Middle Shabele

Middle Shabelle is an administrative region in southern . It is bordered by to the north, Galgaduud to the east, the Indian Ocean to the south and the region of and the capital to the west.
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  • Type: State with 516,000 residents
  • Description: region of Somalia
  • Also known as: Central Shabele”, “Middle Scebeli”, “Middle Shabeelle”, “Middle Shabelle”, “Middle Shabelli”, “Middle Shebelle”, “Middle Shebelli”, “Province of Central Shabelle”, “Shabeele Dhexe Region”, “Shabeelle Dhexaad”, and “Upper Shabelle

Middle Shabele

Latitude
3° north
Longitude
46° east
Population
516,000
Elevation
203 metres (666 feet)
Abbreviation
“SD”
Open location code
6HM82222+22
Open­Street­Map ID
node 43528134
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
51967
Wiki­data ID
Q678435
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Middle Shabele” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: شبيلا الوسطى
  • Arabic: شبيلي الوسطى
  • Basque: Shabeellaha Dhexe
  • Belarusian: Сярэдняя Шабеле
  • Bengali: মিডল শেবিলে
  • Bulgarian: Шабелаха Дексе
  • Catalan: Shabeellaha Dhexe
  • Cebuano: Gobolka Shabeellaha Dhexe
  • Chinese: 中謝貝利
  • Chinese: 中謝貝利州
  • Chinese: 中谢贝利州
  • Danish: Shabeellaha Dhexe
  • Dutch: Midden-Shabelle
  • Dutch: Shabeellaha Dhexe
  • Esperanto: Meza Shebelle
  • Esperanto: Shabeellaha Dhexe
  • Finnish: Shabeellaha Dhexe
  • French: Shabeellaha Dhexe
  • Georgian: შუა შაბელეს რეგიონი
  • German: Mittel-Shabelle
  • German: Shabeellaha Dhexe
  • Greek: Μιντλ Σεμπέλε
  • Gujarati: મિડલ શબેલ
  • Hindi: मध्य शीबैल
  • Indonesian: Middle Shebelle
  • Italian: Medio Scebeli
  • Japanese: 中部シェベリ州
  • Japanese: 中部シェベレ州
  • Japanese: 中部シャベーラ州
  • Javanese: Shabeellaha Dhexe
  • Kannada: ಮಧ್ಯ ಶೆಬೆಲೆ
  • Korean: 샤벨라하데헤주
  • Latvian: Vidusšabēlaha
  • Lithuanian: Vidurio Šebelė
  • Malay: Middle Shebelle
  • Marathi: मध्य शेबेल्ले
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Shabeellaha Dhexe
  • Persian: شبل میانه
  • Polish: Shabeellaha Dhexe
  • Portuguese: Shabeellaha Dhexe
  • Russian: Средняя Шабелле
  • Scots: Shabeellaha Dhexe
  • Sinhala: මද්‍යම ශෙබෙල්
  • Sinhala: මධ්‍යම ශෙබෙලේ කලාපය, සෝමාලියාව
  • Slovenian: Shabeellaha Dhexe
  • Somali: Shabeellaha Dhexe
  • Spanish: Región de Shabeellaha Dhexe
  • Spanish: Shabeellaha Dhexe
  • Swedish: Shabeellaha Dhexe
  • Tamil: மிடில் ஷெபெல்லே
  • Tatar: Урта Шабелле
  • Telugu: మిడిల్ షెబిల్లే
  • Thai: แคว้นชาเบลลาฮาเดเฮ
  • Turkish: Orta Şabel
  • Ukrainian: Середня Шабелле
  • Urdu: وسطی شبیلی
  • Vietnamese: Middle Shebelle
  • Wu Chinese: 中谢贝利州
  • Yue Chinese: 中謝貝利
  • Zulu: Middle Shabelle

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