Place:Beledweyne, Hiiraan, Somalia

Watchers
  • no watchers
Larger map


NameBeledweyne
Alt namesBeled Weynesource: Rand McNally Atlas (1991) I-17
Belet Uensource: Wikipedia
TypeCity
Coordinates4.75°N 45.2°E
Located inHiiraan, Somalia
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Beledweyne is a city in central Somalia. Beledweyne District is the capital city of the Hiran region.

The city is situated in the Shebelle Valley riverine near the Ethiopian border, 210 miles (345 km) north of Mogadishu. Beledweyne is divided by the Shebelle River into eastern and western sections. In 2019, Safiya Jimale became the first female mayor in Somalia.

[edit]

Research Tips

This place has no commentary yet. It is only a stub. You can help by editing it and sharing what you know: research tips, history, relationships with other places, etc.


This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The original content was at Beledweyne. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with WeRelate, the content of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
Retrieved from "https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Place:Beledweyne%2C_Hiiraan%2C_Somalia"