Qoryoley (
Maay: ''Qornyooley'', so, Qoryooley, ar, قوريولي) is a city 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 ...
. It is located in the
Lower Shebelle
Lower Shabelle ( so, Shabeellaha Hoose, Maay: ''Shibelithy Hoosy'', ar, شبيلي السفلى, it, Basso Scebeli) is an administrative region ('' gobol'') in southern Somalia.
Geography
Lower Shabelle is bordered by the regions of Banaadi ...
region.
History
The District Mayor after the fall of the Siyad Government was Abdirahmaan Sheikh Mohamed Khadi (ShaamQoryoley), who was the youngest Mayor of all Somali Mayors in 2007, in the era of president
Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed. In 2018 a Somali government position in Qoryoley was attacked by
Al-Shabab militants, resulting in the deaths of two militants.
Demographics
Qoryoley has a population of around 62,700.
The broader
Qoriyoley District has a total population of 134,205.
References
External links
Qoryoley, Somalia
Populated places in Lower Shebelle
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