Gedo

This article covers the Somali region. For the boxer see György Gedó , for the soccer player see Mohamed Nagy .

غدو Gedo
Basic data
Country	Somalia
Capital	Garbahaarrey
surface	60,389 km²
Residents	508,405 (calculation 2013)
density	8.4 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	SO-GE

Coordinates: 3 ° 24 '  N , 42 ° 11'  E

Gedo ( Arabic غدو Ghidū ) is a region ( gobolka ) in southwest Somalia . Its capital is Garbahaarrey .

Gedo is inland on the border with Ethiopia and Kenya and is traversed by the Jubba River. The region consists of the six districts Garbahaarrey, Baardheere , Beledhawo , Ceelwaaq , Doolow and Luuq .

population

The population of Gedo majority owned by the Somali - Clan at the Marehan, a Subclan the Darod . Ogadeni-Darod and some Borana - Oromo are also represented. The Gabaweyn (“ Bantu ”) ethnic minority lives on the Jubba .

history

The region was politically marginal until the Marehan-Darod Siad Barre seized power in Somalia in a 1969 coup.

During the civil war , the Islamist organization al-Ittihad al-Islami made Gedo its base in the mid-1990s, after it had failed in other places. It was largely destroyed in 1996 by an intervention by neighboring Ethiopia.

economy

Because of its location in the valley of the Jubba, Gedo is fertile in contrast to the otherwise largely dry rest of Somalia. The region's agricultural products are also brought to other parts of the country. There is also trade with Kenya across national borders.

In April 2007, an estimated 15–20% of the population in Gedo was malnourished and 108,000 people were being cared for by the World Food Program .

Cities in Gedo

• Bulo Hawo

swell

1. ↑ population estimation survey 2014 ( UNFPA ) table A3
2. ↑ BBC News: Somalia food aid trucks stranded