Dhobley (Lower Juba Region)

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Dhobley
Dhoobley
Liboi-Somalia
Town
Motto(s): 
Dhoobley ku Dhereg (lit., Fill up the clay [dhoob])
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Dhobley
Location in Somalia.
Coordinates: 0°24′38″N41°0′35″E / 0.41056°N 41.00972°E / 0.41056; 41.00972
CountryFlag of Somalia.svg  Somalia
Regional State Jubaland
Region Lower Juba
District Dhobley District
Government
  Types
Time zone UTC+3 (EAT)

Dhobley formerly known as Liboi-Somalia is a strategic border town located south-western Somalia's lower juba region and approximately 0.2 KM from the Kenya border and second largest city in the Lower Juba region after Kismayo, the capital of the region Lower Juba.the town was established at around the 1970s by a group of pastrolist who settled for rearing their livestocks.

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Administrative

Dhobley has all the following areas:

and many more.

Economy

The main sources of income in Dhobley are the livestock trade, cross-border trade such as currency exchange, and the Airport of the city, the transport tax between the two countries. ETC.

Education

Dhobley as 8 schools, three of which are high schools.

Infrastructures

The district is also rich in water and has about eight water boreholes and irrigates all the surrounding areas and a large number of livestock who come to the city during the drought in the districts around Dhobley and in the region NFD.


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