Awdheegle

Awdheegle
Awdhegele
Populated town
Awdheegle
Location in Somalia.
Coordinates: 01°58′N 044°50′E / 1.967°N 44.833°E / 1.967; 44.833Coordinates: 01°58′N 044°50′E / 1.967°N 44.833°E / 1.967; 44.833
Country  Somalia
Region Lower Shabelle
Time zone UTC+3 (EAT)

Awdheegle (also Awdhegele) is a town in the Lower Shabelle region in southern Somalia with about 19,000 inhabitants. It is located west of Mogadishu on the Shebelle River.

As of 9 March 2016, the town is controlled by the al-Shabaab Islamist militant group.[1]

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