Wadajir District ( so, Degmada Wadajir), also called Medina District or Madina DistrictAlexandra Geiser
Somalia: Herkunft aus Mogadishu
Auskunft der SFH-Länderanalyse, 2010-08-19, accessdate: 5. Oktober 2015 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 south-central

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 ...

. A few southwestern neighborhoods 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 ...

are located in this district, as well as the

Somali National University Somali National University (SNU) ( so, Jaamacadda Ummadda Soomaaliyeed, ar, الجامعة الوطنية الصومالية, it, Università Nazionale Somala) is a national university in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. Its campus grounds w ...

. Also the former

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, now a refugee camp called Siliga Amerikanka (translated ''American fence/enclosure''), and the former Jaalle Ziyad Military Academy, now used by the AMISOM Brunidan Military Contingent is situated in the district. Ahmed Abdulle Afrah succeeded Ahmed Hassan Daaci as district commissioner on 25 April 2014; Daaci had served for eight years. Wadajir means together in Somali.

References

Districts of Somalia

External links

Administrative map of Wadajir District
Districts of Somalia Banaadir {{Somalia-geo-stub