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| Country |  Somalia |
| Region | Lower Shabelle |
| Capital | Barawa |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
Barawa District (Somali : Degmada Baraawe) is a district in the southeastern Lower Shabelle (Shabeellaha Hoose) region of Somalia. Its capital lies at Barawa (Brava).
Lower Shabelle is an administrative region (gobol) in southern Somalia.
Banaadir is a State in Southeastern regions Somalia. Mogadishu, It is bordered by SouthWest State to the South, HirShabeelle, to the North, the Indian Ocean, Mogadisho, the Capital City of Banaadir is the Largest in the State and the Largest of the Country, with over 4.5 million residents
Merca is an ancient port city in the southern Lower Shebelle province of Somalia. It is located approximately 109 km (68 mi) to the southwest of the nation's capital Mogadishu. Merca is the traditional home territory of the Bimal clan and was the center of the Bimal Revolt or Merka Revolt.
Bardera is an agricultural city in Bardhere District, Gedo region of Somalia. It is the second largest and most populous town in Jubbaland with Kismayo being the largest and most densely populated city in the region, and Garbahaarreey serving as Gedo's capital. Bardera sits on the Jubba River around 250 km west of the city of Baidoa and is in a highland area with fertile soil. The city experiences extremely hot temperatures from December to April and heavy rainfalls from April to May knowns as Gu (spring) The city was formerly known as the "Onion capital of the World" for its production of the vegetable, the name Bardera means tall palm trees. The palms were cut to construct native homes or midille. The city is famous for its fruit and vegetable production as well as cereals such as maize.
Barawa, also known as Barawe and Brava, is the capital of the South West State of Somalia. It functions as a port town in the southwestern Lower Shebelle region of Somalia. Facing the Somali Sea, Barawa serves as the main port of the South West State.
The Rahanweyn, also known as the Digil and Mirifle are a Somali clan.
The Ajuran Empire, also spelled Ajuuraan Empire, and often simply as Ajuran, was a Somali empire in the medieval times in the Horn of Africa that dominated the trade in northern Indian ocean. They belonged to the Somali Muslim sultanate that ruled over large parts of the Horn of Africa in the Middle Ages. Through a strong centralized administration and an aggressive military stance towards invaders, the Ajuran Empire successfully resisted an Oromo invasion from the west and a Portuguese incursion from the east during the Gaal Madow and the Ajuran-Portuguese wars. Trading routes dating from the ancient and early medieval periods of Somali maritime enterprise were strengthened or re-established, and foreign trade and commerce in the coastal provinces flourished with ships sailing to and coming from many kingdoms and empires in East Asia, South Asia, Europe, the Near East, North Africa and East Africa.
The Banaadiri people are a nationality in Somalia. Banaadiris largely inhabit Somalia's southern coastline.
Bravanese, also called Chimwiini or Chimbalazi is a variety of Swahili spoken by the Bravanese people, who are the predominant inhabitants of Barawa, or Brava, in Somalia. Maho (2009) considers it a distinct dialect. It is classified as a Northern Dialect of Swahili.
The Bravanese people, also known as the Barawani, are a minority group inhabiting the city of Barawe of Somalia.
Ahmed Yusuf Mahamud was a Somali ruler. He was the fourth Sultan of the Geledi sultanate, reigning from 1848 to 1878 and succeeded his father Yusuf Mahamud after his demise at the battle of Adaddey Suleyman. Ahmed's rule marked a period of great prosperity in the Sultanate and with his death in 1878 the Geledi decline began.
Somalis in India include naturalized citizens and residents of India who were born in or have ancestors from Somalia.
Mana Sitti Habib Jamaladdin, commonly known as Dada Masiti, was a Somali poet, mystic and Islamic scholar. She composed her poetry in the Bravanese dialect spoken in Barawa.
Toniki was an ancient proto-Somali market town on the coast of the southeastern Lower Shabelle province of Somalia.
The Golweyn ambush by al-Shabaab militants against an AMISOM convoy took place on 30 July 2017. Resulting in the death of several Ugandan soldiers, the attack seriously disrupted the control of pro-government forces over the Lower Shebelle region in Somalia, eventually leading to the fall of the strategically significant town of Leego to al-Shabaab.
The Barawa football team is the team representing the Somali diaspora in England. It is named after Barawa, a port town in Somalia. It hosted the 2018 ConIFA World Football Cup.
The second Ajuran–Portuguese Conflict (1542) was an armed engagement between the Ajuran Sultanate and the Portuguese Empire.
The Tunni is a Somali sub-clan and make up part of the wider Digil Rahanweyn branch. It is one of the major clans that inhabit in the South West State of Somalia and can also be found in Jubbaland.
The Tunni Sultanate was a Somali Muslim Sultanate located in southwestern Somalia, south of the Shabelle river. It was ruled by the Tunni people, who spoke the Tunni language. The historical Tunni area corrisponds to the modern-day Lower Shabelle region.
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