What is "banadir"

Banadir or Benadir (, Banādir) is a coastal region in Somalia. It covers most of the country's central and southern seaboard opposite the Indian Ocean and up to the Juba River, including the capital Mogadishu. From 1885 onwards the Italians made treaties with local sultans on the Somalia northern coast, followed by leasing of ports on the southern coast (known as Benadir or 'Landing Places') in 1892. Italy assumed direct rule after a treaty in 1905. The historical region gives its name to the current administrative region ( gobol) of Banaadir, which is smaller and coextensive with Mogadishu.