Lower Shabelle
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Lower Shabelle
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| Country |  Somalia |
| Regional State |  South West |
| Capital | Merca |
| Government | |
| • Type | Federal State |
| • Governor | Mohamed Ibrahim Barre[1] |
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| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
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| ISO 3166 code | SO-SH[3] |
| HDI (2021) | 0.323[4] Page Template:Color/styles.css has no content.low · 10th of 18 |
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Lower Shabelle (Template:Langx,[5] Template:Langx, Template:Langx, Template:Langx) is an administrative region (gobol) in southern Somalia.[6]
Geography
Lower Shabelle is bordered by the regions of Banaadir, Middle Shabelle (Shabeellaha Dhexe), Hiran, Bay, and 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. Merca is now the Lower Shabelle capital.
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
- Elasha Biyaha
- Qoryoley
- Barawa
- Awdheegle
- Wanlaweyn
- Sablale
- Jannaale
- Mubaarak
- Buulo Mareer
- Gobanle
- Jilib Merca
- Kunyo Barrow
- Daarusalam
Siyaame
Violence in Golweyn
On 30 July 2017, an AMISOM convoy was ambushed by al-Shabaab insurgents, killing and wounding several Ugandan soldiers.[7]
Eight children were killed and dozens were wounded when a bomb exploded in Golweyn on 31 January 2021.[8]
Notes
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."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.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Somalia: Subdivision and cities". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."ISO 3166 — Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions". International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Retrieved 3 February 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ GeoNames Search
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Somalia". The World Factbook. Langley, Virginia: Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 9 January 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Somalia: Military convoy targeted in roadside bomb attack in Lower Shabelle". Garowe Online. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Somalia's al-Shabab rebels attack hotel in the capital city". ABC News. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
External links
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