Bakool

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| name = Bakool

| native_name = Bokool

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| settlement_type = Region

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| image_flag = Flag of South West State of Somalia.svg

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| image_shield = Southwest somalia emblem.jpg

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| image_map = Somalia regions map Bakool.svg

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| map_caption = Location in Somalia.

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Somalia}}

| subdivision_type1 = Regional State

| subdivision_name1 = {{Flagicon image|Flag of South West State of Somalia.svg}} South West

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| seat_type = Capital

| seat = Huddur

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| leader_title = Governor

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| area_total_km2 = 26962

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| population_total = 1,15,6400

| population_as_of = 2019{{Cite web |title=Somalia: Subdivision and cities |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/somalia/|access-date=2024-02-14 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_note = 1,234,456

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| iso_code = SO-BK{{cite web | url = https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:SO | title = ISO 3166 — Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions | publisher = International Organization for Standardization (ISO) | access-date = 3 February 2025}}

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Bakool ({{langx|so|Bakool}}, {{langx|ymm|Bokool}}, {{langx|ar|بكول}}) is a region (gobol) in southwestern Somalia.{{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}}

Overview

It is bordered by the Somali regions of Hiiraan, Bay and Gedo.

Bakool, like Gedo, Bay and most parts of the Jubbada Dhexe (Middle Juba) region, used to be a part of the old Upper Region, which was subdivided in the mid-1980s. The town of Hudur is the administrative capital of the region.

In March 2014, Somali Armed Forces assisted by an Ethiopian battalion with AMISOM re-captured the Bakool province's capital Hudur from the Al-Shabaab militant group.{{cite news|title=Somalia: Federal Govt, Ethiopian forces liberate strategic town of Hudur |url=http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia-Federal-Govt-Ethiopian-forces-liberate-strategic-town-of-Hudur_printer.shtml |access-date=8 March 2014 |newspaper=Garowe Online |date=7 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308183205/http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia-Federal-Govt-Ethiopian-forces-liberate-strategic-town-of-Hudur_printer.shtml |archive-date=8 March 2014 }} The offensive was part of an intensified military operation by the allied forces to remove the insurgent group from the remaining areas in southern Somalia under its control.{{cite news|title=Somalia: Federal Govt, AMISOM troops clash with Al Shabaab |url=http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia-Federal-Govt-AMISOM-troops-clash-with-Al-Shabaab_printer.shtml |access-date=11 March 2014 |newspaper=Garowe Online |date=11 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311152532/http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Somalia_27/Somalia-Federal-Govt-AMISOM-troops-clash-with-Al-Shabaab_printer.shtml |archive-date=11 March 2014 }}

Districts

The Bakool region consists of five districts:{{Cite web |title=Regions, districts, and their populations: Somalia 2005 (Draft) |url=https://docs.unocha.org/sites/dms/Somalia/UNDP-POP-RURAL-URBAN%202005.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728203029/https://docs.unocha.org/sites/dms/Somalia/UNDP-POP-RURAL-URBAN%202005.pdf |archive-date=2017-07-28}}{{efn|Some sources list Rabdhure, others Yed}}

Major towns

Notes

References

External links

[http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/121024_Administrative_Map_Bakool_A4.pdf Administrative map of Bakool Region]

Category:Regions of Somalia