Editing Middle Shabelle

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{{Short description|Region of Somalia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Middle Shabelle
| native_name = ''Shabeellaha Dhexe''
| other_name = Medio Scebeli
| nickname = Shabellaha Dhexe
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| settlement_type = [[Regions of Somalia|Region]]
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and regions of Somalia|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Hirshabeelle.png|size=23px}} [[Hirshabelle]]
| seat_type = Capital
| seat = [[Jowhar]]
| government_type = Regional Government
| leader_title = Governor
| leader_name = Ahmed Meyere Makaran<ref name="Etfdre">{{cite web|title=News in Brief, 21st March 2014|url=http://www.ethioembassy.org.uk/news_archive/A%20Week%20in%20the%20Horn%2021.03.14.pdf|publisher=Embassy of The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia|access-date=11 July 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714120646/http://www.ethioembassy.org.uk/news_archive/A%20Week%20in%20the%20Horn%2021.03.14.pdf|archive-date=14 July 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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| established_date = 10/10/2016
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| population_total = 622,700
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'''Middle Shabelle''' ({{langx|so|Shabeellaha Dhexe}},<ref>{{cite web |title=Toponymic Factfile: Somalia |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65b78d870c75e3000dd801a2/Somalia_Toponymic_Factfile.pdf |website=www.gov.uk |publisher=The Permanent Committee on Geographical Names |access-date=4 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240504052418/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65b78d870c75e3000dd801a2/Somalia_Toponymic_Factfile.pdf |archive-date=4 May 2024 |pages=5–7 |date=2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> {{langx|ar|شبيلي الوسطى}}, {{langx|it|Medio Scebeli}}) is an administrative region (''[[Administrative divisions of Somalia|gobol]]'') in southern [[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> 

It is bordered by [[Hiran, Somalia|Hiran]] to the north, [[Galgaduud]] to the east, the Indian Ocean to the south and the region of [[Lower Shabelle]] and the capital [[Mogadishu]] to the west. The [[Shabelle River]] also passes through this region. 

The region of Middle Shabelle formed the [[Hirshabelle State]] by 2016, which considers itself an autonomous state within the larger [[Federal Republic]] of Somalia, as defined by the [[Provisional Constitution of the Federal Republic of Somalia]].<ref name="allafrica.com">{{cite web |title=Somalia's Federal Govt Endorses Central State |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201407310912.html |access-date=18 June 2016 |website=All Africa}}</ref>

RADIO ASAL 
Radio Asal is private Radio located jowhar city capital of Hir-Shabelle State in Somalia.
Radio Asal is a local Radio 88.6 MHz jowhar-somali.

==Overview==

As part of the former [[Banaadir|Benadir]] region, Middle Shabelle's capital was [[Mogadishu]] up until the mid-1980s, when the town of [[Jowhar]] became the capital. It is named after the [[Shebelle River]] that passes through this region.

The region is regarded as one of the most fertile regions in Somalia and was the first region to have multiple factories opened up in it, such as a sugar and clothes factory. It was also the main source of local grown food before the civil war. 

Today, the region supports livestock production, rain-fed and irrigated agriculture and fisheries, with an annual rainfall between 150 and 500 millimeters. Covering an area of approximately 60,000 square kilometres, the region has a 400 kilometre coastline on the Indian Ocean. The Shabelle river runs for 150 kilometres through the region.<ref>{{Cite web |title=REGION: MIDDLE SHABELLE REGION |url=http://www.pitt.edu/~ginie/somalia/pdf/mishabe.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804033945/http://www.pitt.edu/~ginie/somalia/pdf/mishabe.pdf |archive-date=2020-08-04 |website=www.pitt.edu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Somalia: Assessment report on the mechanisms and needs of the population living in Jowhar, Adale, and Adal Yabal, Warsheikh districts of Middle Shabelle region – Somalia |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/somalia/somalia-assessment-report-mechanisms-and-needs-population-living-jowhar-adale-and |website=ReliefWeb |access-date=10 July 2019 |language=en |date=19 Jun 2008}}</ref>

==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>

==Districts==
Middle Shabelle Region consists of 11 districts:<ref>{{Cite web |date=1994 |title=Region: Middle Shabelle Region |url=https://sites.pitt.edu/~ginie/somalia/pdf/mishabe.pdf |website=University of Pittsburgh}}</ref>

* [[Jowhar District]]
* [[Balad District, Somalia|Balcad District]]
* [[Adale District]]
* [[Adan Yabal District|Adan Yabaal District]]
* [[Warsheikh District]]
* [[Runirgod District|Ruun-Nirgood District]]
* [[Mahaday District|Mahadaay District]]
* [[Gambole District]]
* [[Ceel Baraf District]]
* [[Jameeca Jilyaale District]]
* [[Cali Guduuf District| Cali Guduud District]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/121024_Administrative_Map_Middle_Shabelle_A4.pdf Administrative map of Middle Shabelle]

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