Gedo
| Gedo | |
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| Region | |
 Location in Somalia. |
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| Coordinates: 2°26′17″N 41°29′3″E / 2.43806°N 41.48417°ECoordinates: 2°26′17″N 41°29′3″E / 2.43806°N 41.48417°E | |
| Country |
 Somalia
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| Capital | Garbahaarreey |
| Time zone | EAT (UTC+3) |
Gedo (Somali: Gedo, Arabic: جوبا الوسطى) is an administrative region (gobol), formerly part of the historic Upper Juba Region in southern Somalia. Its regional capital is Garbahaarreey. Gedo is a region created in 1980s and is bordered by the Ogaden in Ethiopia, the North Eastern Province in Kenya, and the Somali regions of Bakool, Bay, Jubbada Dhexe (Middle Juba), and Jubbada Hoose (Lower Juba) further down east. The southern parts of Gedo, west of the Jubba River, used to be part of the old British Transjuba region during half of the seventy years of colonial era in Africa from 1890 to 1960. The British and Italians fought over twice in this area of Horn of Africa. Gedo region's population exploded in the last twenty years reaching almost one million in the early 1990s after the civil war erupted in Mogadishu.
Most of the newcomers to the region, suddenly left and resettled different parts of world. This immigration made Buuloxaawo the second largest district in Gedo. Luuq used to be the second largest city and district after Bardera. At one time Buuloxaawo District was the largest city and district in the region.
The population in Beled Haawo swelled to 200,000. This was in the early 1990s, when a large number of Mogadishu's residents settled in Beled Haawo town, because of its cosmopolitan and proximity to the Kenyan border.
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