Lower Shabelle region

E347456

The Lower Shabelle region is a fertile, agriculturally important administrative region in southern Somalia, located along the Shabelle River and including key towns such as Afgooye.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lower Shabelle region canonical 10
Lower Shabelle floodplain 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative region
region of Somalia
administrativeDivisionOf Somalia
agriculturalImportance major food-producing region of Somalia
bordersBodyOfWater Indian Ocean
bordersRegion Banadir
Bay
Middle Juba
Middle Shabelle region
surface form: Middle Shabelle
capital Merca
climate semi-arid with irrigated riverine areas
containsSettlement Afgooye
Baraawe
Kurtunwarey
Merca
Qoryoley
Wanlaweyn
country Somalia
hasClanFamily Digil and Mirifle
Hawiye
hasEconomicActivity crop farming
fishing
livestock rearing
hasEthnicGroup Somali people
hasLanguage Arabic
Somali
hasMajorTown Afgooye
Baraawe
Kurtunwarey
Qoryoley
Wanlaweyn
hasReligion Islam
knownFor banana production
fertile agricultural land
fruit cultivation
irrigated farming
maize production
sesame production
locatedIn Horn of Africa
southern Somalia
partOf Somalia
surface form: Federal Republic of Somalia
regionCodeType Somali administrative region
riverValley Shabelle River
surface form: Shabelle River valley
timeZone East Africa Time
traversedByRiver Shabelle River
utcOffset +3

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Afgooye partOf Lower Shabelle region
Shabelle River hasFloodplain Lower Shabelle region
this entity surface form: Lower Shabelle floodplain
Maay region Lower Shabelle region
Digil region Lower Shabelle region
Rahanweyn region Lower Shabelle region
Benadir region borders Lower Shabelle region
Afgooye District partOf Lower Shabelle region
Afgooye District subdivisionOf Lower Shabelle region
Somali famine of 1992 affectedRegion Lower Shabelle region
Somalian famine of 2011 affectedRegion Lower Shabelle region
Hawiye historicalCenter Lower Shabelle region