Lower Shabelle ( so, Shabeellaha Hoose,
Maay: ''Shibelithy Hoosy'', ar, شبيلي السفلى, it, Basso Scebeli) is an administrative region (''
gobol'') in southern
Somalia
Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constitut ...
.
Geography
Lower Shabelle is bordered by the regions of
Banaadir,
Middle Shabelle (Shabeellaha Dhexe),
Hiran,
Bay
A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a Gulf (geography), gulf, sea, sound (geography), sound, or bight (geogra ...
,
Middle Jubba (Jubbada Dhexe) and by the Somali Sea. It is named after the
Shebelle River
The Shebelle River ( so, Webi Shabeelle, ar, نهر شبيلي, am, እደላ) begins in the highlands of Ethiopia, and then flows southeast into Somalia towards Mogadishu. Near Mogadishu, it turns sharply southwest, where it follows the coast. ...
, which passes through it.
Until 1984, when the regions were reassigned, it was part of the larger
Benadir region and its capital was
Mogadishu
Mogadishu (, also ; so, Muqdisho or ; ar, مقديشو ; it, Mogadiscio ), locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and most populous city of Somalia. The city has served as an important port connecting traders across the Indian Oc ...
. Its capital is now
Merca.
Districts
Lower Shabelle Region is divided into eleven districts:
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Afgooye District
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Barawa District
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Kurtunwarrey District
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Merca District
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Qoryooley District
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Sablaale District
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Wallaweyn District
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Awdheegle District
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Jannaale District
* Shalambood District
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Buulo marer District
Major towns
Major towns include
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Afgooye
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Merca
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Qoryoley
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Barawa
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Awdheegle
Awdheegle (also Awdhegele) is a town in the Lower Shabelle region in southern Somalia
Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Feder ...
*
Wanlaweyn
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Sablale
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Jannaale
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Mubaarak
Mubaarak (Somali: Mubarak, Arabic: مبارك, Romanized: Mubārak) is a town under the Governorate of Merca (Marka, Marca, Merka) City Mainland. The Shebelle River (Webi Shabeelie) flows through the east of Mubaarak. The Shabelle River flow ...
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Buulo Mareer
Bulo Marer ( so, Buulo Mareer), also written as Bulomarer, is a town in the southwestern Lower Shebelle region of Somalia. It was a base of Al-Shabaab, and was the site of an ill-fated 2013 military operation during which French commandos attemp ...
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Gobanle
Gobanle ( so, Goobaanle) is a town located in Somalia Lower Shabelle region. It is located at 56 km (35 mi) North of Wanlaweyn
Wanlaweyn (Maay: ''Wanliwiing'') is a town in the southern Lower Shebelle region of Somalia. Situated around 90km ...
*
Gendershe
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Daarusalam
Violence in Golweyn
On 30 July 2017, an
AMISOM convoy was
ambushed by
al-Shabaab insurgents, killing and wounding several
Ugandan soldiers
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.
Eight children were killed and dozens were wounded when a bomb exploded in Golweyn on 31 January 2021.
Notes
External links
Administrative map of Lower Shabelle
Regions of Somalia
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