Garbahare (also: Garbaharey) (, , ) is the capital of

Gedo Gedo (, , , or ''Ghedu'') is an administrative region ('' gobol'') in Jubaland, southern Somalia. Its regional capital is Garbahaarreey. The region was formed during 1974 and is bordered by the Ogaden in Ethiopia, the North Eastern Province ...

, an administrative region in southern

Somalia Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country in continental Africa. The country is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya to the southwest, th ...

. It is the third most populous city in the

region after Bardera and

Luuq Luuq (, , ) is a city in the southwestern Gedo province of Somalia. It is one of the older settlements in the area. It is the seat of the Luuq District. The town is located in a bend of the Ganana River, where the watercourse flows down from n ...

History

During the Middle Ages, Garbahare and its surrounding area were part of the Ajuran Empire that governed much of southern Somalia and eastern

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, with its domain extending from Hobyo in the north, to Qelafo in the west, to

Kismayo Kismayo (, , ; ) is a port city in the southern Lower Juba (Jubbada Hoose) province of Somalia. It is the commercial capital of the autonomous Jubaland region. The city is situated southwest of the capital Mogadishu, near the mouth of the Jub ...

in the south.Lee V. Cassanelli, ''The shaping of Somali society: reconstructing the history of a pastoral people, 1600-1900'', (University of Pennsylvania Press: 1982), p.102. In the early modern period, the Garbahare area was ruled by the

Geledi Sultanate The Sultanate of the Geledi (, ) also known as the Gobroon dynasty,Somali Sultanate: The Geledi City-state Over 150 Years - Virginia Luling (2002) Page 229 was a Somali people, Somali kingdom that ruled parts of the Horn of Africa during the late ...

. The kingdom was eventually incorporated into the

Italian Somaliland Italian Somaliland (; ; ) was a protectorate and later colony of the Kingdom of Italy in present-day Somalia, which was ruled in the 19th century by the Sultanate of Hobyo and the Majeerteen Sultanate in the north, and by the Hiraab Imamate and ...

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in 1910 after the death of its last Sultan Osman Ahmed in 1910. After independence in 1960, the city became the capital of

region.

Insecurity of the 1990s

During much of the 1990s, the city of Garbahare was the seat of the Somali National Front militia in the early days of the

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. Facing pressure from the local population, the militia left. By early 2001, Garbahare came under the control of the

Transitional National Government The Transitional National Government (TNG) was the internationally recognized central government of Somalia from 2000 to 2004. Overview The TNG was established in 20 April–5 May 2000 at the Somalia National Peace Conference held in Arta, Djibo ...

. All activities shifted to

and Beled Haawo, and Garbahare had a new role in the region. Neighboring regions such as NFD welcomed the new leadership, as a safer Gedo is also good for the neighboring regions in Kenya and Ethiopia. During the 2009 phase of the civil war, al-Shabaab militants captured the city, but were pushed out in 2011 by government forces commanded by Nur Matan Abdi.

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History

Insecurity of the 1990s

See also

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