Lower Shabelle

{{Short description|Region in Somalia}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Lower Shabelle

| native_name = Shibelithy Hoosy
Shabeellaha Hoose
شبيلي السفلى

| other_name = Basso Scebeli

| nickname =

| motto =

| settlement_type = Region

| image_skyline =

| imagesize =

| image_caption = The Merca beachside.

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

| image_seal =

| image_shield = Southwest somalia emblem.jpg

| image_map = Somalia_regions_map_Shabeellaha_Hoose.svg

| mapsize = 250px

| map_caption = Location in Somalia

| 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

| seat_type = Capital

| seat = Merca

| government_type = Federal State

| leader_title = Governor

| leader_name = Mohamed Ibrahim Barre{{cite web|title=News in Brief, 21st March 2014|url=http://www.ethioembassy.org.uk/news_archive/A%20Week%20in%20the%20Horn%2021.03.14.pdf|publisher=Embassy of The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia|access-date=11 July 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714120646/http://www.ethioembassy.org.uk/news_archive/A%20Week%20in%20the%20Horn%2021.03.14.pdf|archive-date=14 July 2014|df=dmy-all}}

| established_title =

| established_date =

| area_magnitude =

| area_total_km2 = 25,285

| 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_note =

| population_total = 1,218,700

| population_density_km2 = auto

| timezone = EAT

| utc_offset = +3

| coordinates = {{coord|1|46|6|N|44|23|24|E|region:SO-SH_type:adm1st|display=inline,title}}

| elevation_m =

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| iso_code = SO-SH{{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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| blank_name_sec2 = HDI (2021)

| blank_info_sec2 = 0.323{{Cite web|url=https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/|title=Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab|website=hdi.globaldatalab.org|language=en|access-date=2018-09-13}}
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Lower Shabelle ({{langx|so|Shabeellaha Hoose}},[http://geonames.nga.mil/namesgaz/ GeoNames Search] {{langx|ymm|Shibelithy Hoosy}}, {{langx|ar|شبيلي السفلى}}, {{langx|it|Basso Scebeli}}) is an administrative region (gobol) in southern 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}}