Lower Shabelle

Region in Somalia

Region in South West, Somalia

Lower Shabelle Shibelithy Hoosy Shabeellaha Hoose شبيلي السفلى Basso Scebeli
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Coordinates: low · 10th of 18

Lower Shabelle (Somali: Shabeellaha Hoose,^[4] Maay: Shibelithy Hoosy, Arabic: شبيلي السفلى, Italian: Basso Scebeli) is an administrative region (gobol) in southern Somalia.^[5]

Geography

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

Lower Shabelle Region is divided into Nineteen Districts:

Major Cities

Major Cities include

Violence in Golweyn

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

^ "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.
^ "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

Administrative map of Lower Shabelle

Somalia articles

History

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Chronology

Laas Geel
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)
- (2009–present)

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