Garbahare (also: Garbaharey) (Somali: Garbaharey, Maay: Garbiharey, Arabic: جربهاري) is the capital of Gedo, an administrative region in southern Somalia. It is the third most populous city in the Gedo region after Bardera and Luuq.[1]

Garbaharey
Garbiharey
City
Nickname: 
Garbo
Motto: 
"Gacmo wadajir bay wax ku gooyaan"
Garbaharey is located in Somalia
Garbaharey
Garbaharey
Location within Somalia
Garbaharey is located in Horn of Africa
Garbaharey
Garbaharey
Location within the Horn of Africa
Garbaharey is located in Africa
Garbaharey
Garbaharey
Location within Africa
Coordinates: 03°19′41″N 42°13′7″E / 3.32806°N 42.21861°E / 3.32806; 42.21861
Country Somalia
Regional State Jubaland
RegionGedo
DistrictGarbaharey
Government
Population
 (2015)
 • Total286,324
Time zoneUTC+3 (East Africa Time)
Area code+252

History

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During the Middle Ages, Garbahare and its surrounding area was part of the Ajuran Empire that governed much of southern Somalia and eastern Ethiopia, with its domain extending from Hobyo in the north, to Qelafo in the west, to Kismayo in the south.[2]

In the early modern period, the Garbahare area was ruled by the Geledi Sultanate. The kingdom was eventually incorporated into the Italian Somaliland protectorate in 1910 after the death of its last Sultan Osman Ahmed in 1910.[3] After independence in 1960, the city became the capital of Gedo region.[4]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Jones, Seth (2016). Counterterrorism and Counterinsurgency in Somalia Assessing the Campaign Against Al Shabaab. RAND corporation. p. 44. ISBN 9780833094841.
  2. ^ Lee V. Cassanelli, The shaping of Somali society: reconstructing the history of a pastoral people, 1600-1900, (University of Pennsylvania Press: 1982), p.102.
  3. ^ Cassanelli, Lee Vincent (1973). The Benaadir Past: Essays in Southern Somali History. University Microfilms International. p. 149.
  4. ^ Dool, Abdullahi (1998). Failed States: When Governance Goes Wrong!. Horn Heritage Publications. pp. 106–107. ISBN 0952524198.

3°21′N 42°16′E / 3.350°N 42.267°E / 3.350; 42.267