Hareeri is a small village in

Bardera District Bardhere District ( so, Degmada Bardhere) is a district in the southwestern Gedo region of Somalia. It was first made a political district in 1941. A decade and a half later, during the 1956 general elections, a Somali parliament was voted to be ...

located in

Gedo Gedo ( so, Gedo, Maay: ''Gethy'', ar, جيذو, it, Ghedo or ''Ghedu'') is an administrative region ('' gobol'') in Jubaland, southern Somalia. Its regional capital is Garbahaarreey. It was created in 1974 and is bordered by the Ogaden in E ...

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 ...

. The village of Hareeri lies 7 km southeast of

Anoole Bardhere District ( so, Degmada Bardhere) is a district in the southwestern Gedo region of Somalia. It was first made a political district in 1941. A decade and a half later, during the 1956 general elections, a Somali parliament was voted to be ...

town near the district borders between Diinsoor of

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Region and Sakow of

Middle Juba Middle Juba ( so, Jubbada Dhexe, Maay: ''Jubithy Dhahy'', ar, جوبا الأوسط, it, Medio Giuba) is an administrative region ('' gobol'') in southern Somalia. With its capital at Bu'aale, it is located in the autonomous Jubaland region. ...

Region. Hareeri Village coordinates are (2.88 N, 42 E).

Juba Valley forest area

Hareeri is about 30 km from

Juba River The Jubba River or Juba River ( so, Wabiga Jubba) is a river in southern Somalia which flows through the autonomous region of Jubaland. It begins at the border with Ethiopia, where the Dawa and Ganale Dorya rivers meet, and flows directly south ...

and it was an army base as it is some distance from farming communities. Hareeri got its name from the hareeri tree which is found in many areas in Gedo region and elsewhere in Somalia. There are low rise mountain ranges along the eastern

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starting from Northern Gedo region districts of

Dolow Dolow ( so, Dooloow), also spelled Doolow, is a town in the southern Gedo region of Somalia. The city sits on the Jubba River near the Somali Region in Ethiopia, just north of Luuq. Balet Hawo District lies west of Dolow near the North Eastern ...

and

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running along the length of the Juba River and end at Anole north of Hareeri, just before Barrow Diinle, the last main town in Gedo region near the border with Middle Juba.

Camel grazing

Barrow Diinle and Hareeri, and down southeast towards

Jilib Jilib (other names: Gilib, Gelib, Jillib, Jillio; ) is a city in Somalia, It is north of Kismaayo. History During the Middle Ages, Jilib and its surrounding area was part of the Ajuran Empire that governed much of southern Somalia and eastern Eth ...

are the areas where

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herds come for grazing during dry seasons as the Juba Valley forest area is abandoned by animals during the rainy season because of the killer bites (

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) camels get if they remain in the area during the ''gu (April–June) and ''deyr'' (October- December) rainy seasons. When the rains are over and the foraging areas in the mountain areas of Gedo are consumed, the herders take their animals to the forest areas starting at Anole and Barrow Diinle down to Hareeri and all the way to Jilib near the

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north of

Kismayo Kismayo ( so, Kismaayo, Maay Maay, Maay: ''Kismanyy'', ar, كيسمايو, ; it, Chisimaio) is a port city in the southern Lower Juba (Jubbada Hoose) province of Somalia. It is the commercial capital of the autonomous Jubaland region. The cit ...

. Populated places in Gedo Jubba River {{Somalia-stub