus. Located less than five degrees south of the celestial equator in the eastern part of the constellation, it forms a naked eye optical double with Delta Ophiuchi. With an apparent visual magnitude of 3.220, the star can be seen with the naked eye from most of the Earth under suitably dark skies. Parallax measurements yield an estimated distance of 106.4 light-years from the Sun.
Delta Ophiuchi, formally named Yed Prior, is a star in the constellation of Ophiuchus. It forms a naked-eye optical double with Epsilon Ophiuchi. The apparent visual magnitude is 2.75, making this a third-magnitude star and the fourth-brightest in the constellation. Parallax measurements from the Hipparcos spacecraft yield a distance estimate of approximately 171 light-years from the Sun.
Somalia is officially divided into 18 administrative regions. These are in turn subdivided into seventy-two districts
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Yeed, also spelled Yed, is a town in the southwestern Bakool region of Somalia. It is situated in the Yed District.
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