Bakool
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Bakool | |
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Region | |
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Coordinates: 4°20′47″N 43°32′59″E / 4.34639°N 43.54972°ECoordinates: 4°20′47″N 43°32′59″E / 4.34639°N 43.54972°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Capital | Xuddur |
Government | |
• Governor | Mohamed Abdi Tall[1] |
Time zone | EAT (UTC+3) |
Bakool (Somali: Bakool, Arabic: باكول) is a region (gobol) in southwestern Somalia.[2]
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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[edit]
The Bakool region consists of five districts:[5]
Major towns[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ "Senior al-Shabaab leader Robow 'in talks' with government". Sabahi. 7 July 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
- ^ "Somalia". The World Factbook. Langley, Virginia: Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Bakool Region" (PDF). Retrieved 30 December 2013.
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