Bilaal

Bilaal Bilaal (Somali) بِلَال (Arabic) Ceel Lafoole
Town
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Coordinates: 3°22′37″N45°29′11″E / 3.37694°N 45.48639°E / 3.37694; 45.48639
Country	Somalia
Region	Hiran
Elevation	127 m (417 ft)
Population
• Total	8,000
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)
Area code	+252

Bilaal or El Bilal, is a village in the Hiran region of Somalia, ^[1] located 10 km (6.4 mi) west of Jalalaqsi and 145 km (90 mi) northwest of the Somalian capital Mogadishu. ^[2]

Location

Bilaal is located 10 km (6.4 mi) west of Jalalaqsi and 145 km (90 mi) northwest of the Somalian capital Mogadishu.

History

Although it is now a small village, Bilal is one of the oldest settlements in Hiran region, during the colonial period it was a very developed area, was built at the first school in Hiran region (Bilal Primary and Secondary School).

Bilal is the home of many notable people such businessmen like Abukar Osman and Haji Qurow, poets like Abukar Fanahow, religious preacher Islow Nur Abikar and the first Somalian Defence Minister Abdirahman Haji Mumin, Also Colonel Ahmed Abdi osman well known sheikh mujib is one of Military experienced persons from there.

References

1. https://arcadia.sba.uniroma3.it/bitstream/2307/5416/1/Groundwater%20resources%20in%20Central%20Somalia_QGS.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
2. "Node History: Bilaal (7651332543)". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 2021-09-30.