Burdhubo
human settlement in Somalia
Burdhubo (Somali: Buurdhuubo) is a town in the southern Gedo region of Jubaland, Somalia. It is the center of the Burdhubo District.
Overview
Burdhubo sits on the Jubba River in the Jubba Valley, between the cities of Bardera and Luuq. Garbahare, the Gedo region's capital, is situated just 60 km (37 mi) away from Burdhubo.
The town's inhabitants cultivate crops on farms along the banks of the river. Other residents follow a pastoral lifestyle, herding camels, cattle, goats and sheep. Since the early 1990s, Burdhubo has also seen new business activities and population growth.
In March 2014, Somali Armed Forces assisted by an Ethiopian battalion with AMISOM captured the town from Al-Shabaab. The offensive was part of an intensified military operation by the allied forces to remove the insurgent group from the remaining areas in southern Somalia under its control.
According to Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed, the government subsequently launched stabilization efforts in the newly liberated areas, which also included Hudur, Rabdhure and Wajid.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4998291. Authority coordinates are 2.483, 43.317. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2014.
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