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| Country |  Somalia |
| Region | Middle Shabelle |
| Capital | Jowhar |
| Population (2014) | |
| • Total | 269,851 [1] |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
Jowhar District (Somali : Degmada Jowhar) is a district of the southeastern Middle Shabelle in Somalia. Its capital lies at Jowhar. The district had estimated population of 269,851 as of 2014, a survey was done by (UNDP) in 2014. [1]
Middle Shabelle is an administrative region (gobol) in southern Somalia.
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The following is an index of Somalia-related articles.
The Battle of Jowhar was a battle in the 2006 Somali War fought between the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) and affiliated militias against Ethiopian and Transitional Federal Government (TFG) forces for control of the town of Jowhar. It began on December 27, 2006, when retreating ICU forces regrouped near their stronghold of Jowhar. It became the last major town and strategic stronghold of the ICU to fall to Ethiopian and TFG forces before the latter overtook Mogadishu two days later.
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Jalalaqsi (Jalalassi) is a town in the south-central Hiran province of Somalia. It is situated on the Shebelle River, between Buuloburde and Jowhar.
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Mogadishu under Italian control was the capital of Italian Somalia during the nearly eighty years of Italy's colonial rule in Somalia. In those years the city grew from a medieval village of a few thousand inhabitants in the late 19th century to a modern capital with a population of nearly 150,000 "mogadiscians", nicknamed "the pearl of the Indian ocean" in 1960.
Hirshabelle, officially Hirshabelle State of Somalia, is a Federal Member State in south-central Somalia. It is bordered by Galmudug state of Somalia to the north, South West State of Somalia and Banadir region to the south, Ethiopia to the west and the Indian Ocean to the east. Jowhar is the capital of the Hirshabelle state of Somalia.
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