Middle Juba

Region of Somalia

Region in Jubaland, Somalia

Middle Juba Jubada Dhexe Medio Giuba
Region
Location in Somalia.
Coordinates: low · 18th of 18

Middle Juba (Somali: Jubbada Dhexe, Arabic: جوبا الأوسط, Italian: Medio Giuba) is an administrative region (gobol) in southern Somalia.^[3] With its capital at Bu'aale, it is located in the autonomous Jubaland region.

Middle Juba is bordered by the Somali regions of Gedo, Bay, Lower Shebelle (Shabellaha Hoose), Lower Juba (Jubbada Hoose), and the Indian Ocean. The region is named after the Jubba River that runs through it.

The region has agricultural production, and the products of it are sesame, corn, millet, beans, and large fruits.

Middle Juba is the only region in Somalia to be fully controlled by Al-Shabaab, a militant Islamic extremist group.^[4] As of 2019 Middle Juba has the lowest Human Development Index score in Somalia and the world.^[5]

Districts

Middle Juba consists of four districts:^[6]

Notes

^ "Somalia: Subdivision and cities". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Archived from the original on 2018-09-23. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
^ "Somalia". The World Factbook. Langley, Virginia: Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
^ "The African Union Intervention Force Will Stay in Somalia, but with Whose Troops?". rusi.org. Archived from the original on 2021-10-07. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
^ "Human Development Indices (5.0) - Sub-national HDI". globaldatalab.org. Archived from the original on 2022-01-27. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
^ "Middle Juba Region" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2013.

External links

Administrative map of Middle Juba

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Land of Punt
Walashma dynasty
Adal Sultanate
Ajuran Empire
Sultanate of the Geledi
Isaaq Sultanate
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Dervish movement
Italian Somaliland
British Somaliland
Trust Territory of Somaliland
Ogaden War
Somaliland War of Independence (1981–1991)
Isaaq genocide
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