Afmadow

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title: "Afmadow" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-lower-juba"] description: "Town in lower jubba, Somalia" topic_path: "general/populated-places-in-lower-juba" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afmadow" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Town in lower jubba, Somalia ::

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motto
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image_caption	An overview of Afmadow taken by satellite
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subdivision_name	Somalia
subdivision_type1	Somalia
subdivision_name1	Jubaland
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Afmadow District
leader_title1
established_title
established_title2
established_date2
unit_pref	Imperial
area_land_km2
area_total_sq_mi	27
area_water_percent
population_footnotes
pop_est_as_of	2011
population_est	90,000-170,000
coordinates
	timezone
utc_offset	+3
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m
postal_code_type
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Afmadow () is a city in southern Somalia, located in the middle of the Juba region and bordered by Kenya, Badhadhe, Kismayo, Jamame, Jilib, Hagar, Bardhere and Elwaq in Somalia, it's 401 km southwest of the capital Mogadishu. It is home to a wide variety of wild animals, including the Big Five game animals. The vegetation in Afmadow consists of rich grassland, bounded by semi-desert. It is located northwest of Kismayo. The distance between Afmadow and Kismayo is 110 kilometers or 68 miles.

Divisions

1. Waamo
2. Faanoole
3. Danwadaag

Sub-Divisions

1. Bulowein
2. Bulo-Dano
3. Abaq-Baanboow
4. Adablaha
5. Hodan
6. Afarsaha
7. Cameroon
8. Barxada
9. Baldoos
10. Adoole
11. Bulo-Gumar

History

Afmadow was captured in 2006 by the Islamic Court Union as were the other districts in the region during the Somali Civil War.

On 21 November 2009, the Islamist Al-Shabab militia took control of Afmadow, causing hundreds of families as well as western aid workers to flee in fear of violence. Another Islamist group, Hizbul Islam, left a day earlier, allowing Al-Shabab to move in without much resistance.

Tensions had been building between both militia since the former allies fell out in October in Kismayo, leading to fighting and Al-Shabab taking Kismayo in October 2009.

On 18 October 2011, eyewitnesses reported that Kenyan jets were flying low over the city and al-Shabab was preparing entrenchment systems to defend against an expected attack by the Kenyan Army as part of the Kenyan intervention in Somalia. At the time, the government in Mogadishu was denying the presence of Kenyan troops in Somalia.

On 31 May 2012, it was reported that the Jubaland security forces backed KDF captured the city, as al-Shabab abandoned the town without fighting.

References

References

1. "Map of Afmadow, Somalia, Africa - Collins Maps".
3. "Distance Between Cities Places On Map Distance Calculator".
4. (October 3, 2006). "Somalia: Islamic Courts Attain Afmadow in Lower Jubba Region". All Africa.
5. [http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4b138dbec.html "Somalia: Mass exodus as militia takes control of southern town"] 24 November 2009
6. (2011-10-18). "Kenya troops 'advance into Somalia near Afmadow'". BBC.
7. (2012-05-31). "Somalia forces capture key al-Shabab town of Afmadow". BBC.

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