Bakool

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Bakool
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
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]

  1. ^ "Senior al-Shabaab leader Robow 'in talks' with government". Sabahi. 7 July 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2014. 
  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. ^ "Bakool Region" (PDF). Retrieved 30 December 2013. 

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