Middle Juba

Middle Juba

Jubbada Dhexe
Medio Giuba
Middle Juba Jubbada Dhexe Medio Giuba
Region
	Location in Somalia.
	Coordinates: 0°59′N 42°39′E / 0.983°N 42.650°E
Country	Somalia
Regional State	Jubaland
Capital	Bu'aale
Area
• Total	9,836 km2 (3,798 sq mi)
Population (2019)
• Total	432,200
• Density	44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)
HDI (2021)	0.232; low · 18th of 18

Middle Juba (Somali: Jubbada Dhexe, Arabic: جوبا الأوسط, Italian: Medio Giuba) is an administrative region (gobol) in southern Somalia.^[3] With its capital at Bu'aale, it is located in the autonomous Jubaland region.

Middle Juba is bordered by the Somali regions of Gedo, Bay, Lower Shebelle (Shabellaha Hoose), Lower Juba (Jubbada Hoose), and the Indian Ocean. The region is named after the Jubba River that runs through it.

The region has agricultural production, and the products of it are sesame, corn, millet, beans, and large fruits.

Middle Juba is the only region in Somalia to be fully controlled by Al-Shabaab, a militant Islamic extremist group.^[4] As of 2022, Middle Juba has the lowest Human Development Index score out of 1,790 subnational regions.^[5]

Districts

Middle Juba consists of four districts:^[6]

Notes

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^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Archived from the original on 2018-09-23. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
^ "Somalia". The World Factbook. Langley, Virginia: Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
^ "The African Union Intervention Force Will Stay in Somalia, but with Whose Troops?". rusi.org. Archived from the original on 2021-10-07. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
^ "Subnational HDI (v8.0)". Global Data Lab. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
^ "Middle Juba Region" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2013.