Editing Bakool

{{short description|Region of Somalia}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Bakool
| native_name        = Bokool
| other_name         = 
| settlement_type    = [[Administrative divisions of Somalia|Region]]
| image_skyline      = 
| imagesize          = 
| image_caption      = 
| image_flag         = Flag of South West State of Somalia.svg
| image_seal         = 
| image_shield       = Southwest somalia emblem.jpg
| nickname           = 
| motto              = 
| image_map          = Somalia regions map Bakool.svg
| mapsize            = 250px
| map_caption        = Location in Somalia.
| coordinates        = {{coord|4|20|47|N|43|32|59|E|type:adm1st_region:SO|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = {{flag|Somalia}}
| subdivision_type1  = [[States and regions of Somalia|Regional State]]
| subdivision_name1  = {{Flagicon image|Flag of South West State of Somalia.svg}} [[South West State of Somalia|South West]]
| established_title  = 
| established_date   = 
| seat_type          = Capital
| seat               = [[Huddur]]
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = Governor
| leader_name        = 
| area_total_km2     = 26962
| elevation_m        = 
| elevation_ft       = 
| population_total   = 1,15,6400
| population_as_of   = 2019<ref>{{Cite web |title=Somalia: Subdivision and cities |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/somalia/|access-date=2024-02-14 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}</ref>
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_note    = 1,234,456
| postal_code_type   = 
| postal_code        = 
| iso_code           = [[ISO 3166-2:SO|SO-BK]]<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:SO | title = ISO 3166 — Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions | publisher = International Organization for Standardization (ISO) | access-date = 3 February 2025}}</ref>
| area_code          =
| blank_name_sec2    = [[Human Development Index|HDI]] (2021)
| blank_info_sec2    = 0.295<ref name="GlobalDataLab">{{Cite web|url=https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/|title=Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab|website=hdi.globaldatalab.org|language=en|access-date=2018-09-13}}</ref><br />{{color|#500|low}} · [[List of regions of Somalia by Human Development Index|14th of 18]]
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| timezone           = [[East Africa Time|EAT]]
| utc_offset         = +3
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}}

'''Bakool''' ({{langx|so|Bakool}}, {{langx|ymm|Bokool}}, {{langx|ar|بكول}}) is a region (''[[Regions of Somalia|gobol]]'') in southwestern [[Somalia]].<ref name="Cwfsom">{{cite web|title=Somalia|work=The World Factbook|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|location=Langley, Virginia|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/somalia/|access-date=6 December 2013}}</ref>

==Overview==
It is bordered by the Somali regions of [[Hiiraan]], [[Bay, Somalia|Bay]] and [[Gedo]].

Bakool, like Gedo, Bay and most parts of the [[Jubbada Dhexe]] (Middle Juba) region, used to be a part of the old Upper Region, which was subdivided in the mid-1980s. The town of [[Hudur]] is the administrative capital of the region.

In March 2014, [[Somali Armed Forces]] assisted by an Ethiopian battalion with [[AMISOM]] re-captured the Bakool province's capital [[Hudur]] from the [[Al-Shabaab (militant group)|Al-Shabaab]] militant group.<ref name="Gsfgeflstoh">{{cite news|title=Somalia: Federal Govt, Ethiopian forces liberate strategic town of Hudur |url=http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia-Federal-Govt-Ethiopian-forces-liberate-strategic-town-of-Hudur_printer.shtml |access-date=8 March 2014 |newspaper=Garowe Online |date=7 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308183205/http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia-Federal-Govt-Ethiopian-forces-liberate-strategic-town-of-Hudur_printer.shtml |archive-date=8 March 2014 }}</ref> The offensive was part of an intensified military operation by the allied forces to remove the insurgent group from the remaining areas in southern Somalia under its control.<ref name="Gsfgatcwa">{{cite news|title=Somalia: Federal Govt, AMISOM troops clash with Al Shabaab |url=http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia-Federal-Govt-AMISOM-troops-clash-with-Al-Shabaab_printer.shtml |access-date=11 March 2014 |newspaper=Garowe Online |date=11 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311152532/http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia-Federal-Govt-AMISOM-troops-clash-with-Al-Shabaab_printer.shtml |archive-date=11 March 2014 }}</ref>

==Districts==
The Bakool region consists of five districts:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Regions, districts, and their populations: Somalia 2005 (Draft) |url=https://docs.unocha.org/sites/dms/Somalia/UNDP-POP-RURAL-URBAN%202005.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728203029/https://docs.unocha.org/sites/dms/Somalia/UNDP-POP-RURAL-URBAN%202005.pdf |archive-date=2017-07-28}}</ref>{{efn|Some sources list Rabdhure, others Yed}}
*[[El Barde District]]
*[[Hudur District]]
*[[Rabdhure District]]
*[[Tiyeglow District]]
*[[Wajid District]]
*[[ Dhuurey]] District

==Major towns==
*[[El Barde]]
*[[Aato]]
*[[Hudur]]
*[[washaaqo]]
*[[dhuurey]]
*[[Banaaney]]
*[[Qurajome]]
*[[Rab Dhuure]]
*[[Tiyeglow]]
*[[Wajid, Somalia|Wajid]]
*[[Yeed]]
*[[Yowkooyow]]
*[[Buur Dhuhnle]]
*[[Garasweyne]]
*[[Moorigaabey]]

== Notes ==
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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/121024_Administrative_Map_Bakool_A4.pdf Administrative map of Bakool Region]

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