Middle Shabelle
Middle Shabelle Shabeellaha Dhexe | |
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Region | |
Location in Southern Somalia. | |
Coordinates: 6°6′47″N 47°59′17″E / 6.11306°N 47.98806°ECoordinates: 6°6′47″N 47°59′17″E / 6.11306°N 47.98806°E | |
Country |
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Capital | Jowhar |
Government | |
• Governor | Ali Hussein Abdullah[1] |
Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
Middle Shabelle (Somali: Shabeellaha Dhexe[2],
Overview
It is bordered by the Somali regions of Galguduud, Hiran, Lower Shabelle (Shabellaha Hoose), and Banaadir, as well as the Indian Ocean.
As part of the former Benadir region, Middle Shabelle's capital was Mogadishu up until the mid-1980s, when the town of Jowhar became the capital. It is named after the Shebelle River that passes through this region.
Middle Shabelle is principally inhabited by various sub-clans of the Somali Mudulood clan; most notably the Abgaal. Other Mudulood subclans that reside in the region include the Udeejeen, Moobleen and Hiilebi, who live alongside the Galje'l and Hawadle.[4] There are also members of the non-Somali ethnic minority Bantu group (Kaboole).
The region supports livestock production, rain-fed and gravity irrigated agriculture and fisheries, with an annual rainfall between 150 and 500 millimeters covering an area of approximately 60,000 square kilometers. It has a 400 km coastline on the Indian Ocean.[5]
Districts
Middle Shabelle consists of four districts:
- Ruun Nirgood District]
- Bal'ad District
- Cadale District
- Jowhar District
- Warsheikh District
- Mahadaay Distract
Major towns
- BuuloCaano
- Golloleey
- War-ciise
- War-kulan
- Baka-jeex
- Doonshuule
- War-dhagax
- Aqab-duco
- Qallimow
- Adale
- Aadan-yabaal
- Balad
- Jowhar
- Warsheikh
- Mahadaay
- Run-nirgood
- Raaga-ceele
- Haji-cali
- Mir taqwo
- Cad-cadoy
- Ceel-baraf
- Ceel-dheere
- Cali-gaduud
- Faqa-yaale
- Baqdaad
- Bur-dacaar
- Geel-gub
- AL-kowsar
- Qoordheere
- Baarmaale
- Jameeco
- nurdugle
- wararahley
- Reydabley
References
- ↑ "News in Brief, 21st March 2014" (PDF). Embassy of The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
- ↑ GeoNames Search
- ↑ "Somalia". The World Factbook. Langley, Virginia: Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
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