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Middle Shabelle (Somali: Shabeellaha Dhexe,[3]pronunciation (help·info) Arabic: شبيلي الوسطى, Italian: Medio Scebeli) is an administrative region (gobol) in southern Somalia.[4]

Middle Shabelle Shabeellaha Dhexe Medio Scebeli
Region
Location in Southern Somalia.
Coordinates: 6°6′47″N 47°59′17″E
Country	Somalia
State	Hirshabelle
Capital	Jowhar
Government
• Governor	Ahmed Meyere Makaran[1]
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)
HDI (2017)	0.303[2] low · 12th

Overview

It is bordered by the Somali regions of Galguduud, Hiran, Lower Shabelle (Shabellaha Hoose), and Banaadir, as well as the Somali Sea.

As part of the former Benadir region, Middle Shabelle's capital was Mogadishu up until the mid-1980s, when the town of Jowhar became the capital. It is named after the Shebelle River that passes through this region.

Middle Shabelle is principally inhabited by various sub-clans of the Somali Mudulood clan; but the largest clan of all is Abgaal.

Other Mudulood subclans that reside in the region include the Udeejeen, Moobleen and Hiilebi, who live alongside the Gaalje'el and Hawadle.[5] There are also members of the non-Somali ethnic minority Bantu group (Shidle).

The region supports livestock production, rain-fed and gravity irrigated agriculture and fisheries, with an annual rainfall between 150 and 500 millimeters covering an area of approximately 60,000 square kilometers. It has a 400 km coastline on the Indian Ocean.[6]

Demographics

The majority clan in the region is the Abgaal, The second are Galje'el and Shiidle the 3rd, the region has suffered from "intense intra-clan conflict that has impoverished the region leading to a regional power struggle that divides the Abgal sub-clans. The two largest sub-clans are the Wa’buudhan (further divided into the Galmah and the Daud) and the Harti Abgal (further divided into the Agoonyar and the Warsangali). Other clans that live in the region include Reer Shabeele (Jareer weyne), Makane (Jareer Weyne) Hawadle, Mubliin, Hilibi.[7]

Districts

Middle Shabelle Region consists of Ten districts:

• Jowhar
• Gamboole
• Raage Celle
• Ceelow
• Balad
• Adale
• Adan Yabal
• Warseikh
• Run-Nigrod
• Mahaddey

The region supports livestock production, rain-fed and irrigated agriculture and fisheries, with an annual rainfall between 150 and 500 millimeters. Covering an area of approximately 60,000 square kilometres, the region has a 400 kilometre coastline on the Indian Ocean. The Shabelle river runs for 150 kilometres through the region.[8][9]

References

External links

• Administrative map of Middle Shabelle

На других языках

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- [en] Middle Shabelle

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[ru] Средняя Шабелле

Средняя Шабелле (сомал. Shabeellaha Dhexe, араб. شبيلي الوسطى‎) — регион и провинция (gobol) в южной части Сомали[2]. Столица — город Джоухар.

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