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<h2 id="overview">Overview</h2> <p>It is bordered by the Somali regions of <a href="/facts/Hiiraan/jJ657BgH">Hiiraan</a>, <a href="/facts/Bay%2c_Somalia/IqXnCx4P">Bay</a> and <a href="/facts/Gedo/6J9sdRFo">Gedo</a>. </p><p>Bakool, like Gedo, Bay and most parts of the <a href="/facts/Jubbada_Dhexe/zn4YLDde">Jubbada Dhexe</a> (Middle Juba) region, used to be a part of the old Upper Region, which was subdivided in the mid-1980s. The town of <a href="/facts/Hudur/aC4rjjmr">Hudur</a> is the administrative capital of the region. </p><p>In March 2014, <a href="/facts/Somali_Armed_Forces/RM1aaYVY">Somali Armed Forces</a> assisted by an Ethiopian battalion with <a href="/facts/AMISOM/NhvJGRLP">AMISOM</a> re-captured the Bakool province's capital <a href="/facts/Hudur/aC4rjjmr">Hudur</a> from the <a href="/facts/Al-Shabaab_(militant_group)/xRLkcjuR">Al-Shabaab</a> militant group.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> 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.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="districts">Districts</h2> <p>The Bakool region consists of five districts:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/El_Barde_District/bqJoRHJU">El Barde District</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Hudur_District/bfqrARqy">Hudur District</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Rabdhure_District/V4MkcMNd">Rabdhure District</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Tiyeglow_District/hKta8kzo">Tiyeglow District</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Wajid_District/bzemQcqP">Wajid District</a></li> <li>Dhuurey</li></ul> <h2 id="major-towns">Major towns</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/El_Barde/UwRX9WMs">El Barde</a></li> <li>Aato</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hudur/aC4rjjmr">Hudur</a></li> <li>washaaqo</li> <li>dhuurey</li> <li><a href="/facts/Banaaney/VTCTdxb4">Banaaney</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Qurajome/WXDwAQYE">Qurajome</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Rab_Dhuure/dvfWrPpS">Rab Dhuure</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Tiyeglow/PcL1jTMy">Tiyeglow</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Wajid%2c_Somalia/vQhIhPDf">Wajid</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Yeed/fDnLs727">Yeed</a></li> <li>Yowkooyow</li> <li>Buur Dhuhnle</li> <li>Garasweyne</li> <li>Moorigaabey</li></ul> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/121024_Administrative_Map_Bakool_A4.pdf">Administrative map of Bakool Region</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Somalia". The World Factbook. Langley, Virginia: Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 6 December 2013. <a href="https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/somalia/" target="_blank">https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/somalia/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"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. <a href="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" target="_blank">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</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"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. <a href="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" target="_blank">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</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Regions, districts, and their populations: Somalia 2005 (Draft)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-07-28. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170728203029/https://docs.unocha.org/sites/dms/Somalia/UNDP-POP-RURAL-URBAN%202005.pdf" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20170728203029/https://docs.unocha.org/sites/dms/Somalia/UNDP-POP-RURAL-URBAN%202005.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Some sources list Rabdhure, others Yed <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>