Bakool
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Bakool (Template:Langx, Template:Langx, Template:Langx) is a region (gobol) in southwestern Somalia.[1]
Overview
It is bordered by the Somali regions of Hiiraan, Bay and Gedo.
Bakool, like Gedo, Bay and 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. The town of Hudur is the administrative capital of the region.
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.[2] 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.[3]
Districts
The Bakool region consists of five districts:[4]Template:Efn
Major towns
- El Barde
- Aato
- Hudur
- washaaqo
- dhuurey
- Banaaney
- Qurajome
- Rab Dhuure
- Tiyeglow
- Wajid
- Yeed
- Yowkooyow
- Buur Dhuhnle
- Garasweyne
- Moorigaabey