Lower Shabelle
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Lower Shabelle
Shibelithy Hoosy Shabeellaha Hoose شبيلي السفلى Basso Scebeli | |
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| HDI (2021) | 0.323[3] low · 10th of 18 |
Lower Shabelle (
Arabic: شبيلي السفلى, Italian: Basso Scebeli) is an administrative region (gobol) in southern Somalia.[5]
Geography
Lower Shabelle is bordered by the regions of
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
. The BIMAL (DIR) dominate economically, politically, historically and they are majority.Districts
Lower Shabelle Region is divided into Nineteen Districts:
- Merca Minicipality (Capital City)
- Afgooye District
- Barawa District
- Kurtunwarrey District
- Jilib Merca District
- Danaane District
- Gondershe District
- Ceeljaalle District
- Lambar 50 District
- Qoryooley District
- Sablaale District
- Wanlaweyn District
- Awdheegle District
- Mubaarak District
- Bariire District
- Jannaale District
- Shalambood District
- Buul Golweyn District
- Buulo marer District
Major Cities
Major Cities include
- Merca
- Afgooye
- Qoryoley
- Barawa
- Awdheegle
- Wanlaweyn
- Sablale
- Jannaale
- Mubaarak
- Buulo Mareer
- Gobanle
- Jilib Merca
- Kunyo Barrow
- Daarusalam
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.