Hawle Wadag District
Hawle Wadag District (Somali: Degmada Howlwadaag) is a district in the central Banaadir region of Somalia. A neighborhood in north-central Mogadishu, the Bakaara Market is located here.
In 2009 this region was an operation base by Al-Shabaab who harassed or attacked Amisom from here whose defensive line was at the Sayyid Hassan statue site. This district isinhabited by murusade community. This statue featured the Sayyid positioned on the Hiin Faniin, a Suleiman horse.
References
- ^ Al-Shabaab in Somalia: The History and Ideology of a Militant Islamist Group, Stig Jarle Hansen
- ^ "Statue of Sayyid M. Abdullah Hassan – Somali Architecture ". Somaliarchitecture.com. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
- ^ Heart of a Stranger - Page 37, Nora Foster Stovel - 2003
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