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Bu'ale (Somali: Bu'aale Arabic: بالي) is an agricultural town in Southern Somalia, the capital of the Middle Juba region and the capital city of the Jubaland State of Somalia.
Bu'ale
بالي Bu'aale | |
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Capital city of Jubaland | |
  Bu'ale Location within Somalia  Bu'ale Location within the Horn of Africa  Bu'ale Location within Africa | |
| Coordinates: 1°5′0″N 42°35′0″E / 1.08333°N 42.58333°E | |
| Country |  Somalia |
| State |  Jubaland |
| Region | Middle Juba |
| Occupation | Al Shabaab |
| Government | |
| • Control |  Al-Shabaab |
| Area | |
• Total | 30 km2 (10 sq mi) |
| Population (1999) | |
• Total | 115,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
History
editBu'ale was made the capital city of Jubaland on 2 April 2013.[1]
Since, 2014 the town, along with Jilib and Jamame, is under the control of the Islamist militant group al-Shabaab.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Nuxurka Dastuurka cusub ee Jubaland ee maanta la ansixiyay" [The content of the new Constitution of Jubaland which was approved today]. Dhanaan.com (in Somali). Archived from the original on 2013-04-04. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
- ^ "Al-Shabaab loses 8 Somali towns since Sept.: AMISOM". worldbulletin.dunyabulteni.net. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
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