Adale
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Adale (Somali: Cadale; Italian: Adalei or Itala), also known as Cadaley, is a coastal town in the southern Middle Shabelle (Shabeellaha Dhexe) region of Somalia.
History
Adale was mentioned in the
During the pre-independence period in Italian Somaliland, the city was chosen by Vincenzo Filonardi as the headquarters of his newly created "Somalia Italiana". There was fierce anti-colonial resistance to this in Adale and around the surrounding areas that left 40 Abgaal men and 7 Italian men dead commemorated by a monument in Adale.[2]
On 3 October 2014 the town was liberated from the jihadist terrorist group Al-Shabaab by the Somalia National Army and AMISOM forces. Al-Shabaab had occupied the town for several years. According to AMISOM-sources Al-Shabaab did not mount any resistance because they had lost support from the public in Adale.[3]
Demographics
Adale has a population of around 14,600 inhabitants.[4] The broader Adale District has a total population of 46,720 residents.[5] It is inhabited by Abgaal .
See also
- Mogadishu-Villabruzzi Railway
Notes
- ^ Chiesi, Gustavo (1909). La colonizzazione Europea nell'Est Africa. Unione Tiopografico-Editrice Torinese. p. 390.
- ^ Abdulkadir Abiikar Hussien
- ^ See: Somalia National Army and AMISOM forces liberate Adale town in Middle Shabelle region, AMISOM Press Statement, 3 Oct. 2014. Accessed on 6 October 2014.
- ^ "Somalia City & Town Population". Tageo. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
- ^ "Regions, districts, and their populations: Somalia 2005 (draft)" (PDF). UNDP. Retrieved 21 September 2013.