Bay (Somali: Baay) is an administrative region (gobolka) in southern 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 Baidoa. Baidoa ( Baydhabo) is a city in south-central Somalia, situated 256 kilometers (159 miles by road northwest of the capital Mogadishu. It is bordered by the Somali regions of Bakool, Lower Shabele, Middle Juba, and Gedo. Bakool (Bakool is a region ( gobolka) in central Somalia. Its capital is Xuddur. Lower Shabele ( Somali: Shabeellaha Hoose) is an administrative region ( gobolka) in southern Somalia. Middle Juba (Jubbada Dhexe is an administrative region ( gobolka) in southern Somalia in the historical region of Jubaland. Gedo ( Geedo) is an administrative region ( gobolka) formerly part of the historic Upper Juba Region, Somalia. Bay region is one of the most populated regions of Somalia and consists of the following districts:

• Baidoa (its capital)
• Buurhakaba
• Diinsoor
• Qansaxdheere
• Berdaale

Baidoa used to be the capital of the old Upper Juba region which consists of today Bay, Gedo, Bakool and most parts of Middle Juba (Jubbada Dhexe). Baidoa ( Baydhabo) is a city in south-central Somalia, situated 256 kilometers (159 miles by road northwest of the capital Mogadishu. Buurhakaba ( Buurhakaba) is a city located in the administrative region ( Gobolka) of Bay in southwestern Somalia. Dinsoor is a town in Somalia It was founded 1805 when a group of nomadic people found a water well near Moon (a mountain area called Bug Gedo ( Geedo) is an administrative region ( gobolka) formerly part of the historic Upper Juba Region, Somalia. Bakool (Bakool is a region ( gobolka) in central Somalia. Its capital is Xuddur. Middle Juba (Jubbada Dhexe is an administrative region ( gobolka) in southern Somalia in the historical region of Jubaland. Present regions were created in the 1970s by the then military regime.

Clans of the region:

Rahanweyn clans which is overwhelming majority of the region population:

Mirifle

• Siyeed
  • Boqolhore
  • Leysan
  • Hariin
  • Eelaay
  • Garwaale

• Sagaal
  • Hadame
  • Luwaay
  • Yantaar
  • Hubeer
  • Geelidle
  • Eeyle

• Digil
  • Dabarre
  • Garre

• Non-Rahanweyn clans:
  • Marehan
  • Facaye
  • Jiidle
  • Gaaljecel
  • Ajuran
  • Awr-male (Now a sub clan of Warsangeli but until 2002 a Mirifle sub clan)
  • Reer Shabeelle

Languages:

The majority of the regions population speak with the Afmaay dialect of the Somali language. See also Somali clan The Rahanweyn ( Somali Maay: Reewing; traditional Raxanweyn, الراحانوين is a Somali clan, composed 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 Rahanweyn ( Somali Maay: Reewing; traditional Raxanweyn, الراحانوين is a Somali clan, composed The Marehan ( Somali: Mareexaan Arabic:مريحان Marehan bin Ahmed bin Abdirahman bin Is'mail bin Ibrahim al Jaberti) are a Somali Sheikh Mohamed Ali Facaye ( Somali: Sheekh Maxamed Cali Facaye) is the director for the Kismayo Regional Islamic Courts under the government Gaaljecel is a Somali subclan of Gugudhabe, part of the larger Hawiye clan See also Somali clan The Ajuran (also Ajuuraan or Ujuuraan) is a Somali clan. Maay (also known as Af Maay Afmaay Af-Maay Tiri Af-May Af-Maymay Rahanween Rahanweyn is a member of the East Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family Also spoken in the region are Afdabare and Afgarre as well as Maxaatiri of Somali.

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