East Africa
Somalia
Lower Shabeelle

Buulo Mareer

Bulo Marer is a town in the southwestern Lower Shebelle region of . It was a base of Al-Shabaab, and was the site of an ill-fated 2013 military operation during which French commandos attempted to free a French hostage that was being held by the insurgent group.
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  • Type: Town
  • Description: human settlement in Somalia
  • Also known as: “Bulo Marer”, “Bulo Mererta”, “Būlo Merērtoi”, “Buulo Mareerto”, “Buulo Mareertoi”, “Buulo Marrer Sl”, and “Mareer”

Buulo Mareer

Latitude
1.63075° or 1° 37′ 51″ north
Longitude
44.52198° or 44° 31′ 19″ east
Elevation
67 metres (220 feet)
Open location code
6HH6JGJC+8Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3135537229
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
54272
Wiki­data ID
Q3007041
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Buulo Mareer” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بولو مرير”
  • Dutch: “Bulo Marer”
  • Estonian: “Buulo Mareer”
  • French: “Bulo Marer”
  • French: “Buulo Mareer”
  • Italian: “Bulo Marer, Buulo Mareer”
  • Italian: “Bulomarer”
  • Japanese: “ブラ・マレル”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bulo Marer”
  • Somali: “Buulo mareer”
  • Somali: “Buulo Mareer”
  • Turkish: “Bulo Marer”

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