Baidoa, Somali Güncel Saati — EAT.

The siege of Baidoa was a military confrontation lasting from July 2008 to January 2009 during the Ethiopian occupation of Somalia, during which al-Shabaab laid siege to the headquarters of the Ethiopian backed Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG).

Distance-wise, Baidoa is closest to Dubai (~2,753 km), Singapore (~6,688 km), London (~6,736 km); Los Angeles is the far end at roughly 15,468 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.

Baidoa sits inside Somali — the Eastern Africa subregion, capital Mogadishu, languages Arabic, Somali, currency SOS (Sh).

Around Baidoa, the nearest mapped reference cities are Buurhakaba (59 km), Diinsoor (108 km), Luuq (145 km), Wanlaweyn (149 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for EAT planning.

Closest curated airport references from Baidoa: MGQ Mogadishu (221 km).

In 2015, A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.