Bakool

Region of Somalia

Region in South West, Somalia

Bakool Bokool
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Location in Somalia.
Coordinates: low · 14th of 18

Bakool (Somali: Bakool, Maay: Bokool, Arabic: بكول) is a region (gobol) in southwestern Somalia.^[3]

Overview

It is bordered by the Somali regions of Hiiraan, Bay and Gedo.

Bakool, like Gedo and Bay, as well as most parts of the Jubbada Dhexe (Middle Juba) region, used to be a part of the old Upper Region, which was subdivided in the mid-1980s. It has its capital at Hudur.

In March 2014, Somali Armed Forces assisted by an Ethiopian battalion with AMISOM re-captured the Bakool province's capital Hudur from the Al-Shabaab militant group.^[4] The offensive was part of an intensified military operation by the allied forces to remove the insurgent group from the remaining areas in southern Somalia under its control.^[5]

Districts

The Bakool region consists of five districts:^[6]^[a]

El Barde District
Hudur District
Rabdhure District
Tiyeglow District
Wajid District
Yed District

Major towns

Notes

^ Some sources list Rabdhure, others Yed

References

^ "Somalia: Subdivision and cities". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
^ "Somalia". The World Factbook. Langley, Virginia: Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
^ "Somalia: Federal Govt, Ethiopian forces liberate strategic town of Hudur". Garowe Online. 7 March 2014. Archived from the original on 8 March 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
^ "Somalia: Federal Govt, AMISOM troops clash with Al Shabaab". Garowe Online. 11 March 2014. Archived from the original on 11 March 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
^ "Regions, districts, and their populations: Somalia 2005 (Draft)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-07-28.

External links

Administrative map of Bakool Region

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History

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Land of Punt
Walashma dynasty
Adal Sultanate
Ajuran Empire
Sultanate of the Geledi
Isaaq Sultanate
Majeerteen Sultanate
Sultanate of Hobyo
Warsangali Sultanate
Dervish movement
Italian Somaliland
British Somaliland
Trust Territory of Somaliland
Ogaden War
Somaliland War of Independence (1981–1991)
Isaaq genocide
Rebellion (1986–1992)
Piracy
Civil War
- Ethiopian intervention (2006–2009)
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