Bu'ale

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Capital city of Jubaland in Somalia

Bu'ale بالي Bu'aale
Capital city of Jubaland
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Coordinates: 1°5′0′′N 42°35′0′′E / 1.08333°N 42.58333°E / 1.08333; 42.58333
Country	Somalia
State	Jubaland
Region	Middle Juba
Occupation	Al Shabaab
Government
• Control	Al-Shabaab
Area
• Total	30 km² (10 sq mi)
Population (1999)
• Total	115,000
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)

Bu'ale (Somali: Bu'aale Arabic: 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.^[1]

Since 2014, the town, along with Jilib and Jamame, is under the control of the Islamist militant group al-Shabaab.^[2]

^ "Nuxurka Dastuurka cusub ee Jubaland ee maanta la ansixiyay" [The content of the new Constitution of Jubaland which was approved today]. Dhanaan.com (in Somali). Archived from the original on 2013年04月04日. Retrieved 2013年04月03日.
^ "Al-Shabaab loses 8 Somali towns since Sept.: AMISOM". worldbulletin.dunyabulteni.net. Retrieved 2021年02月13日.

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