- Source: Lower Shabelle
Lower Shabelle (Somali: Shabeellaha Hoose, Maay: Shibelithy Hoosy, Arabic: شبيلي السفلى, Italian: Basso Scebeli) 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 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
Qoryoley
Barawa
Awdheegle
Wanlaweyn
Sablale
Jannaale
Mubaarak
Buulo Mareer
Gobanle
Jilib Merca
Kunyo Barrow
Daarusalam
Violence in Golweyn
On 30 July 2017, an AMISOM convoy was ambushed by al-Shabaab insurgents, killing and wounding several Ugandan soldiers.
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
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Lower Shabelle
- Middle Shabelle
- South West State of Somalia
- 2024 in Somalia
- Somalia
- Merca
- Rahanweyn
- List of towns and cities with 100,000 or more inhabitants/country: P-Q-R-S
- Murusade
- African Union Transition Mission in Somalia
