Hispanopedia WikiHawle 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.[1] This statue featured the Sayyid positioned on the Hiin Faniin, a Suleiman horse.[2][3]
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
External links
- Districts of Somalia
- Administrative map of Hawle-Wadag District