Bu'ale
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| native_name = بالي
Bu'aale
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| settlement_type = Capital city of Jubaland
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| pushpin_map = Somalia#Horn of Africa#Africa
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within Somalia##Location within the Horn of Africa##Location within Africa
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Somalia}}
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Jubaland}}
| subdivision_type2 = Region
| subdivision_name2 = Middle Juba
| parts_type = Occupation
| parts_style = para
| p1 = Al Shabaab|
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| leader_title = Control
| leader_name = {{flagicon image|AQMI Flag asymmetric.svg}} Al-Shabaab
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| population_total = 115,000
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Bu'ale ({{langx|so|Bu'aale}} {{Langx|ar|بالي}}) is an agricultural town in Southern Somalia, the capital of the Middle Juba region and the capital city of the Jubaland State of Somalia.
History
Bu'ale was made the capital city of Jubaland on 2 April 2013.{{cite web |title=Nuxurka Dastuurka cusub ee Jubaland ee maanta la ansixiyay |trans-title=The content of the new Constitution of Jubaland which was approved today |url=http://dhanaan.com/nuxurka-dastuurkii-jubbaland-ee-maanta-la-ansixiyay/ |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130404234239/http://dhanaan.com/nuxurka-dastuurkii-jubbaland-ee-maanta-la-ansixiyay/ |archivedate=2013-04-04 |accessdate=2013-04-03 |website=Dhanaan.com |language=so}}
Since 2014, the town, along with Jilib and Jamame, is under the control of the Islamist militant group al-Shabaab.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=Al-Shabaab loses 8 Somali towns since Sept.: AMISOM |url=https://worldbulletin.dunyabulteni.net/africa/al-shabaab-loses-8-somali-towns-since-sept-amisom-h147190.html |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2021-02-13 |website=worldbulletin.dunyabulteni.net}}
References
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- [http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-4556974&fid=5788&c=somalia Bu'aale]
Category:Populated places in Middle Juba
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