Back باي (الصومال) Arabic Бай Bulgarian Bay (Somàlia) Catalan Gobolka Bay CEB Baay Danish Bay (Somalia) German Bay (Somalio) Esperanto Región de Bay Spanish Bay (Somalia) Basque بای (سومالی) Persian
Bay
Bai | |
|---|---|
| Bay | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Nickname: Baay | |
 Location in Somalia. | |
| Coordinates: 3°4′28″N 43°50′7″E / 3.07444°N 43.83528°E | |
| Country |  Somalia |
| Regional State |  South West |
| Capital | Baidoa |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Ali Wardere Doyow[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 35,156 km2 (13,574 sq mi) |
| Population (2019[2]) | |
• Total | 1,560,900 |
| • Density | 44/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
| ISO 3166 code | SO-BY[3] |
| HDI (2021) | 0.294[4] low · 15th of 18 |
Bay (Somali: Baay, Arabic: باي, Italian: Bai) is an administrative region (gobol) in southern Somalia.[5]
- ^ "News in Brief, 21st March 2014" (PDF). Embassy of The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
- ^ "Somalia: Subdivision and cities". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
- ^ "ISO 3166 — Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions". International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Retrieved 3 February 2025.
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ "Somalia". The World Factbook. Langley, Virginia: Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 6 December 2013.