Villabruzzi
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Jowhar Giohar, Villabruzzi |
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| Town | |
 Jowhar
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| Coordinates: 2°47′N 45°30′E / 2.783°N 45.500°E | |
| Country |
 Somalia
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| State | Hirshabelle |
| Region | Shebellada Dhexe Somalia |
| GovernmentMayor-Council-Commission | |
| • Type | Mayor Axmed Meyre Makaraan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 10 sq mi (25 km2) |
| Elevation | 300 ft (100 m) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 70,000 |
| Time zone | East Africa Time |
| Area code(s) | 061 |
Jowhar (Somali: Jowhaar, Arabic: جوهر, Italian: Giohar, formerly Villaggio Duca degli Abruzzi or simply Villabruzzi) is the capital town of the Middle Shabelle region of Somalia. Along with Baidoa, it used to form the joint administrative capital of the Transitional Federal Government, which it captured from the Islamic Courts Union.
The town lies 90 km (50 mi) along a major road north of the national capital of Mogadishu.
During the Middle Ages, Jowhar and much of the surrounding area in southern Somalia was governed by the Ajuran Empire. The town later came under the administration of the Hiraab Sultanate in the 1800s after the collapse of the powerful Ajuran Empire. At the turn of the 20th century, Jowhar was incorporated into Italian Somaliland protectorate.
The Villaggio Duca degli Abruzzi was founded by a senior member of the Italian Royal Family, H.R.H. Principe Luigi Amedeo, Duca degli Abruzzi in 1920, who first came to the African continent in 1905 and liked the place. The Duke raised funds to build dams, roads, a railway, schools, hospitals, a church and a mosque. He eventually married a Somali woman and died in his village.
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