Bay
Bai
Region
Bay
Flag of Bay
Flag
Coat of arms of Bay
Coat of arms
Nickname: 
Baay
Location in Somalia.
Location in Somalia.
Coordinates: 3°4′28″N 43°50′7″E / 3.07444°N 43.83528°E / 3.07444; 43.83528
Country Somalia
Regional State South West
CapitalBaidoa
Government
 • GovernorAli Wardere Doyow[1]
Population
 • Total792,182[2]
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)
HDI (2021)0.294[3]
low · 15th of 18

Bay (Somali: Baay, Arabic: باي, Italian: Bai) is an administrative region (gobol) in southern Somalia.[4]

Overview

It is bordered by the Somali regions of Bakool, Hiran, Lower Shebelle (Shabeellaha Hoose), Middle Juba (Jubbada Dhexe), and Gedo.

Baidoa used to be the capital of the old Upper Juba region, which today also includes Gedo and Bakool, as well as most parts of the Middle Juba region. Present regions were created in the 1970s by the then ruling military regime. The capital of Bay is Baidoa.

Despite the name Bay, it is landlocked and nowhere near the Indian Ocean shores.

Demographics

The region is mainly inhabited by the Rahanweyn people. According to the Population Estimation Survey (2014) (282), the division of population in the Bay region is as follows: 93,046 urban inhabitants, 463,330 rural settlers, 195,986 nomadic and 39,820 IDPs, making a total of 792,182.[2]

Districts

Bay Region consists of five districts:[5]

Major towns

Notes

  1. ↑ "News in Brief, 21st March 2014" (PDF). Embassy of The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  2. 1 2 "EASO Country of Origin Information Report: Somalia Security Situation" (PDF). European Asylum Support Office. p. 38. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  3. ↑ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "Somalia". The World Factbook. Langley, Virginia: Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  5. ↑ "Bay Region" (PDF). Retrieved 11 January 2014.
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