 Mogadishu ( / ˌmɔːɡəˈdiːʃuː / ; Somali : Muqdisho ; Arabic : مقديشو Maqadīshū ) , known locally as Hamar , is the capital and most populous city of Somalia . Located in the coastal Banaadir region on the Indian Ocean , the city has served as an important port for millennia . As of 2015 , it had a population of 2 @,@ 120 @,@ 000 residents . 
 Mogadishu ( / ˌmɔːɡəˈdiːʃuː / ; Somali : Muqdisho ; Arabic : مقديشو Maqadīshū ) , known locally as Hamar , <a href='drop_aux' title='1'><mark>is</mark></a>the capital and most populous city of Somalia . Located in the coastal Banaadir region on the Indian Ocean , the city <a href='been_done' title='2'><mark>has</mark></a> served as an important port for millennia . As of 2015 , it had a population of 2 @,@ 120 @,@ 000 residents . 
Mogadishu ( / ˌmɔːɡəˈdiːʃuː / ; Somali : Muqdisho ; Arabic : مقديشو Maqadīshū ) , known locally as Hamar , the capital and most populous city of Somalia . Located in da coastal Banaadir region on the Indian Ocean , the city done served as an important port fir millennia . As of 2015 , it had a population of 2 @,@ 120 @,@ 000 residents .