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FieldValue
nameGedo
native_nameGobolka Gedo
settlement_typeRegion
image_mapGedo_in_Somalia.svg
map_captionLocation in Somalia
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameSomalia
subdivision_type1Regional State
subdivision_name1Jubaland
seat_typeCapital
seatGarbaharey
leader_titleGovernor
leader_nameAbdullaahi shimbir
established_date1974
area_total_km285.000
population_as_of2019
population_total150,000
population_density_km2auto
timezoneEAT
utc_offset+3
coordinates
elevation_m914.4
elevation_ft3000
iso_codeSO-GE
blank_name_sec2HDI (2021)
blank_info_sec20.318
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official_nameGedo Region of Somalia
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Gedo (, , , or Ghedu) is an administrative region (gobol) in Jubaland, southern Somalia. Its regional capital is Garbahaarreey. The region was formed during 1974

The regional capital is Garbahare.

President Siad Barre's forces withdrew to Gedo following the collapse of the Somali Democratic Republic in the early 1990s. After 1991, the Somali National Front (SNF) led by Omar Haji Mohamed held large parts of the region for many years. In collaboration with the SNF, Gedo joined the growing trend of Islamic Courts at the start of the Somali Civil War and local sharia courts succeeded in making Luuq District one of Somalia's safest areas for much of the 1990s. The militant religious group al-Itihaad al-Islamiya (AIAI) also rose to power in the region later, taking over the city of Luuq as its headquarters. The Ethiopian National Defence Force then entered the area to attack AIAI's bases in 1996. The first democratically elected governor of the administrative region was Hussein Farey, who entered office in 2008.

Districts

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Gedo Region consists of seven districts:

The Dawa and Jubba rivers are the two major rivers of the region.

History

An ancient Gedo was formally owned by different tribes such as Ogaden, Borana, Ajuran and Garre. Around 1700, the Italian was fighting over Juba river and dawo, almost two fights broke down and in 1900 century when the drawish dissolved. They match with Marehan towards GEDO and took over the whole territory. Marchand claim it later on and Around 1974, it was declared in recognition that is now in province. And many village were recognized as cities as well. Suddenly,1991 when the civil war broke out and siyad Barre fleed the country through BALEDHAWO. Everything changed the town started booming despite there was fights, I mean many fights, whetherit was an invader(Ethiopia)(kenya) or among locals. Baledhawo thrive becoming sensational business place connecting three countries.(we mentioned above) There is a mosque builded by the Italians that's called (sheikh Makala) some stuffs visit the grave annually and it dates back to 18the century.

Education

The city of Garbahare and the region's two ancient cities of Luuq and Bardera had education systems up to the secondary level. There were some technical schools in Bardera and Garbaharreey, albeit without a curriculum. They are connected through the Gedo Education Committee. All of Gedo region's high school graduates attended the Somali National University or affiliated institutions in Mogadishu.

Since the civil war in Somalia, Gedo became one of half dozen regions which have restarted higher education institutions in the country. Bardera Polytechnic, Gedo's first college, and the University of Gedo, are both located in Bardera.

Demographics

According to a 1994 UNOSOM II estimate, the population of Gedo was about 590,000. The United Nations Development Programme estimated the total population in 2005 at 328,378; and UN estimates from 2014 stand at some 508,000.

Economy

The economy mostly depends on livestock and farming, but the Gedo region has strong interregional and international cross-border trade with Kenya and to some extent with Ethiopia. Trade across Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia allowed the Gedo region to be economically stable for the years before the UN intervention and afterward. The 1998 Nordic Fact Finding Mission prepared a report on the Gedo region and found some encouraging economic figures. Davidson College assistant professor Ken Menkhaus said that "Traders in Gedo region made more profit than, for instance, those in Hargeisa, in north-western Somalia." Trade going through the border between the three countries was ongoing despite the raging civil war in Somalia for much of the 1990.

Government

Gedo region has a 32-member assembly body. The members are directly elected from the seven districts of the region with proportionality according to district population. The Gedo assembly or (Gollaha Gobalka Gedo) works with the federal government based in Mogadishu. Regional level posts include:

  • Governor
  • Vice Governor
  • Inter-Regional Affairs Director
  • Director of Security Services
  • Gedo Regional Police Commander
  • Director of Education Services
  • Director of Agricultural Agency
  • Director of Economic Affairs
  • Livestock and Forestry Dept. Director
  • Director of Justice and Religious Affairs

After long conflicts in the region, the regional elders started a peace conference with initiatives from the then governor, Aden Ibrahim Aw Hirsi. This effort ended in success. and were followed by the elections of the regional assembly. The process was financed by UNDP.

In addition to regional posts, the Federal Government of Somalia maintains military forces in the region. Brigade 9 of Division 60 (Somalia) was reported in the region as of 2016, originating from a U.S.-funded pilot programme that began in 2012.

Cities and towns

Bardera and Buulo Haawo cities are the two principal cities of the Gedo region. In the recent past, Luuq or Lugh used to be the main political city of the Gedo Region, but the Somali Civil War made many of the city's residents to flee to other towns.

Bardera, the largest city and the seat of the most populous district in Gedo, has become urbanized to the extent that its population multiplied 400% since the breakdown of law and order in the capital of the country, Mogadishu. Aside from the urban population in proper Bardera, the rest of the region's population are pastoralists with the exception of people living in the cities where the region's seven district seats are located. The town is home to Bardera Polytechnic as well as the University of Gedo which also has a campus at Buulo Haawo.

Notes

References

References

  1. "Report of the Nordic fact-finding mission to the Gedo region in Somalia 15 October – 30 October 1998".
  2. "Somalia: Subdivision and cities".
  3. "ISO 3166 — Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions". International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
  4. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab".
  5. "Gudoomiyaha Gobolka Gedo Xuseen Sh. Cabdi 'Farey' oo nasiib daro ku tilmaamay sida uu sharciga u garab maray Raysalwasaare Saacid {{!".
  6. Dool, Abdullahi. (1998). "Failed States: When Governance Goes Wrong!". Horn Heritage Publications.
  7. Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. (1 December 1997). "Somalia: Information on the Somali National Front in Gedo and on Omar Haji Masalle including his clan and subclan".
  8. Njoku, Raphael Chijioke. (2013-02-20). "The History of Somalia". Bloomsbury Publishing USA.
  9. Elmi, Afyare Abdi. (2010-08-15). "Understanding the Somalia Conflagration: Identity, Islam and Peacebuilding". Pluto Press.
  10. "Somalia: Gedo Region Elects a New Governor".
  11. (February 1994). "UNSOM 2 Planning and Information Unit Regional Report: Gedo Region". Global Information Networks in Education (GINIE).
  12. [http://www.statoids.com/yso.html Districts of Somalia]
  13. Conflict Dynamics International/CEWERU, [http://www.cdint.org/documents/Bottom_Up_Southern_Regions-Conflict-Assesement_CEWERU.pdf "From the Bottom Up: Southern Regions: Perspectives through Conflict Analysis and Key Political Actors' Mapping"] {{Webarchive. link. (2019-07-14 , September 2013, p.16)
  14. "Somalia Population Statistics," accessed via https://data.humdata.org/dataset/somalia-population-data, March 2020.
  15. [http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain/opendocpdf.pdf?docid=3ae6a5bd0 Report of the Nordic fact-finding mission to the Gedo region in Somalia]
  16. Robinson, Colin D.. (2019). "The Somali National Army: An Assessment [2016]". Defense & Security Analysis.

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