Berdale (
Maay
Mai-Mai, commonly spelled Maay Maay (also known as ''Af-Maay'', ''Af-Maymay'', or simply ''Maay''; the ''Mai-Mai'' spelling is rarely used but it is most often spoken), is a dialect of the Somali language of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiat ...
: ''Berdaali'', so, Berdaale) is a town in the southern
Bay region of
Somalia
Somalia, , Osmanya script: ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐; ar, ุงูุตูู
ุงู, aแนฃ-แนขลซmฤl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...
, in
South West State of Somalia, and is also known as Bardale.
It is the center of the
Berdale District.
On 4 May, 2020, this was the site of
an aircraft shootdown incident. A chartered cargo flight carrying medical supplies and mosquito nets, including supplies to assist in the
coronavirus pandemic
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, was shot down by Ethiopian troops fearing a suicide attack.
References
Berdale
Populated places in Bay, Somalia
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