Janale (, , ) is agricultural town in the southeastern
Lower Shebelle
Lower Shabelle (, , , ) is an administrative region ('' gobol'') in southern Somalia.
Geography
Lower Shabelle is bordered by the regions of Banaadir, Middle Shabelle (Shabeellaha Dhexe), Hiran, Bay, Middle Jubba (Jubbada Dhexe) and by the ...
(Shabeellaha Hoose) region of
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 ...
.
The late
Aden Abdullah Osman Daar
Aden Abdulle Osman Da’ar (, ) (9 December 1908 – 8 June 2007), popularly known as Aden Adde, was a Somali politician who served as the first president of the Somali Republic from 1 July 1960 to 6 July 1967. (Adan Cadde), Somalia's first president, had a farm in the town.
Currently, al-Shabaab controls the town with established illegal checkpoints. They've been in control since early 2024.
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See also
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Port of Merca
The Port of Merca ( Somali: ''Dekada Marka'', Italian: ''Porto di Merca'') also known as Merca Port, is the official seaport of Merca, situated in southeastern Somalia. It is classified as a jetty class port. It has a harbour as well as a pier whi ...
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Genale
Genale was a town founded by Italian colonists in the southeastern Lower Shabelle region of Italian Somaliland. It is now called Janale.
History
Genale was created in 1924 by a group of Italian settlers from the Italian city of Torino, with the ...
Populated places in Lower Shebelle