Lower Shabelle

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

Lower Shabelle

Shabeellaha Hoose
شبيلي السفلى

Basso Scebeli
Region
The Merca beachside.
Location in Southern Somalia.
Coordinates: 1°46′6″N 44°23′24″E
Country Somalia
CapitalMerca
Government
 • TypeGaameedle
 • GovernorSamo Nayb [1]
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)
HDI (2017)0.316[2]
low · 10th

Overview

It is bordered by the Somali regions of Banaadir, Middle Shabelle (Shabeellaha Dhexe), Hiran, Bay, Middle Jubba (Jubbada Dhexe) and by the Somali Sea. Lower Shabelle 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. However, the provincial capital is now Merca.

Districts

Major towns

Terrorist incidents

The Golweyn ambush by al-Shabaab militants against a convoy took place on July 30, 2017, resulting in the death of several Ugandan soldiers.

Eight children are killed and dozens are wounded when a bomb explodes in Golweyn on January 31, 2021.[5]

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's al-Shabab rebels attack hotel in the capital city". ABC News. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.


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