Jowhar
Sign in to savethumb|Shebelle River Jowhar (, , Italian: Giohar) is the capital city of Hirshabelle state of Somalia. Jowhar is also the administrative capital of Middle Shabelle region of Somalia.
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Place details
- Locality
- Jowhar جوهر
- Region
- Shabeellaha Dhexe شبيلي الوسطى
- Country
- Soomaaliya الصومال
- Population
- 47,086
- Timezone
- Africa/Mogadishu
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Jowhar
- Settlement.native_name
- جوهر
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Jowhar.png
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- An aerial view of Jowhar
- Settlement.map_caption1
- Somalia
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Somalia#Horn of Africa#Africa
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within Somalia##Location within the Horn of Africa##Location within Africa
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- 1
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Somalia
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Hirshabelle
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Middle Shabelle
- Settlement.government_type
- Mayor-Council-Commission
- Settlement.leader_name
- mayor
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Official name
- Jowhar
- Country
- Somalia
- Located in
- Middle Shebelle
- Area
- 25
- Elevation
- 100
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Capital of
- Hirshabelle
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- Jowhar
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- Jowhar
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Villaggio Duca degli Abruzzi
- Administrative capital
- Demographics
- Recent history
- Ethiopian invasion and occupation (2006–2009)
- Somali Civil War (2009–present)
- See also
- Notes
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|Shebelle River Jowhar (, , Italian: Giohar) is the capital city of Hirshabelle state of Somalia. Jowhar is also the administrative capital of Middle Shabelle region of Somalia.
Along with Baidoa, it used to form the joint administrative capital of the Transitional Federal Government, which it captured from the Islamic Courts Union.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jowhar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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