Hawle Wadag District

District in Banaadir, Somalia
2°02′00″N 45°21′00″E / 2.0333°N 45.3500°E / 2.0333; 45.3500Country SomaliaRegionBanaadirTime zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

Hawle Wadag District (Somali: Degmada Howlwadaag) is a district in the central Banaadir region of Somalia. A neighborhood in north-central Mogadishu, the Bakaara Market is located here.

In 2009 this region was an operation base by Al-Shabaab who harassed or attacked Amisom from here whose defensive line was at the Sayyid Hassan statue site.[1] This statue featured the Sayyid positioned on the Hiin Faniin, a Suleiman horse.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Al-Shabaab in Somalia: The History and Ideology of a Militant Islamist Group, Stig Jarle Hansen
  2. ^ "Statue of Sayyid M. Abdullah Hassan – Somali Architecture". Somaliarchitecture.com. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
  3. ^ Heart of a Stranger - Page 37, Nora Foster Stovel - 2003

External links

  • Districts of Somalia
  • Administrative map of Hawle-Wadag District
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