Lower Shebelle

Lower Shebelle Shabeellaha Hoose شبيلي السفلى
Region
The Merca beachside.
Location in Somalia.
Coordinates: 1°46′6″N 44°23′24″E / 1.76833°N 44.39000°ECoordinates: 1°46′6″N 44°23′24″E / 1.76833°N 44.39000°E
Country	Somalia
Capital	Merca
Government
• Governor	Mohammed Nur[1]
Time zone	EAT (UTC+3)

Lower Shebelle (Somali: Shabeellaha Hoose, Arabic: شبيلي السفلى‎) is an administrative region (gobol) in southern Somalia.^[2]

Overview

It is bordered by the Somali regions of Banaadir, Middle Shebelle (Shabeellaha Dhexe), Hiran, Bay and Middle Juba (Jubbada Dhexe), and the Indian Ocean. Lower Shebelle 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

Lower Shebelle consists of the following districts:^[3]

• Afgoi District
• Baraawe District
• Kurtunwarey District
• Qoriyoley District
• Merca District
• Sablaale District
• Walaweyn District

Major towns

• Afgooye
• Barawa
• Merca
• Sablale
• Wanlaweyn

Notes

1. "News in Brief, 21st March 2014" (PDF). Embassy of The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
2. "Somalia". The World Factbook. Langley, Virginia: Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
3. "Districts of Somalia". Statoids. Retrieved 6 December 2013.

External links

• Administrative map of Lower Shebelle