Jalalaqsi (Jalalassi) is a town in the south-central Hiran province 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 is situated on the

Shebelle River The Shebelle River ( so, Webi Shabeelle, ar, نهر شبيلي, am, እደላ) begins in the Ethiopian Highlands, highlands of Ethiopia, and then flows southeast into Somalia towards Mogadishu. Near Mogadishu, it turns sharply southwest, where ...

, between

Buuloburde Buloburde, also spelled Buloburti or Bulobarde, is a city in Somalia's central Hiran region. Overview Buloburde is situated along the Shabelle River, near Jalalaqsi. It is the center of the Buloburde District. In March 2014, Somali Armed For ...

and

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Demographics

Jalalaqsi has a population of around 60,800 inhabitants. The broader

Jalalaqsi District Jalalaqsi District ( so, Degmada Jalalaqsi) is a district in the central Hiran region of Somalia. It has its capital at Jalalaqsi. Villages * Bilaal * Jalalaqsi Jalalaqsi (Jalalassi) is a town in the south-central Hiran province of Somali ...

has a total population of 80,724 residents.

History

In the mid-1980s there were four

refugee camp A refugee camp is a temporary settlement built to receive refugees and people in refugee-like situations. Refugee camps usually accommodate displaced people who have fled their home country, but camps are also made for internally displaced peo ...

s with a population of around 85,000 Somalis in Jalalaqsi. At that time it was the third largest settlement in Somalia after

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 ...

and

Hargeisa Hargeisa (; so, Hargeysa, ar, هرجيسا) is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Somaliland. It is located in the Maroodi Jeex region of the Horn of Africa. It succeeded Burco as the capital of the British Somaliland Protector ...

.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

Climate

Notable residents

Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud Hassan Sheikh Mohamud ( so, Xasan Sheekh Maxamuud, ar, حسن شيخ محمود; born 29 November 1955) is a Somali politician who has served as the president of Somalia since May 2022. He is the founder and current chairman of the Union for ...

, President of Somalia

Notes

References

Jalalaqsi

External links

"Jalalaqsi Map — Satellite Images of Jalalaqsi"
Maplandia World Gazetteer Populated places in Hiran, Somalia {{Somalia-geo-stub