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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Howl-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 statue featured the Sayyid positioned on the Hiin Faniin, a Suleiman horse.

References

  1. ^ Al-Shabaab in Somalia: The History and Ideology of a Militant Islamist Group, Stig Jarle Hansen
  2. ^ "Statue of Sayyid M. Abdullah Hassan – Somali Architecture". Somaliarchitecture.com. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
  3. ^ Heart of a Stranger - Page 37, Nora Foster Stovel - 2003