'''Hargeisa''' (;  , ) is the capital and largest city of Somaliland, and the second largest city in Greater Somalia after Mogadishu. It is located in the Maroodi Jeex region of the Horn of Africa.  It succeeded Berbera as the capital of the British Somaliland Protectorate in 1941. The city also served as the second capital of the Isaaq Sultanate during the mid-to-late 19th century.