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Gedo is a region (gobolka) in southwestern Somalia. Its capital is Garbahaarreey. The Gedo region is bordered by Ethiopia, Kenya, and the Somali regions of Bakool, Bay, Jubbada Dhexe and Jubbada Hoose. Gedo is one of the three Somali regions that have an international border with Kenya, the others being Middle Juba and Lower Juba (Jubada Hoose). Until in the mid 1980's Gedo together with Bay, Bakool and most of Middle Juba (Jubada Dhexe)regions was part of the larger Upper Juba region with Baidoa as its capital.
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Gedo Districts
The region consists of five districts, namely Garbahaarey, Buulo Xaawa, Luuq, Bardera, and Doolow. With the exception of CeelWaaq and the regional capital Garbahaarey, all these districts are on the Jubba Valley.
Bardera
The most populous city in Gedo is Bardera where the population at one point reached 230,000 people back in the early 90s. Now the city's population is estimated to be around 120,000 to 130,000. Bardera is economically strong and is the breadbasket of the region. Agricultural products from this fertile land, which include maize, potatoes, sorghum and onions, are shipped to many different parts of the country. Bardera is one of only a few cities in Somalia were tribal discrimination doesn’t exist. Many different tribes live in this city famous for agriculture and social learning centers.
Population
Template:Sectfact According to a 1994 United Nations report, the estimated population of Gedo was 590,000.Template:Ref This same report states the majority of the population belongs to the Mareehan, a Darod subclan, while the remainder included members of the Rahanweyn, Ogaden, and Harti clans along with some Bantus.Template:Ref label The local population surged following the onset of the Somali civil war.
Commerce in Gedo
The majority of the populace are pastoralists whose livelihoods depend on livestock, though there are other economic activities in the region. Interregional and cross-border trade is highest in Gedo, while other activities, such as farming of both cash and food crops, are widely practiced.
Gedo is famous for its agricultural production in the south. The farming land is mostly concentrated in three districts and these are Doolow, Luuq and Baardheera.
Landscape
The Gedo region in Somalia is a vast land with a varied landscape. In the middle of the region one finds ancient scarred land with gorges in all directions and rocky mountains. These gorges (boholo in Somali) are filled with eastern-downstream rain waters. On the lower southern portion of Gedo region is red sandy flat land from Baardheere district on the Jubba Valley all the way down south to El Wak town on the border with Kenya’s Northern Frontier District, a district mainly populated by Somalis through the ages.
There are plenty of the three most popular Somali livestock roaming the land. These are camels, cattle and goats. This mixture of livestock is called Ari in Somali and means a mixture of goats and sheep with in most cases in the hundreds per family.
The mountain areas of the region have sizable safari animals from elephants to cheetahs. It’s not rare to hear lion's roar during the night hours.
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