Bakool (Somali: Bakool) is a region (gobolka) in central Somalia. Somali ( Af Soomaali, الصوماليه is a member of the East Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by ethnic Somalis Somalia ( Soomaaliya; الصومال) officially the Somali Republic ( Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya, جمهورية الصومال) and formerly known Its capital is Xuddur. Huddur is the capital city of Bakool, Somalia. It is located in the south-west of Somalia around. It is bordered by Ethiopia and the Somalian regions of Hiiraan, Bay and Gedo. NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page Hiiraan (Hiiraan is an administrative region ( gobolka) in central Somalia. Bay (Baay is an administrative region ( gobolka) in southern Somalia. Gedo ( Geedo) is an administrative region ( gobolka) formerly part of the historic Upper Juba Region, Somalia. It has an estimated population of 226,000.

Bakool like Gedo, Bay, and most parts of Jubbada Dhexe (Middle Juba) regions used to be part of the old Upper Region which was subdivided in the mid 1980s. Middle Juba (Jubbada Dhexe is an administrative region ( gobolka) in southern Somalia in the historical region of Jubaland.

Bakol consists of the following districts:

• Xuddur
• Tiyeegloow
• Wajid
• Ceelbarde
• Yeed

And the proposed districts of:

• Dolandoole
• Rabdhuure

Clans of the region

Rahanweyn (Digil and Mirifle) clans comprise 55% of the regions population:

The Mirifle of the region are:

• Siyeed
  • Boqolhore (Disoow, Qoomaal, Eemid and Yalaale)
  • Macaliweyne
  • Jiroon
  • Reer Dumaal
  • Wanjaal
  • Asharaaf Sarmaan
  • Leysan
  • Hariin
  • Haroow
  • Garwaale
• Sagaal
  • Hadame
  • Gelidle
  • Jilible
  • Luwaay

The Digil of the region are:

• Garre

The non-Rahanweyn minority clans in Bakool:

• Darod
  • Warsangeli
  • Marehan
  • Ogaden
• Dir
  • Gaadsan
• Hawiye
  • Jajeele
  • Gaaljecel

Huddur is the capital city of Bakool, Somalia. It is located in the south-west of Somalia around. Wajid is a town and district in the Bakool region of Somalia. See also Somali clan The Rahanweyn ( Somali Maay: Reewing; traditional Raxanweyn, الراحانوين is a Somali clan, composed Leysan ( Leysaan) is one of the major subclans of Mirifle ( Rahanweyn) Hadame is a larger Somali subclan of the major Rahanweyn clan See also Somali clan The Garre are a Somali Pastoralist clan that live in Somalia, Kenya, and Ethiopia. See also Somali clan The Darod ( Darood or Daarood, بني داوود is a Somali clan. The Warsangali (also Warsengeli or Warsingeli) ("Son of Mohamoud Harti" is a Somali clan of the Harti group part of the Darod The Marehan ( Somali: Mareexaan Arabic:مريحان Marehan bin Ahmed bin Abdirahman bin Is'mail bin Ibrahim al Jaberti) are a Somali See also Somali clan The Ogaden ( Ogaadeen, أوجادين is one of the Somali clans and the largest Darod subclan The Dir ( Diir, دير is a Somali clan whose members live mostly in northern southern and central Somalia, as well as Djibouti and Main article Somali clan Gaadsan (or Gadsan is one of the largest tribes of the Dir, especially the western Dir See also Somali clan The Hawiye ( Hawiiye, هاويي is a Somali clan whose members live in central and southern Somalia, in the Gaaljecel is a Somali subclan of Gugudhabe, part of the larger Hawiye clan

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