What is Mogadishu?
{{Infobox settlement | official_name = Mogadishu | native_name = مقديشو | image_skyline = | nickname = Xamar | image_flag = | image_caption = | image_seal = | image_map = Somalia&land map.png | mapsize = 250px | map_caption = Mogadishu's location in Somalia | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Somalia]] | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Banadir | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Omar Mohamud Mohamed | leader_title1 = [[Chief of police|Police chief]] | leader_name1 = Abdi Hasan Awale Qeybdiid | area_magnitude = | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | population_as_of = 2018 | population_urban = | population_note = | population_total = 4,950,000 | population_metro = | area_metro_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | population_density_km2 = | population_density_sq_mi = | timezone = [[East Africa Time|EAT]] | utc_offset = +2 | timezone_DST = [[East Africa Time|EAT]] | utc_offset_DST = +3 | coordinates = {{coord|2|02||N|45|21||E||display=title}} | website = | footnotes = }} '''Mogadishu''' ({{lang-so|Muqdisho}}) is the [[capital (city)|capital city]] of the [[Africa]]n [[country]] of [[Somalia]]. It is also the largest city in that country. It is located in the coastal [[Banadir]] region on the [[Somali Sea]]. The city has been an important [[harbor|port]] for the [[region]] for many [[century|centuries]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paginedidifesa.it/2005/termentini_050513.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105003933/http://www.paginedidifesa.it/2005/termentini_050513.html|archivedate=2013-11-05|title=Somalia, una nazione che non esiste|last=Termentini|first=Fernando|date=13 May 2005|access-date=24 December 2018}}</ref> Estimates of the city's [[population]] are between 4.9 and