{{Infobox settlement |official_name =Mahaday |other_name = |native_name = |nickname = |settlement_type =Town |motto = |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |pushpin_map =Somalia |pushpin_label_position =bottom |pushpin_mapsize = |pushpin_map_caption =Location in Somalia |subdivision_type =Country |subdivision_name ={{flag|Somalia}} |subdivision_type1 =Region |subdivision_name1 =Middle Shabelle |subdivision_type2 =District |subdivision_name2 =Mahaday |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |established_title = |established_date = |area_magnitude = |unit_pref =Metric |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |population_as_of = |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 209.381 |population_density_km2 = |timezone =EAT |utc_offset =+3 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|02|58|13.6|N|45|31|49.3|E|region:SO-MS|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Mahaday''' ({{langx|so|Mahadaay}}) is a town in the southwestern Middle Shabelle (Shabeellaha Dhexe) region of Somalia.
==Overview== Mahaday is located about 118 km north of Mogadishu, the nation's capital.<ref name="Aivff">''Agriculture international'', Volumes 40-41, (Agraria Press: 1988), p.171.</ref>
It is located along the Shebelle River.
==Demographics== Mahaday has a population of around 35,000 inhabitants.<ref name="Tsctp">{{cite web|title=Somalia City & Town Population|url=http://www.tageo.com/index-e-so-cities-SO.htm|publisher=Tageo|accessdate=4 October 2013}}</ref><ref name="Rdatp">{{cite web|title=Regions, districts, and their populations: Somalia 2005 (draft)|url=https://docs.unocha.org/sites/dms/Somalia/UNDP-POP-RURAL-URBAN%202005.pdf|publisher=UNDP|accessdate=21 September 2013}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mahaday}} Category:Populated places in Middle Shabelle
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