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Lower Shabelle (Somali: Shabeellaha Hoose,[3] Maay: Shibelithy Hoosy, Arabic: شبيلي السفلى, Italian: Basso Scebeli) is an administrative region (gobol) in southern Somalia.[4]

Lower Shabelle
Shibelithy Hoosy
Shabeellaha Hoose

شبيلي السفلى
Basso Scebeli
Region
Location in Somalia
Coordinates: 1°46′6″N 44°23′24″E
Country Somalia
Regional State South West
CapitalMerca
Government
  TypeFederal State
  GovernorAbdulkadir shiekh Mohamednor Sidii [1]
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)
HDI (2017)0.316[2]
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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. It's capital is now Merca.


Districts


Lower Shabelle Region is divided into eleven districts:


Major towns


Major towns include


Violence in Golweyn


On 30 July 2017, an AMISOM convoy was ambushed by al-Shabaab insurgents, killing and wounding several Ugandan soldiers.[5]

Eight children were killed and dozens were wounded when a bomb exploded in Golweyn on 31 January 2021.[6]


Notes


  1. "News in Brief, 21st March 2014" (PDF). Embassy of The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  2. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  3. GeoNames Search
  4. "Somalia". The World Factbook. Langley, Virginia: Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  5. "Somalia: Military convoy targeted in roadside bomb attack in Lower Shabelle". Garowe Online. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  6. "Somalia's al-Shabab rebels attack hotel in the capital city". ABC News. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.





На других языках


- [en] Lower Shabelle

[ru] Нижняя Шабелле

Нижняя Шабелле (сомал. Shabeellaha Hoose, араб. شبيلي السفلى‎) — регион и провинция (gobol) в южной части Сомали[2] Столица — город Марка.



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