Location of Shabeellaha Dhexe in Somalia

Middle Shabele (Somali: Shabeellaha Dhexe) 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 As part of the former Benadir region, its capital was Mogadishu until the mid 1980s, when the town of Jowhar became the capital. Benadir ( Somali: Banaadir; بنادر Banādir, the Arabic broken plural of the Persian term bandar "moorage" "port" Mogadishu ( Somali: Muqdisho, popularly Xamar, Hamar; مقديشو Maqadīshū The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. Jowhar (Jowhar is the capital town of the Shabeellaha Dhexe region of Somalia (located at) and along with Baidoa, used to form the It is bordered by the Somalian regions of Galguduud, Hiiraan, Lower Shabele, and Banaadir and the Indian Ocean. Galguduud (Galguduud is an administrative region ( gobolka) in central Somalia. Hiiraan (Hiiraan is an administrative region ( gobolka) in central Somalia. Lower Shabele ( Somali: Shabeellaha Hoose) is an administrative region ( gobolka) in southern Somalia. Benadir or Banaadir ( Somali: Banaadir; بنادر is a region ( gobolka) in southern Somalia. The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's Oceanic divisions covering about 20% of the water on the Earth 's surface

It is named after the river Shabeelle that passes this region.

Districts

• Aadan Yabaal
• Balcad
• Cadale
• Jowhar (capital)
• Mahadaay Weyn
• Warsheikh

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