Bu'ale ( ) is an
agricultural
Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created f ...
town in Southern
Somalia
Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country in continental Africa. The country is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya to the southwest, th ...
, the capital of the
Middle Juba region and the capital city of the
Jubaland State of Somalia.
History
Bu'ale was made the capital city of Jubaland on 2 April 2013.
Since 2014, the town, along with
Jilib and
Jamame, is under the control of the Islamist militant group
al-Shabaab.
References
Bu'aale
Populated places in Middle Juba
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