Merca

Merca, which lies south of Mogadishu, has a population of about 524,000 people. It can be situated about 70 miles to the southwest, near Mogadishu. The city was a significant hub for trade and commerce in Italian Somalia. Marka, another name for Merca, is a place around Mogadishu.

Essina is thought to have been the state that preceded Merca. It was once the city-state of the Proto-Somali emporium. It is described as one of several commercial ports on the Somali coast in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, a Greek trip account from the first century AD. The Periplus claims that residents in the Merca region were already in contact with other settlements along the Somali Sea coast through nautical trade.

Tourists frequently visit the beach in this lovely Somali city. Merca, one of the cities in Somalia, gained notoriety as a result of the Banana War. The fundamental cause of this conflict was a rivalry between two warlords who were competing for control of the city. Merca once served as a commercial centre for the export of bananas. Merca, sometimes known as Merka or Marka, is a region in southeast Somalia.