Jalalaqsi

Jalalaqsi
Town
Jalalaqsi Location in Somalia.
Coordinates: 3°24′0″N 45°35′0″E / 3.40000°N 45.58333°ECoordinates: 3°24′0″N 45°35′0″E / 3.40000°N 45.58333°E
Country	Somalia
Region	Hiran
District	Jalalaqsi
Population
• Total	11,800
Time zone	EAT (UTC+3)

Jalalaqsi (Jalalassi)^[1] is a town in the south-central Hiran province of Somalia. It is situated on the Shebelle River, between Buuloburde and Jowhar.

Demographics

Jalalaqsi has a population of around 11,800 inhabitants.^[2] The broader Jalalaqsi District has a total population of 46,724 residents.^[3]

Jalalaqsi is predominantly inhabited by people from the Somali ethnic group, with the Hawadle subclan of the Hawiye well-represented.

History

In the mid-eighties there were four refugee camps with a population of around 85.000 Somalis in Jalalaqsi. At that time it was the third largest human concentration in Somalia after Mogadishu and Hargeisa.^[4]

Notable residents

• Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, President of Somalia

Notes

1. "Jalalaqsi". Archived from the original on 2013-02-09. World Gazetteer
2. "Somalia City & Town Population". Tageo. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
3. "Regions, districts, and their populations: Somalia 2005 (draft)" (PDF). UNDP. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
4. De Montclos & Kagwanja, Journal of Refugee Studies Vol. 13, No. 2 2000: Refugee Camps or Cities? The Socio-economic Dynamics of the Dadaab and Kakuma Camps in Northern Kenya

References

• Jalalaqsi

External links

• "Jalalaqsi Map — Satellite Images of Jalalaqsi" Maplandia World Gazetteer