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Lower Shabelle
Shibelithy Hoosy
Shabeellaha Hoose

شبيلي السفلى
Basso Scebeli
Region
Flag of Lower Shabelle
Coat of arms of Lower Shabelle
Location in Somalia
Location in Somalia
Coordinates: 1°46′6″N 44°23′24″E / 1.76833°N 44.39000°E / 1.76833; 44.39000
CountryLower Shabelle Somalia
Regional StateLower Shabelle South West
CapitalMerca
Government
 • TypeFederal State
 • GovernorMohamed Ibrahim Barre[1]
Area
 • Total25,285 km2 (9,763 sq mi)
Population
 (2019[2])
 • Total1,218,700
 • Density48/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)
HDI (2021)0.323[3]
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Lower Shabelle (Somali: Shabeellaha Hoose,[4] Maay: Shibelithy Hoosy, Arabic: شبيلي السفلى, Italian: Basso Scebeli) is an administrative region (gobol) in southern Somalia.[5]

  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.

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On March 23, 2024, the Somali Armed Forces base of Busley in Lower Shabelle was attacked by Al-Shabaab insurgents killing 57 soldiers and ten insurgents...

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Harardhere District in Mudug. Abgaal also inhabit the Lower Shabelle region as well as the Middle Juba and Lower Juba regions. In addition to this the Abgaal can...

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and Middle Shabelle as well as the capital Banadir city region, Mogadishu. They also are also present in Qoryooley district of Lower Shabelle, the Middle...

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Bimaal

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the dominant clan in Merca district of Lower Shabelle region and make up the majority in Jammaame district of Lower Jubba region. They also live in the NEP...

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Union military camp manned by Ugandan forces in the town of Bulo Marer, Lower Shabelle, Somalia. The attack remains the deadliest on ATMIS troops (successor...

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militants stormed an overran an ATMIS military camp in Buulo Mareer, Lower Shabelle region after several car explosions carried out by suicide bombers around...

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