Jilib
Sign in to saveJilib is a city in the Middle Juba region of Somalia. It currently serves as the de facto capital of the Islamic Emirate of Somalia controlled by al-Shabaab. Jilib has an estimated population of around 100,000 inhabitants and covers an area of about 10 square kilometres. It is north of Kismaayo.
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- Locality
- Jilib جيليب
- Region
- Jubbada Dhexe جوبا الوسطى
- Country
- Soomaaliya الصومال
- Population
- 43,694
- Timezone
- Africa/Mogadishu
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Jilib
- Settlement.native_name
- جيليب
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ar
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
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- Jilib_District.png
- Settlement.imagesize
- 200px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Jilib highlighted on a map of Somalia
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- Somalia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 200
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Somalia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- (De jure) Islamic Emirate of Somalia (De facto)
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- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Jubbada Dhexe
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Jilib District
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- History
- Somali Civil War
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- References
Jilib is a city in the Middle Juba region of Somalia. It currently serves as the de facto capital of the Islamic Emirate of Somalia controlled by al-Shabaab. Jilib has an estimated population of around 100,000 inhabitants and covers an area of about 10 square kilometres. It is north of Kismaayo.
==History== During the Middle Ages, Jilib and its surrounding area was part of the Ajuran Empire that governed much of southern Somalia and eastern Ethiopia, with its domain extending from Hobyo in the north, to Qelafo in the west, to Kismayo in the south.
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