Back شبيلي السفلى Arabic Шабелаха Хуусе Bulgarian Shabeellaha Hoose Catalan Gobolka Shabeellaha Hoose CEB Shabeellaha Hoose Danish Shabeellaha Hoose German Shabeellaha Hoose Esperanto Región de Shabeellaha Hoose Spanish Shabeellaha Hoose Basque شبل پایین Persian
Lower Shabelle
Shibelithy Hoosy Shabeellaha Hoose شبيلي السفلى Basso Scebeli | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location in Somalia | |
| Coordinates: 1°46′6″N 44°23′24″E / 1.76833°N 44.39000°E | |
| Country |  Somalia |
| Regional State |  South West |
| Capital | Merca |
| Government | |
| • Type | Federal State |
| • Governor | Mohamed Ibrahim Barre[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 25,285 km2 (9,763 sq mi) |
| Population (2019[2]) | |
• Total | 1,218,700 |
| • Density | 48/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
| ISO 3166 code | SO-SH[3] |
| HDI (2021) | 0.323[4] low · 10th of 18 |
Lower Shabelle (Somali: Shabeellaha Hoose,[5] Maay: Shibelithy Hoosy, Arabic: شبيلي السفلى, Italian: Basso Scebeli) is an administrative region (gobol) in southern Somalia.[6]
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