Lower Shabelle
Lower Shabelle (Somali: Shabeellaha Hoose,[4] Maay: Shibelithy Hoosy, Arabic: شبيلي السفلى, Italian: Basso Scebeli) is an administrative region (gobol) in southern Somalia.[5]
Lower Shabelle Shibelithy Hoosy Shabeellaha Hoose شبيلي السفلى Basso Scebeli | |
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| Flag Coat of arms | |
Location in Somalia | |
| Coordinates: 1°46′6″N 44°23′24″E / 1.76833°N 44.39000°E | |
| Country | Somalia |
| Regional State | South West |
| Capital | Merca |
| Government | |
| • Type | Federal State |
| • Governor | Mohamed Ibrahim Barre[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 25,285 km2 (9,763 sq mi) |
| Population (2019[2]) | |
| • Total | 1,218,700 |
| • Density | 48/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
| HDI (2021) | 0.323[3] low · 10th of 18 |
Geography edit
Lower Shabelle is bordered by the regions of Banaadir, Middle Shabelle (Shabeellaha Dhexe), Hiran, Bay, Middle Jubba (Jubbada Dhexe) and by the Somali Sea. It is named after the Shebelle River, which passes through it.
Until 1984, when the regions were reassigned, it was part of the larger Benadir region and its capital was Mogadishu. Its capital is now Merca. The BIMAL (DIR) dominate economically, politically, historically and they are majority.
Districts edit
Lower Shabelle Region is divided into Nineteen Districts:
- Merca Minicipality (Capital City)
- Afgooye District
- Barawa District
- Kurtunwarrey District
- Jilib Merca District
- Danaane District
- Gondershe District
- Ceeljaalle District
- Lambar 50 District
- Qoryooley District
- Sablaale District
- Wanlaweyn District
- Awdheegle District
- Mubaarak District
- Bariire District
- Jannaale District
- Shalambood District
- Buul Golweyn District
- Buulo marer District
Major Cities edit
Major Cities include
Violence in Golweyn edit
On 30 July 2017, an AMISOM convoy was ambushed by al-Shabaab insurgents, killing and wounding several Ugandan soldiers.[6]
Eight children were killed and dozens were wounded when a bomb exploded in Golweyn on 31 January 2021.[7]
Notes edit
- ^ (PDF). Embassy of The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
- ^ "Somalia: Subdivision and cities". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ GeoNames Search
- ^ "Somalia". The World Factbook. Langley, Virginia: Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
- ^ "Somalia: Military convoy targeted in roadside bomb attack in Lower Shabelle". Garowe Online. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ^ "Somalia's al-Shabab rebels attack hotel in the capital city". ABC News. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
External links edit
- Administrative map of Lower Shabelle