Lower Juba
Jubbada Hoose (Lower Jubba -; Arab جوبا السفلى, DMG Ǧūbbā as- sufla ) is a region ( Gobolka ) in southern Somalia with about 643,000 inhabitants. Its capital is the port city of Kismayo with more than 256,000 inhabitants.
Jubbada Hoose located in the extreme southern Somalia, near the border with Kenya. It is named after the river Jubba region, which flows into the Indian Ocean.
Jubbada Hoose consists of the four districts of Kismayo, Jamaame, Afmadow and Badhaadhe. Another important city is Jamaame ( 192,000 inhabitants).
Population
Most residents of Jubbada Hoose belong to the Somali clan of the Darod. In the interior of their Subclan Ogadeni lives mainly nomadic, while have settled in the city of Kismayo Harti Darod. In the area Gosha on the river Jubba north of Jamaame the ethnic minority of Somali Bantu lives. Bajuni which belong to the Swahili society living on the coast.
In contrast to many parts of Somalia here the sedentary agriculture is relatively common. Near the river the Bantu usually operate exclusively agriculture. In the wider area of the Jubba Agropastoralismus is operated. In the largest part of Jubbada Hoose, between the Jubba Valley and the Kenyan border, is livestock - cattle and in addition also camels, sheep and goats - the predominant livelihood.
History
Until the mid-19th century the inland of the Jubba of Oromo was inhabited west (of the subgroups of Orma and Borana ), before they were pushed by advancing to the southwest Somali to in today's Kenya.
In colonial times, today Jubbada Hoose was first colonized as part of the British Kenya. In 1924 it was transferred as part of the colony Oltre Giuba to Italy in 1926 it was incorporated with the rest of Oltre Giuba to Italian Somaliland.
In Somali Civil War, especially the Juba Valley Alliance controlled the region until it was supplanted in 2006 by the Union of Islamic Courts. Beginning of 2007 were the border areas in Jubbada Hoose the last refuges of the Union of Islamic Courts, which is why the U.S. bombed targets in 2007 in the region in January. Partly for the transitional government of Somalia loyal - - local clans, 2008, control of the region to Islamists and distributed.
2006, floods in the Jubba.