Bakool

Bakool (Somali: Bakool, Maay: Bokool, Arabic: بكول) is a region (gobol) in southwestern Somalia.^[4]

Bakool Bokool
Region
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Location in Somalia.
Coordinates: 4°20′47″N 43°32′59″E
Country	Somalia
Regional State	South West
Capital	Huddur
Area
• Total	26,962 km2 (10,410 sq mi)
Population  (2019[1])
• Total	1,156,400
• Density	43/km2 (110/sq mi)
	1,234,456
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)
ISO 3166 code	SO-BK[2]
HDI (2021)	0.295[3] low · 14th of 18

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.^[5] 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.^[6]

Districts

The Bakool region consists of five districts:^[7][a]

• El Barde District
• Hudur District
• Rabdhure District
• Tiyeglow District
• Wajid District
• Dhuurey

Major towns

• El Barde
• Aato
• Hudur
• washaaqo
• dhuurey
• Banaaney
• Qurajome
• Rab Dhuure
• Tiyeglow
• Wajid
• Yeed
• Yowkooyow
• Buur Dhuhnle
• Garasweyne
• Moorigaabey

Notes

1. Some sources list Rabdhure, others Yed