Bakool

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bakool
Bokool
Region
Location in Somalia.
Location in Somalia.
Coordinates: 4°20′47″N 43°32′59″E / 4.34639°N 43.54972°E / 4.34639; 43.54972Coordinates: 4°20′47″N 43°32′59″E / 4.34639°N 43.54972°E / 4.34639; 43.54972
Country Somalia
CapitalXuddur
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)
Area code(s)Bakool
HDI (2017)0.287[1]
low · 14th

Bakool (Somali: Bakool, Maay: Bokool, Arabic: بكول) is a region (gobol) in southwestern Somalia.[2]

Overiew[]

It is bordered by the Somali regions of Hiiraan, Bay and Gedo.

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 re-captured the Bakool province's capital Hudur from the Al-Shabaab militant group.[3] 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.[4]

Districts[]

Bakool Region consists of six districts:[5]

Major towns[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  2. ^ "Somalia". The World Factbook. Langley, Virginia: Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Somalia: Federal Govt, Ethiopian forces liberate strategic town of Hudur". Garowe Online. 7 March 2014. Archived from the original on 8 March 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Somalia: Federal Govt, AMISOM troops clash with Al Shabaab". Garowe Online. 11 March 2014. Archived from the original on 11 March 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  5. ^ [1]

External links[]


Stub icon

This Somalia location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

  • v
  • t
Retrieved from ""