Hamar Weyne District ( so, Degmada Xamar Weyne) is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

in the southeastern

Banaadir Banaadir ( so, Banaadir, ar, بنادر, it, Benadir) is an administrative region ('' gobol'') in southeastern Somalia. It covers the same area as the city of Mogadishu, which serves as the capital. It is bordered to the northwest by the Shabel ...

region of

Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...

. It includes a part of central

Mogadishu Mogadishu (, also ; so, Muqdisho or ; ar, مقديشو ; it, Mogadiscio ), locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and List of cities in Somalia by population, most populous city of Somalia. The city has served as an important port ...

. Hamar Weyne is the oldest district with in

and up until 1938 the city of Mogadishu was made up of Shingani and Hamar Weyne.Somali word "xamar" means tamarind tree.

Mosques

Despite being one of the smallest districts in

, the Hamar Weyne district is known for it many mosques and madrasahs. There are over 25 mosques in this district, which include: * 'Abdulkadir * 'Adayga (Aw Musse) * 'Ano Qube (Raqayga) * Aw Dhawariyo * Aw Haji Bawasan *

Aw Mukhtar & Aw Sheikh Omar (The Twin Mosques) The Aw Mukhtar & Aw Sheikh Omar also known as the Twin Mosques ( Somali: Masaajidka Mataanaha) is now a large mosque in the historical Hamar Weyne district in Mogadishu. Overview The Twin mosques up until recently was made up of 2 separate mos ...

* Aw Osman Hassan *

Awooto Eeday The Awooto Eeday Mosque is a small mosque located in one of the old historical alleyways of Hamar Weyne in Mogadishu. Overview The mosque is said to have been built with the money of a pious woman who was known as Awooto Eeday (Awooto which mea ...

* Fakhrudiin * Faraj Bin 'Ali * Haji Abati Shoble * Haji 'Ali Abow Hussenka *

Jama'a Xamar Weyne Xamar Weyne's Friday mosque (Jamacaha Xamar Weyne in Somali) is said to be one of the oldest mosques in Mogadishu and in Africa. Overview Jama’a Hamar Weyne was built in the year 636 AH (1238 CE), some 30 years before Faqrudiin and Arba� ...

* Jaama‟ Marwas * Mohamed Al Tani * Nuruleyn (Sharif Aghil) * Pakistan Mosque * Sharif Hashim * Sheikh Aweys * Sheikh Uweys ul Qarni * Sheikh Ibrahim * Sheikh Idris * Sheikh Rumani Ba 'Alawi

References

Districts of SomaliaAdministrative map of Hamar Weyne District
Districts of Somalia Banaadir {{coord missing, Somalia