Goob Weyn (Somali: Goobweyn) is a village in the southern

Lower Juba Lower Juba ( so, Jubbada Hoose, Maay: ''Jubithy Hoosy'', ar, جوبا السفلى, it, Basso Giuba) is an administrative region ('' gobol'') in southern Somalia. With its capital at Kismayo, it lies in the autonomous Jubaland region. It has gr ...

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 Constitut ...

Geography

Goobweyn is situated on the banks of the

Jubba 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 is only 3 meters above sea level. The village is situated next to Kismayo National Park, and is situated only 15 kilometers outside of

Kismayo Kismayo ( so, Kismaayo, 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 city is situat ...

Exports and livelihood

A primarily agricultural based town based on the Jubba Basin, residents of Goobweyn primarily depend on agricultural exports to the nearby city of Kismayo, like tomatoes, onions, and coconuts. Coconuts at Goobweyn

In 1974, the area saw an influx of refugees following The Lingering Drought (Somali: ''Abaartii Dabadheer)'' in northern Somalia. Northern families were introduced to ways of fishing and farming compared to pastoralist livestock herding.

References

Goob Weyn, Somalia
Populated places in Lower Juba {{Somalia-geo-stub