Bakool
Bakool | |
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Basic data | |
Country | Somalia |
Capital | Huddur |
surface | 26,962 km² |
Residents | 367,226 (calculation 2013) |
density | 14 inhabitants per km² |
ISO 3166-2 | SO-BK |
Coordinates: 4 ° 14 ' N , 43 ° 44' E
Bakool ( Arabic باكول Bākaul ) is a region ( gobolka ) in southern Somalia . Their capital is Huddur . The region was created in 1974 whenthe administrative structure of Somalia was changedunder Siad Barre , from a part of the former region of Upper Jubba.
Bakool is located inland in the area between the two great rivers of Somalia, the Jubba and the Shabeelle , and borders the Somali region of Ethiopia in the north . Localities are u. a. Tiyeeglow , Wajid and Yeed .
The most important livelihoods are the cultivation of sorghum in combination with livestock farming ( agropastoralism ) and - especially in the northern part of the region - nomadic cattle breeding.
The most important Somali - communities in Bakool are the Rahanweyn .
Its Rahanweyn resistance army , which is allied with the transitional federal government , is a significant political force . In 2009, the region was fiercely contested between forces loyal to the government and the radical Islamist al-Shabaab .
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- ↑ population estimation survey 2014 ( UNFPA ) table A3
- ↑ Huddur , in: Mohamed Haji Mukhtar : Historical Dictionary of Somalia , New Edition, Scarecrow Press 2003, ISBN 0-8108-4344-7
- ↑ Food Security Analysis Unit Somalia: Bakool Elbarde Nutrition Assessment Final Report April 08 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (P. 8)
- ↑ Somalia: Al Shabaab attacks border town, 21 killed ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , in: Garowe Online, September 21, 2009. Retrieved October 13, 2009.