Mahaday ( so, Mahadaay) is a town in the southwestern
Middle Shabelle
Middle Shabelle ( so, Shabeellaha Dhexe, ar, شبيلي الوسطى, it, Medio Scebeli) is an administrative region ('' gobol'') in southern Somalia.
Overview
It is bordered by the Somali regions of Galguduud, Hiran, Lower Shabelle (Shabell ...
(Shabeellaha Dhexe) 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 ...
.
Overview
Mahaday is located about 120 km north of
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 ...
, the nation's capital.
[''Agriculture international'', Volumes 40-41, (Agraria Press: 1988), p.171.]
It is located along 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 ...
, and is the center of the
Mahaday District
Mahaday Weyn is a district of the Middle Shebelle region of Somalia
Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Som ...
.
Demographics
Mahaday has a population of around 10,000 inhabitants.
The broader Mahaday District has a total population of 51,230 residents.
The town is primarily inhabited by the harti Abgaal clan of the larger Abgaal Mudulood clan
References
Populated places in Middle Shabelle
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