Jamame
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| other_name = Giamama (Villaggio Regina Margherita)
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| image_caption = The Juba River downstream from Jamame.
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| subdivision_name1 = Lower Juba
| subdivision_name2 = Jamame
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| leader_title = Control
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| population_total = 129,149
| population_as_of = 2005
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Jamame ({{langx|so|Jamaame}}, {{langx|ar|جمامة}}, {{langx|it|Giamama}}, formerly Villaggio Regina Margherita), also spelled Giamame, is a town in the southern Lower Juba (Jubbada Hoose) region of Somalia. There are many farms located near Jamame.{{Cite web|url=https://horseedmedia.net/2015/08/18/somalia-a-letter-from-jamaame/|title=Somalia: A letter from Jamaame|date=18 August 2015}} The equator passes over the town.
Overview
Jamame is situated between the Somali Sea in the east, the agricultural land along the Jubba River in the west, and the port city of Kismayo in the south. It is the center of the Jamame District.
Since 2014, the Al-Shabaab Al-Mujahideen has controlled Jamaame.{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldbulletin.net/news/147190/al-shabaab-loses-8-somali-towns-since-sept-amisom|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101111923/http://www.worldbulletin.net/news/147190/al-shabaab-loses-8-somali-towns-since-sept-amisom|url-status=usurped|archive-date=November 1, 2014|title=Sayfa Bulunamadı - Turkey and World News}} In June 2018, American Special Forces and Al-Shabaab fighters engaged in a firefight near Jamame, which killed one American soldier.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/08/world/africa/american-soldier-killed-somalia-.html |title=1 U.S. Soldier Is Killed and 4 Are Wounded in Somalia Firefight |date=June 8, 2018 |first1=Thomas |last1=Gibbons-Neff |first2=Helene |last2=Cooper |newspaper=The New York Times |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180609014526/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/08/world/africa/american-soldier-killed-somalia-.html |archive-date=June 9, 2018 |access-date=June 9, 2018 |url-status=live }}
Demographics
In 2005, Jamame had a population of around 129,149 inhabitants according to the UNDP.{{cite web |url=https://docs.unocha.org/sites/dms/Somalia/UNDP-POP-RURAL-URBAN%202005.pdf |title=Regions, districts, and their populations: Somalia 2005 (draft) |website=United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs |publisher=United Nations Development Programme |access-date=2020-12-31 |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 |url-status=dead}}