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Lower Shabelle Shibelithy Hoosy Shabeellaha Hoose شبيلي السفلى Basso Scebeli
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Coordinates: 1°46′6″N 44°23′24″E / 1.76833°N 44.39000°E / 1.76833; 44.39000
Country	Somalia
Regional State	South West
Capital	Merca
Government
• Type	Federal State
• Governor	Mohamed Ibrahim Barre
Area
• Total	25,285 km (9,763 sq mi)
Population
• Total	1,218,700
• Density	48/km (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)
HDI (2021)	0.323 low · 10th of 18

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

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. "Somalia: Subdivision and cities". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
3. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
4. GeoNames Search
5. "Somalia". The World Factbook. Langley, Virginia: Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
6. "Somalia: Military convoy targeted in roadside bomb attack in Lower Shabelle". Garowe Online. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
7. "Somalia's al-Shabab rebels attack hotel in the capital city". ABC News. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.

External links

• Administrative map of Lower Shabelle

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