Beledweyne | |
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| Country |  Somalia |
| Region | Hiran |
| Capital | Beledweyne |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Osman Dhubow |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
Beledweyne District (Somali : Degmada Beledweyne) is a district in the central Hiran region of Somalia. Its capital lies at Beledweyne. The district is mostly inhabited by the Hawadle. [1]
Hiran is an administrative region (gobol) in central Somalia and part of the Hirshabelle State.
Beledweyne is a city in central Somalia. Beledweyne District is the capital city of the Hiran region.
The Battle of Beledweyne occurred on December 24 to December 25, 2006, when Ethiopian troops seized that Somalian town from Islamic Courts Union fighters, according to some news agencies. Beledweyne is 100 km north of Baidoa, the seat of Transitional Federal Government of Somalia.
Ferfer is a town in the Ethiopian Somali Regional State, on the border with the Somali Hiran region. The town straddles the disputed 1950s-era Provisional Administrative Line that separates the Ogaden region of Ethiopia from Somalia, and has a latitude and longitude of 05°05′N45°08′E with an elevation of 230 meters above sea level.
The Battle of Beledweyne took place in July 2008. It began on July 1, when Islamic militants from al-Shabaab attacked Ethiopian soldiers in the town of Beledweyne, Somalia, which was defended by a garrison of Ethiopian troops.
Omar Hashi Aden was a politician from the Hiiraan region of Somalia, and he was a member of parliament under the rule of Siad Barre; he was forced to flee to Eritrea during the Somali Civil War. He was a member of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia, eventually rising to Security Minister.
The Beledweyne bombing was a bombing targeting Medina Hotel in Beledweyne, Somalia killing 57 and injuring 307 others.
Mahas District is a district in the central Hiran region of Somalia. It is in the eastern part of the Hiran region. It is bordered by El Buur District, Adan Yabal District, Mataban District, Guriel District, and Beledweyne District.
Bar Medeghe is a populated place in the central Hiran province of Somalia. It is situated in the Beledweyne District. The settlement lies 21 km southwest of Beledweyne, the provincial capital.
In December 2011, Ethiopian forces recaptured the central Somali town of Beledweyne from Al-Shabaab fighters.
Ugaas Khaliif International Airport is an airport serving Beledweyne, the capital city of the Hiran region in Somalia. The airport is in the countryside 2 kilometres (1 mi) northeast of the city.
This is a 2013 timeline of events in the Somali Civil War (2009–present).
Buq Aqable District is a district in the central Hiran region of Somalia.
On 19 February, 2022, an al-Shabaab suicide bomber killed 14 people at a restaurant in Beledweyne, Somalia.
In late 2013, al-Shabaab carried out two major suicide attacks in Beledweyne, Somalia, killing 35 people.
On 23 March 2022 in Somalia, a series of coordinated attacks by al-Shabaab jihadists in the two cities of Mogadishu and Beledweyne killed over 60 people.
This is a 2022 timeline of events in the Somali Civil War (2009–present).
Safiya Hassan Sheikh Ali Jimale is a Somali politician. She was the Mayor of Beledweyne from 27 May 2019 to 30 July 2020. Safiya was the country's first female mayor after the Somali Civil War.
On 3 October 2022 in Beledweyne, Somalia, al-Shabaab used three car bombs to kill at least 20 people.
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