Key facts
- Country
- Somalia
- Regional state
- Jubaland
- Capital
- Bu'ale
- Type
- unknown
- Control other
- al-Shabaab
- Total
- 18,289 km (7,061 sq mi)
- Density
- 61.250/km (158.64/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+3 ( EAT )
- Iso 3166 code
- SO-JD
- Hdi 2022
- 0.232 , low · 18th of 18
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Encyclopedic overview
Middle Juba (Somali: Jubbada Dhexe, Arabic: جوبا الأوسط, Italian: Medio Giuba) is an administrative region (gobol) in southern Somalia. With its capital at Bu'aale, it is located in the autonomous Jubaland region.
Middle Juba is bordered by the Somali regions of Gedo, Bay, Lower Shabelle (Shabellaha Hoose), and Lower Juba (Jubbada Hoose) and the Indian Ocean. The region is named after the Jubba River that runs through it.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Middle Juba” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.