Editing Middle Shabelle (section)

==Demographics==
A pre-war census estimated the population at 2 million and today the Regional Council claims that the region's population is around 1.5 million. It is also estimated that 60% of the regions population are nomads or farmers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=University of Pittsburgh |date=February 1994 |title=Middle Shabelle introduction |url=https://sites.pitt.edu/~ginie/somalia/pdf/mishabe.pdf |website=sites.pitts.edu}}</ref>

However, the FSNAU population estimate survey in 2022 estimated the population as being 1,618,324, which is highly disputed.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022 |title=Population |url=https://fsnau.org/downloads/Somalia-2022-Post-Deyr-Acute-Food-Insecurity-Rural-Urban-and-IDP-Population-Stressed-Crisis-and-Emergency-Current-Jan-Mar-2022.pdf |website=FSNAU}}</ref>

The majority clans in the region Are the Abgaal and Galjecel. Other clans that live in the region include other Mudulood clans.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.berghof-foundation.org/fileadmin/redaktion/Publications/Other_Resources/Berghof_MS_Assessment_Report_Final.pdf|title = Our Library}}</ref>