Southwestern Somalia ( Somal. Koonfur-Galbeed Soomaaliya ) is an autonomous entity in southwestern Somalia .
| Southwestern somalia | |||||
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| Somal. Koonfur-galbeed soomaaliya | |||||
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| National Anthem of Southwest Somalia | |||||
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| Based | April 1, 2002 - February 10, 2006 | ||||
| official languages | and | ||||
| Capital | Barava | ||||
| Largest cities | Baidobo | ||||
| Territory | |||||
| • Total | 87,403 km² | ||||
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| • Evaluation (2007) | 2.87 million people | ||||
| • density | 32.8 people / km² | ||||
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It consists of three Somali administrative areas ( gobolka ): Bay , Bakol and Lower Shabelle .
The area of South-West Somalia is 87,403 km².
The population for 2007 was 2.87 million people, including 1,106 thousand people in the Bay province, 364 thousand people in the Bakol province and 1,400 thousand people in the Lower Shabelle province. The population density is 32.8 people / km².
The president of southwestern Somalia is [1] .
History
For the first time, the leader (RRA) , March 31, 2002, declared Southwestern Somalia (as part of the Bay and Bakol provinces) an autonomous state. The RPA at that time controlled a substantial portion of the above provinces and was reportedly supported by Ethiopia , which was hostile to the Transitional Federal Government [2] .
On February 10, 2006, this unrecognized state died under the pressure of the Union of Islamic Courts during a conflict with the interim government of Somalia at the beginning of the Somali War . Soon, in December 2006, the ICU itself fell under the onslaught of the forces of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia and the Ethiopian army , but the Islamist organization Harakat al-Shabab , formed after its collapse, continues with varying success in the region, including in southwestern Somalia , military operations of varying intensity (in 2014, mainly partisan) to this day.
2014
On March 16, 2014, officials from South-West Somalia, Jubaland and the Federal Government of Somalia signed an agreement according to which the newly created South-West Somalia, already comprising three provinces (including the densely populated Lower Shabelle bordering Mogadishu ), received the status of an autonomous state subordinate to the Provisional federal constitution [3] .
On November 7, 2014, the state of Southwestern Somalia with its capital in the city of Barava was officially proclaimed. [4] The constitution of the region was also approved. [5] .
Notes
- ↑ Somalia: Southwest state leader on visit to Jubaland // Garowe online, 12.27.2014
- ↑ afrol News - Third autonomous region breaks with Somalia
- ↑ South Western State of Somalia
- ↑ Somalia Establishes New State (November 7, 2014). Date of treatment November 8, 2014.
- ↑ SOMALIA: South-west state endorses a new constitution (November 8, 2014). Archived on November 9, 2014. Date of treatment November 9, 2014.