Karan, Mogadishu

Kaaraan Neighbourhood is a neighbourhood in the southeastern Banaadir region of Somalia. One of the oldest settlements in Mogadishu, it is bordered by Shibis, Yaqshid, Abdiaziz, Huriwa and the Indian Ocean.
Kaaraan is subdivided into six sub-divisions: Jabuuti, Wajeer, Faanoole, Nageyle, Jamhuuriya and Arjantiin.
The Karan Neighbourhood local authority offices were rehabilitated in 2013, after they had been destroyed in fighting between African [Union Mission to Somalia|AMISOM] troops and Al-Shabaab, a militant was designated as extreminst terrorist group.