Banaadir

Coordinates: 2°2′59″N 45°15′44″E / 2.04972°N 45.26222°E / 2.04972; 45.26222
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Banaadir (

internally displaced persons) in 2014.[5]

The territorial extent and scope of the term Benaadir has varied in definition throughout its history, with medieval usage extending Benaadir to huge swaths of coast adjacent to Mogadishu stretching as far as hundreds of miles. The early modern period which extended the meaning of Benaadir to the interior midway towards the

Hirshabelle and to the southwest by South West
, and is the only Somali gobol (administrative region) which is both a municipality and a gobol known as a region.

Overview

The Banaadir region is bordered by the

Lower Shebelle
(Shabeellaha Hoose), as well as the Indian Ocean.

"Benaadir" is derived from the

Arabian peninsula and the Swahili coast.[6]

The name derives from the Persian bandar meaning ‘port’ or ‘harbour’.[7]

Its capital is Mogadishu, known locally as Xamar (pronounced: Hamar), although the administrative region itself is coextensive with the city. Benaadir is much smaller than the historical region of Benadir, which covered most of the country's central and southern seaboard opposite the

Juba River, including Mogadishu.[8]

Thabit M. Abdi was appointed mayor of Mogadishu and governor of Banaadir in 2017, succeeding Yusuf Hussein Jimale who held that post since November 2015.[9]

History

Political

Tradition and old records assert that southern Somalia, including the Mogadishu area, was inhabited by

Geledi Sultanate
's sphere of influence.

After the Somali Republic became independent in 1960, Mogadishu became known and promoted as the White Pearl of the Indian Ocean. After the ousting of the

Transitional Federal Government (2004–2012) and its African Union Mission to Somalia
allies. With a change in administration in late 2010, government troops and their military partners had succeeded in forcing out Al-Shabaab by August 2011. Mogadishu has then subsequently experienced a period of intense reconstruction.

Population

The 1,650,227 (as of 2014) residents of Benaadir are 50.7% female and come from 303,021 households.[5] It has the highest percentage of residents who are internally displaced persons among the regions of Somalia, because of its relative safety, economic opportunities and availability of resources.[5]

Districts

The Banaadir region consists of seventeen districts.[12] Warta Nabada District was previously known as Wardhigley District until it was officially renamed in 2012.[13] Kahda District was formed in 2013 and is still absent from most maps.[14]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Somalia: Subdivision and cities". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Somalia". The World Factbook. Langley, Virginia: Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  4. ^ Eno, Omar A., Mohamed A. Eno, and Dan Van Lehman. "Defining the problem in Somalia: perspectives from the southern minorities." Journal of the Anglo-Somali Society 47 (2010): 19-30.
  5. ^ a b c "Population Estimation Survey 2014 for the 18 Pre-War Regions of Somalia" (PDF). United Nations Population Fund. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  6. ISBN 978-0313378577
    . Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  7. ISBN 978-0-19-188291-3
    .
  8. ^ Le missioni cattoliche rivista quindicinale (in Italian). 1891.
  9. ^ "Thabit Abdi named as the new Mayor of Mogadishu". Hiiraan Online. 6 April 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  10. ISBN 978-0-85255-280-3. Archived
    from the original on 29 March 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  11. ^ Horn and Crescent Cultural Change and Traditional Islam on the East African Coast, by Randall L. Pouwels – Notes to Pages 37–40
  12. ^ Districts of Somalia
  13. ^ Somali president renames Mogadishu district to foster peace, SabahiOnline.com, 10 April 2012. Accessed on 23 October 2016.
  14. ^ See: "Somali Voices" Radio Program Connects Families, Fosters Dialogue on Tough Issues Archived 2016-04-16 at the Wayback Machine, Internews, 27 February 2014. Accessed on 7 October 2015.

External links

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