Bu'ale

Bu'ale (Somali: Bu'aale Arabic بالي) is an agricultural town in Southern Somalia, the capital of the Middle Juba region and the Capital city of the Jubaland State of Somalia.

Bu'ale بالي Bu'aale
Capital city of Jubaland
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Coordinates: 1°5′0″N 42°35′0″E / 1.08333°N 42.58333°E / 1.08333; 42.58333
Country	Somalia
State	Jubaland
Region	Jubbada Dhexe
Occupation	Al Shabaab
Government
• Control	Al-Shabaab
Area
• Total	30 km^2 (10 sq mi)
Population  (1999)
• Total	115,000
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)

History

Bu'ale was made the capital city for the Jubaland State of Somalia on 2 April 2013.^[1]

Since 2014 the town, along with Jilib and Jamame is under the control of militant Islamic extremist group Al-Shabaab.^[2]

References

1. . Archived from the original on 2013-04-04. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
2. "Al-Shabaab loses 8 Somali towns since Sept.: AMISOM". worldbulletin.dunyabulteni.net/ (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-02-13.

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