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href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Хираан – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Хираан" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiiraan" title="Hiiraan – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Hiiraan" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobolka_Hiiraan" title="Gobolka Hiiraan – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Gobolka Hiiraan" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiiraan" title="Hiiraan – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Hiiraan" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiiraan" title="Hiiraan – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Hiiraan" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regi%C3%B3n_de_Hiiraan" title="Región de Hiiraan – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Región de Hiiraan" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiiraan" title="Hiiraan – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Hiiraan" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiiraan" title="Hiiraan – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Hiiraan" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C)" title="هیران (سومالی) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="هیران (سومالی)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiiraan" title="Hiiraan – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Hiiraan" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%9E%88%EB%9E%80%EC%A3%BC" title="히란주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="히란주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiiraan" title="Hiiraan – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Hiiraan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zu mw-list-item"><a href="https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiran,_Somaliya" title="Hiran, Somaliya – Zulu" lang="zu" hreflang="zu" data-title="Hiran, Somaliya" data-language-autonym="IsiZulu" data-language-local-name="Zulu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiZulu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiran" title="Hiran – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Hiran" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiiraan" title="Hiiraan – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Hiiraan" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%B0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%92%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="ჰირანის რეგიონი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ჰირანის რეგიონი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiiraan" title="Hiiraan – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Hiiraan" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%92%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E5%B7%9E" title="ヒーラーン州 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ヒーラーン州" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiiraan" title="Hiiraan – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Hiiraan" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiiraan" title="Hiiraan – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Hiiraan" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Хиран – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Хиран" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a 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.ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Hiiraan</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native"><small><i>Hiiraan</i></small><br /><span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">هيران</span></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Somalia" title="Administrative divisions of Somalia">Region</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Somalia_regions_map_Hiiraan.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of Hiiraan State"><img alt="Location of Hiiraan State" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Somalia_regions_map_Hiiraan.svg/250px-Somalia_regions_map_Hiiraan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="353" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Somalia_regions_map_Hiiraan.svg/500px-Somalia_regions_map_Hiiraan.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="744" data-file-height="1052" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location of Hiiraan State</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Hiran,_Somalia&params=4_47_N_45_27_E_type:adm1st_region:SO-HI_source:nlwiki"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">4°47′N</span> <span class="longitude">45°27′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">4.783°N 45.450°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">4.783; 45.450</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Somalia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Somalia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Somalia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Somalia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Somalia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Somalia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Somalia" title="Somalia">Somalia</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/States_and_regions_of_Somalia" title="States and regions of Somalia">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Hirshabeelle.png/23px-Hirshabeelle.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Hirshabeelle.png/35px-Hirshabeelle.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Hirshabeelle.png/46px-Hirshabeelle.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="549" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hirshabelle" title="Hirshabelle">Hirshabelle</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Beledweyne" title="Beledweyne">Beledweyne</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Regional_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="Regional Government">Regional Government</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Governor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ali_Jeyto_Osman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ali Jeyto Osman (page does not exist)">Ali Jeyto Osman</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">31,510 km<sup>2</sup> (12,170 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2019<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">566,400</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">18/km<sup>2</sup> (47/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B3" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+3">UTC+3</a> (<a href="/wiki/East_Africa_Time" title="East Africa Time">EAT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">252</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:SO" title="ISO 3166-2:SO">SO-HI</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">HDI</a> (2021)</th><td class="infobox-data">0.291<sup id="cite_ref-GlobalDataLab_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GlobalDataLab-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}</style><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#500">low</span> · <a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_Somalia_by_Human_Development_Index" title="List of regions of Somalia by Human Development Index">16th of 18</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Hiran</b> (<a href="/wiki/Somali_language" title="Somali language">Somali</a>: <i lang="so">Hiiraan</i>, <a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">هيران</span>) is an administrative region (<i><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Somalia" title="Administrative divisions of Somalia">gobol</a></i>) in central <a href="/wiki/Somalia" title="Somalia">Somalia</a> and part of the <a href="/wiki/Hirshabelle_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Hirshabelle State">Hirshabelle State</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hiran,_Somalia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hiran is bordered by the <a href="/wiki/Somali_Region" title="Somali Region">Somali Region</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a> (or the <a href="/wiki/1908_Convention_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="1908 Convention Line">1908 Convention Line</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to the northwest, the Somali provinces of <a href="/wiki/Galgudud" class="mw-redirect" title="Galgudud">Galgudud</a> to the northeast, <a href="/wiki/Middle_Shebelle" class="mw-redirect" title="Middle Shebelle">Middle Shebelle</a> (Shabeellaha Dhexe) to the south, <a href="/wiki/Lower_Shebelle" class="mw-redirect" title="Lower Shebelle">Lower Shebelle</a> (Shabellaha Hoose) to the southwest, and <a href="/wiki/Bay,_Somalia" title="Bay, Somalia">Bay</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bakool" title="Bakool">Bakool</a> to the west. It is approximately 31,510 km<sup>2</sup>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Shebelle_River" title="Shebelle River">Shebelle River</a> flows into Hiran from <a href="/wiki/Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a>, coursing through the provincial capital of <a href="/wiki/Beledweyne" title="Beledweyne">Beledweyne</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Districts">Districts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hiran,_Somalia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Districts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the Somalia government's classification, Hiran Region consists of three districts:<sup id="cite_ref-Hiran_State_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hiran_State-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Beledweyne_District" title="Beledweyne District">Beledweyne District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buloburde_District" title="Buloburde District">Buloburde District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jalalaqsi_District" title="Jalalaqsi District">Jalalaqsi District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halgan_District" title="Halgan District">Halgan District</a></li></ol> <p>In May 2012, Governor Hiran appointed new governors for <a href="/wiki/Mahas_District" title="Mahas District">Mahas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mataban_District" title="Mataban District">Mataban Districts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2017, the <a href="/wiki/Hirshabelle_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Hirshabelle State">Hirshabelle State</a>, inaugurated the previous year, declared that where Hiran had previously had five districts, <a href="/wiki/Beledweyne_District" title="Beledweyne District">Beledweyne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buloburde_District" title="Buloburde District">Buloburde</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mahas_District" title="Mahas District">Mahas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jalalaqsi_District" title="Jalalaqsi District">Jalalaqsi</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mataban_District" title="Mataban District">Mataban</a>, it would have three new districts, <a href="/wiki/Halgan_District" title="Halgan District">Halgan</a>, <a href="/wiki/El_Ali" class="mw-redirect" title="El Ali">El Ali</a>, Far- Libaax, bringing the number of districts to eight.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Universities">Universities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hiran,_Somalia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Universities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaamacadda_Nile_university_of_science_and_technology" class="extiw" title="so:Jaamacadda Nile university of science and technology">Nile university</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.greenhopeuniversity.edu.so/">Green-Hope University</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governor">Governor</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hiran,_Somalia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Governor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Name </th> <th rowspan="2">Somali name </th> <th colspan="3">Term of office </th></tr> <tr> <th>Took office </th> <th>Left office </th></tr> <tr> <td>Hassan Abdulle Khalad </td> <td>Xassan Cabdull Qalaad<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1991 </td> <td>2003 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Abdi Farah Laqanyo </td> <td>Cabdi Faarax Laqanyo </td> <td>2013?<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Apr. 2014<sup id="cite_ref-uts20140415_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uts20140415-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Abdifatah Hassan Aflax </td> <td>Cabdifataax Xasan Afrax </td> <td>Apr. 2014<sup id="cite_ref-uts20140415_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uts20140415-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Dec. 2015<sup id="cite_ref-gj20151221_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gj20151221-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yusuf_Ahmed_Hagar_Dabageed" title="Yusuf Ahmed Hagar Dabageed">Yusuf Ahmed Hagar Dabageed</a> </td> <td>Yuusuf Axmed Xagar Dabageed </td> <td>Dec. 2015<sup id="cite_ref-gj20151221_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gj20151221-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Oct. 2016<sup id="cite_ref-ho20170920_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ho20170920-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Omar Aden Ibrahim Badiyow </td> <td>Cumar Aadan Ibraahim Baadiyoow </td> <td>Oct. 2016<sup id="cite_ref-ho20170920_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ho20170920-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Sep. 2017<sup id="cite_ref-ho20170920_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ho20170920-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ali Jeyte Osman </td> <td>Cali Jeyte Cismaan </td> <td>Sep. 2017<sup id="cite_ref-ho20170920_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ho20170920-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Apr. 2018<sup id="cite_ref-ho201804_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ho201804-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Abdulahi Ahmed Malin (Sufurow) </td> <td>Cabdullaahi Axmed Maalin (Sufurow) </td> <td>Apr. 2018<sup id="cite_ref-ho201804_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ho201804-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ho201809_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ho201809-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Sep. 2018<sup id="cite_ref-ho201809_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ho201809-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bbc20180923_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc20180923-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yusuf_Ahmed_Hagar_Dabageed" title="Yusuf Ahmed Hagar Dabageed">Yusuf Ahmed Hagar Dabageed</a> </td> <td>Yuusuf Axmed Xagar Dabageed </td> <td>Sep. 2018<sup id="cite_ref-ho201809_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ho201809-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bbc20180923_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc20180923-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Jun. 2019<sup id="cite_ref-gj20190613_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gj20190613-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ali Mohamed Arale </td> <td> </td> <td>Jun. 2019<sup id="cite_ref-gj20190613_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gj20190613-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hr167612_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hr167612-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Mar. 2020<sup id="cite_ref-hr167612_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hr167612-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ali Jeyte Osman </td> <td> </td> <td>Mar. 2020<sup id="cite_ref-hr167612_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hr167612-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>incumbent </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Traditional_Elder">Traditional Elder</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hiran,_Somalia&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Traditional Elder"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nabadoon Dacar Xirsi Nuur<sup id="cite_ref-gj20151221_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gj20151221-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recent_history">Recent history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hiran,_Somalia&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Recent history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Somalia's <a href="/wiki/Somali_civil_war" class="mw-redirect" title="Somali civil war">civil war</a> started around 1990. Since 1994, the <a href="/wiki/Sharia" title="Sharia">Sharia</a> law has been increasingly applied in Hiran.<sup id="cite_ref-rw199810_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rw199810-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 20">: 20 </span></sup> </p><p>In June 1995, <a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Farrah_Aidid" title="Mohamed Farrah Aidid">Mohamed Farrah Aidid</a> declared himself president of Somalia and attempted to rule Hiran, but was ousted by local clans in late 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-rw199810_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rw199810-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 8">: 8 </span></sup> </p><p>According to a 1998 report, Hiran is considered a relatively stable region within Somalia. However, banditry has flourished in the past. The governor lives in <a href="/wiki/Beledweyne" title="Beledweyne">Beledweyne</a>, and the use of militias has reduced the incidence of fighting, with the exception of <a href="/wiki/Mataban_District" title="Mataban District">Mataban District</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-rw199810_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rw199810-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 14">: 14 </span></sup> </p><p>In June 1999, flooding in south-central Somalia caused extensive damage in Hiran.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2001, the <a href="/wiki/Quran" title="Quran">Quran</a> School was attacked by an armed group, killing 18 students.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2006, the Xawaadle and Murusade clans, who had been fighting in the <a href="/wiki/Mahas_District" title="Mahas District">Maxaas</a> of Hiran, reconciled.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the agreement was violated and the conflict resumed, so a peace conference was held again in October 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2007, militants attacked government forces near <a href="/wiki/Beledweyne" title="Beledweyne">Beledweyne</a> in Hiran.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2008, militants attacked an Ethiopian military base near Beledweyne.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2010, the establishment of a local government called Dooxada Shabeelle was proclaimed in Kalabayr, Hiran, led by C/fataax Xasan Afrax.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2011, a bombing by <a href="/wiki/Al-Shabaab_(militant_group)" title="Al-Shabaab (militant group)">Al-Shabaab</a> occurred in Beledweyne.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2011, Ethiopian troops and <a href="/wiki/Ahlu_Sunna_Waljama%27a" title="Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a">Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a</a> completely retook the city of Baladweyne from al-Shabaab.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2013, Governor Hiran decided to send deserter soldiers from al-Shabaab who are hiding, and asked the local population for help in sending them to rehabilitation facilities.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2013, a disease outbreak killed 40 people in Ceel-Cali, Hiran.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2014, Hiran's executive government asked foreign charities for help, saying that healthcare was in crisis after the withdrawal of a Swiss hospital last year.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2014, the <a href="/wiki/African_Union_Mission_to_Somalia" title="African Union Mission to Somalia">AMISOM</a> base in Hiran was attacked.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2015, at a meeting in Beledweyne, a proposal was made to divide Hiran into two regions.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2015, the Somali government replaced Governor Hiran for his involvement in the murders in Beledweyne.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the same month, the Somali President visits Beledweyne.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2016, three people were killed in a clan war in Hiran.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2016, Somalia's interior minister rejected a local request to divide Hiran into two regions.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2016, Somali government and Ethiopian troops withdrew from the <a href="/wiki/Halgan_District" title="Halgan District">Halgan District</a> of Hiran and were replaced by al-Shabaab.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The withdrawal of Ethiopian troops is reportedly related to a state of emergency declaration issued in response to anti-government protests in Ethiopia.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2016, Governor Hiran destroyed more than 50 charcoal burning facilities in <a href="/wiki/Mataban_District" title="Mataban District">Mataban District</a> to prevent illegal logging and arrested more than 20 people.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2017, the Hiran government declared a halt to the use of <a href="/wiki/Somali_shilling" title="Somali shilling">Somali shillings</a> because villages controlled by al-Shabaab refused to accept high denomination 1,000 Somali shilling bills and because of the influx of counterfeit bills from <a href="/wiki/Puntland" title="Puntland">Puntland</a>, which caused massive inflation. <a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">United States dollars</a> were to be used for transactions.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2019, Beledweyne was severely damaged by the flooding of the <a href="/wiki/Jubba_River" title="Jubba River">Jubba</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shebelle_River" title="Shebelle River">Shebelle Rivers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 2019, the <a href="/wiki/African_Union_Commission" title="African Union Commission">African Union Commission</a> assisted flooded Beledweyne with $87,000 worth of relief supplies.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2020, President <a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Abdi_Ware" title="Mohamed Abdi Ware">Mohamed Abdi Ware</a> of <a href="/wiki/Hirshabelle_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Hirshabelle State">Hirshabelle State</a> dismisses Hiran Governor Ali Mohamed Arale and reappoints his predecessor Ali Jeyte Osman, but Arale refuses.<sup id="cite_ref-hr167612_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hr167612-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2022, a clan attacked the al-Shabaab base in Booco.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hiran,_Somalia&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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Somalia">Piracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somali_Civil_War" title="Somali Civil War">Civil War</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Somalia_War_(2006%E2%80%932009)" class="mw-redirect" title="Somalia War (2006–2009)"><span style="font-size: 85%;">Ethiopian intervention (2006–2009)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somali_Civil_War_(2009%E2%80%93present)" title="Somali Civil War (2009–present)"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2009–present)</span></a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">By topic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maritime_history_of_Somalia" title="Maritime history of Somalia">Maritime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Somalia" title="Military history of Somalia">Military</a></li> <li><a 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of Somalia">Climate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wildlife_of_Somalia" title="Wildlife of Somalia">Wildlife</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Somalia" title="Greater Somalia">Greater Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guardafui_Channel" title="Guardafui Channel">Guardafui Channel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hafun" title="Hafun">Hafun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Waterfalls_of_Somalia" title="Category:Waterfalls of Somalia">Waterfalls</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iskushuban" title="Iskushuban">Iskushuban</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamadaya" title="Lamadaya">Lamadaya</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mountain_ranges_of_Somalia" title="Category:Mountain ranges of Somalia">Mountain ranges</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cal_Madow" title="Cal Madow">Cal Madow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buur_Dhaab" title="Buur Dhaab">Buur Dhaab</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mountains_of_Somalia" title="Category:Mountains of Somalia">Mountains</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Bahaya" title="Mount Bahaya">Bahaya</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Islands_of_Somalia" title="Category:Islands of Somalia">Island</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bajuni_Islands" title="Bajuni Islands">Bajuni Islands</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Somalia" title="Administrative divisions of Somalia">Regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Awdal" title="Awdal">Awdal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bakool" title="Bakool">Bakool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banaadir" title="Banaadir">Banaadir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bari,_Somalia" title="Bari, Somalia">Bari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay,_Somalia" title="Bay, Somalia">Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galguduud" title="Galguduud">Galguduud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gedo" title="Gedo">Gedo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sool" title="Sool">Sool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanaag" title="Sanaag">Sanaag</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Hiran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middle_Juba" title="Middle Juba">Middle Juba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Juba" title="Lower Juba">Lower Juba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mudug" title="Mudug">Mudug</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nugal,_Somalia" title="Nugal, Somalia">Nugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middle_Shebelle" class="mw-redirect" title="Middle Shebelle">Middle Shebelle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Shebelle" class="mw-redirect" title="Lower Shebelle">Lower Shebelle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Togdheer" title="Togdheer">Togdheer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woqooyi_Galbeed" class="mw-redirect" title="Woqooyi Galbeed">Woqooyi Galbeed</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/States_and_regions_of_Somalia" title="States and regions of Somalia">States</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Galmudug" title="Galmudug">Galmudug</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khatumo" class="mw-redirect" title="Khatumo">Khatumo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hirshabelle" title="Hirshabelle">Hirshabelle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jubaland" title="Jubaland">Jubaland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somaliland" title="Somaliland">Somaliland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puntland" title="Puntland">Puntland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_West_State_of_Somalia" title="South West State of Somalia">South West Somalia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a 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