Bakool ( so, Bakool,
Maay: ''Bokool'', ar, ุจููู) is a region (''
gobol'') in southwestern
Somalia
Somalia, , Osmanya script: ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐; ar, ุงูุตูู
ุงู, aแนฃ-แนขลซmฤl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constitut ...
.
Overview
It is bordered by the Somali regions of
Hiiraan,
Bay
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and
Gedo
Gedo ( so, Gedo, Maay: ''Gethy'', ar, ุฌูุฐู, 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 ...
.
Bakool, like Gedo and Bay, as well as most parts of the
Jubbada Dhexe (Middle Juba) region, used to be a part of the old Upper Region, which was subdivided in the mid-1980s. It has its capital at
Xuddur.
In March 2014,
Somali Armed Forces assisted by an Ethiopian battalion with
AMISOM
The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) was a regional peacekeeping mission operated by the African Union with the approval of the United Nations Security Council. It was mandated to support transitional governmental structures, implem ...
re-captured the Bakool province's capital
Hudur from the
Al-Shabaab militant group.
The offensive was part of an intensified military operation by the allied forces to remove the insurgent group from the remaining areas in southern Somalia under its control.
Districts
The Bakool region consists of five districts:
[https://www.unocha.org/sites/dms/Somalia/UNDP-POP-RURAL-URBAN%202005.pdf ]
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Tiyeegloow District
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Rabdhure District
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Waajid District
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Xuddur District
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El Barde District
Major towns
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Rabdhuure
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Waajid
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Xuddur
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Tieglow
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Yow Kooyow
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El-berde
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Qurajome
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Buurdhuxunle
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Garasweyne
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Moragabey
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Kulan-Jereer
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Buur-Edow
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Warshiire
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Sedax-Buurood
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Boodaan
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Wardhujiiley
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Kurta
*Celgaras
*Misir
*Shiimo
*Afgoye
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References
External links
Administrative map of Bakool Region
Regions of Somalia
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