# Garbahare > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Garbahare > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Garbahare.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbahare > Source revision: 1333171552 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Refimprove|date=May 2017}} {{original research|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox settlement | name = | official_name = Garbaharey | native_name = Garbiharey | other_name = | settlement_type =City | image_skyline = | imagesize = 243.56 KB | image_caption = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | image_blank_emblem = | blank_emblem_type = | blank_emblem_size = | nickname = Garbo | motto = "Gacmo wadajir bay wax ku gooyaan" | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = | pushpin_map = Somalia#Horn of Africa#Africa | pushpin_map_caption = Location within Somalia##Location within the Horn of Africa##Location within Africa | pushpin_relief = 1 | coordinates = {{coord|3|21|N|42|16|E|region:SO|display=inline}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Somalia}} | subdivision_type1 = [State](/source/Regions_of_Somalia) | subdivision_type2 = [Region](/source/Districts_of_Somalia) | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_type4 = { | subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Jubaland}} | subdivision_name2 = [Gedo](/source/Gedo) | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_name4 = | established_title = | established_date = | established_title2 = | established_date2 = | established_title3 = | established_date3 = | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = Noor Sheikh Mohammed (Nuur Caato) | unit_pref = Imperial | area_footnotes = | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_km2 = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_percent = | area_urban_km2 = | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_metro_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | area_blank1_title = | area_blank1_km2 = | area_blank1_sq_mi = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | population_total = 286,324 | population_as_of = 2015 | population_footnotes = | population_density_km2 = | population_density_sq_mi = | population_urban = | population_density_urban_km2 = | population_density_urban_sq_mi = | population_metro = | population_density_metro_km2 = | population_density_metro_sq_mi = | population_blank1_title = | population_blank1 = | population_density_blank1_sq_mi = | population_blank2_title = | population_blank2 = | population_note = | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = +252 | website = | footnotes = | image_dot_map = | dot_mapsize = | dot_map_caption = | dot_x = | dot_y = | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | leader_title3 = | leader_name3 = | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | timezone = [East Africa Time](/source/East_Africa_Time) | utc_offset = +3 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = }} '''Garbahare''' (also: '''Garbaharey''') ({{langx|so|Garbaharey}}, {{langx|ymm|Garbiharey}}, {{Langx|ar|جربهاري}}) is the capital of [Gedo](/source/Gedo), an administrative region in southern [Somalia](/source/Somalia). It is the third most populous city in the [Gedo](/source/Gedo) region after [Bardera](/source/Bardera) and [Luuq](/source/Luuq).{{cite book|first=Seth|last=Jones|title=Counterterrorism and Counterinsurgency in Somalia Assessing the Campaign Against Al Shabaab|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-si9DQAAQBAJ|page=44|year=2016|isbn=9780833094841|publisher=RAND corporation}} ==History== During the Middle Ages, Garbahare and its surrounding area were part of the [Ajuran Empire](/source/Ajuran_Empire) that governed much of southern Somalia and eastern [Ethiopia](/source/Ethiopia), with its domain extending from [Hobyo](/source/Hobyo) in the north, to [Qelafo](/source/Kelafo) in the west, and [Kismayo](/source/Kismayo) in the south.Lee V. Cassanelli, ''The shaping of Somali society: reconstructing the history of a pastoral people, 1600-1900'', (University of Pennsylvania Press: 1982), p.102. In the early modern period, the Garbahare area was ruled by the [Geledi Sultanate](/source/Geledi_Sultanate). The kingdom was eventually incorporated into the [Italian Somaliland](/source/Italian_Somaliland) [protectorate](/source/protectorate) in 1910 after the death of its last Sultan [Osman Ahmed](/source/Osman_Ahmed) in 1910.{{cite book|last=Cassanelli|first=Lee Vincent|title=The Benaadir Past: Essays in Southern Somali History|publisher=University Microfilms International|year=1973|page=149|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JytqAAAAMAAJ}} After independence in 1960, the city became the capital of [Gedo](/source/Gedo) region.{{Cite book |last=Dool |first=Abdullahi |title=Failed States: When Governance Goes Wrong! |date=1998 |publisher=Horn Heritage Publications |isbn=0952524198 |pages=106–107}} ==Insecurity of the 1990s== During much of the 1990s, the city of Garbahare was the seat of the [Somali National Front](/source/Somali_National_Front) militia in the early days of the [civil war](/source/Somali_Civil_War). Facing pressure from the local population, the militia left. By early 2001, Garbahare came under the control of the [Transitional National Government](/source/Transitional_National_Government).{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20101218085649/http://ocha-eth.org/Archive/DownloadableReports/hoa0201.pdf "Horn of Africa, Monthly Review, January - February 2001"]}} (accessed 24 February 2009) All activities shifted to [Luuq](/source/Luuq) and Beled Haawo, and Garbahare had a new role in the region. Neighboring regions such as NFD welcomed the new leadership, as a safer Gedo is also good for the neighboring regions in Kenya and Ethiopia. During the [2009 phase](/source/Somali_Civil_War_(2009%E2%80%93present)) of the civil war, [al-Shabaab](/source/Al-Shabaab_(militant_group)) militants captured the city, but were pushed out in 2011 by government forces commanded by [Nur Matan Abdi](/source/Nur_Matan_Abdi).{{Cite web |last=Wadaag |first=La |date=2011-05-03 |title=At Least 26 Killed in Garbaharey, Somalia Clashes |url=https://www.voasomali.com/a/at-least-26-killed-in-somalia-clashes-121172519/1252485.html |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=[Voice of America](/source/Voice_of_America) |language=so}} == See also == *[Amiir Nuur Secondary](/source/Amiir_Nuur_Secondary) == Notes == {{reflist}} {{commonscat|Garbaharey}} {{coord|3|21|N|42|16|E|region:SO_type:city|display=title}} Category:Populated places in Gedo {{Somalia-geo-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Garbahare](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbahare) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbahare?action=history)). 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