Hawle Wadag District

Hawle Wadag
District
Coordinates: 2°02′00″N45°21′00″E / 2.0333°N 45.3500°E / 2.0333; 45.3500
Country	Somalia
Region	Banaadir
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)

Hawle Wadag District (Somali : Degmada Howlwadaag) is a district in the central Banaadir region of Somalia. A neighborhood in north-central Mogadishu, the Bakaara Market is located here.

This district is inhabited by the Murursade clan. In 2009 this region was an operation base by Al-Shabaab who harassed or attacked Amisom from here whose defensive line was at the Sayyid Hassan statue site. ^[1] This statue featured the Sayyid positioned on the Hiin Faniin, a Suleiman horse. ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. Al-Shabaab in Somalia: The History and Ideology of a Militant Islamist Group, Stig Jarle Hansen
2. "Statue of Sayyid M. Abdullah Hassan – Somali Architecture ". Somaliarchitecture.com. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
3. Heart of a Stranger - Page 37, Nora Foster Stovel - 2003

External links

• Districts of Somalia
• Administrative map of Hawle-Wadag District