Hawle Wadag District

Hawle Wadag District (Somali: Degmada Howlwadaag) is a district in the central Banaadir region of Somalia. A neighborhood in north-central Mogadishu, the Bakaara Market is located here.

Hawle Wadag
Coordinates: 2.0333°N 45.3500°E / 2.0333; 45.3500
Country Somalia
RegionBanaadir
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

In 2009 this region was an operation base by Al-Shabaab who harassed or attacked Amisom from here whose defensive line was at the Sayyid Hassan statue site.[1] This statue featured the Sayyid positioned on the Hiin Faniin, a Suleiman horse.[2][3]

References

  1. Al-Shabaab in Somalia: The History and Ideology of a Militant Islamist Group, Stig Jarle Hansen
  2. "Statue of Sayyid M. Abdullah Hassan – Somali Architecture". Somaliarchitecture.com. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
  3. Heart of a Stranger - Page 37, Nora Foster Stovel - 2003
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