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Jubaland

Jubaland State of Somalia
  • Dawlad Goboleedka Jubbaland ee Soomaaliya (Somali)
  • ولاية أرض جوبا في الصومال  (Arabic)
Coat of arms of Jubaland
Coat of arms
Location of Jubaland
Location of Jubaland
CapitalBu'ale (de jure)[1] Kismayo (de facto)
Largest cityKismayo
Official languages
Demonym(s)Somali[2][3]
GovernmentFederated state under a presidential democracy
• President
Ahmed Madobe
• Vice President
Mohamud Sayid Aden
Federal Member State 
within Somalia
Area
• Total
110,293 km2 (42,584 sq mi)
• Water (%)
negligible
Population
• 2014 estimate
3,360,633
CurrencySomali shilling (SOS)
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)
• Summer (DST)
UTC+3 (not observed)
Calling code+252 (Somalia)
ISO 3166 codeSO
Internet TLD.so
Federal States in Somalia

Jubaland (Somali: Jubbaland; Arabic: جوبالاند; Italian: Oltregiuba), or the Juba Valley (Somali: Dooxada Jubba), is a Federal Member State in southern Somalia. Jubba River, stretching from Dolow to the Indian Ocean, while its western side flanks the North Eastern Province in Kenya, which was carved out of Jubaland during the colonial period.[4]

Jubaland has a total area of 110,293 km2 (42,584 sq mi). As of 2005, it had a total population of 953,045 inhabitants.[5][6] the largest city Kismayo, which is situated on the coast in the Indian Ocean. Bardhere, Luuq, and Beled Haawo are the region's other principal settlements. Other cities such as Jamame and Jilib are currently occupied by Al-Shabaab.

During the Middle Ages, the influential Somali Ajuran Sultanate held sway over the territory, followed in turn by the Geledi Sultanate. They were later incorporated into British East Africa. In 1925, Jubaland was ceded to Italy, forming a part of Italian Somaliland. On 1 July 1960, the region, along with the rest of Italian Somaliland and British Somaliland, became part of the independent Somali Republic.

  1. ^ "Jubaland Constitution: Bu'ale is the Capital for Jubaland". Dhanaan.com. 6 April 2013. Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Somalia". World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. 14 May 2009. Retrieved 31 May 2009.
  3. ^ Paul Dickson, Labels for locals: what to call people from Abilene to Zimbabwe (Merriam-Webster: 1997), p.175. ISBN 006088164X.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Ospftf was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Regions, districts, and their populations: Somalia 2005 (draft)" (PDF). UNDP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  6. ^ "Area Calculator – Outline a property on a google map and find its area". mapdevelopers.com. Retrieved 28 November 2017.

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