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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:⁴⁵

• El Barde District
• Hudur District
• Rabdhure District
• Tiyeglow District
• Wajid District
• Dhuurey

Major towns

• El Barde
• Aato
• Hudur
• washaaqo
• dhuurey
• Banaaney
• Qurajome
• Rab Dhuure
• Tiyeglow
• Wajid
• Yeed
• Yowkooyow
• Buur Dhuhnle
• Garasweyne
• Moorigaabey

Notes

External links

• Administrative map of Bakool Region

References

1. "Somalia". The World Factbook. Langley, Virginia: Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 6 December 2013. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/somalia/ ↩

2. "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. https://web.archive.org/web/20140308183205/http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia-Federal-Govt-Ethiopian-forces-liberate-strategic-town-of-Hudur_printer.shtml ↩

3. "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. https://web.archive.org/web/20140311152532/http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia-Federal-Govt-AMISOM-troops-clash-with-Al-Shabaab_printer.shtml ↩

4. "Regions, districts, and their populations: Somalia 2005 (Draft)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-07-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20170728203029/https://docs.unocha.org/sites/dms/Somalia/UNDP-POP-RURAL-URBAN%202005.pdf ↩

5. Some sources list Rabdhure, others Yed ↩