Qoryoley
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Qoryoley
Qoryooley Qornyooley | |
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Town | |
.jpg) Qoryoley in 2014 | |
  Qoryoley Location in Somalia | |
| Coordinates: 1°47′00″N 44°32′00″E / 1.78333°N 44.53333°E | |
| Country |  Somalia |
| State |  South West State of Somalia |
| Region | Lower Shabelle |
| District | Qoriyoley District |
| Area | |
| • Total | 25 km2 (10 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 62,700 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
Qoryoley (Maay: Qornyooley, Somali: Qoryooley, Arabic: قوريولي) is a town in the Lower Shebelle region of south-west Somalia.. Its located 123kilometres south west of the capital city Mogadishu and 23kilometres west of the coastal city of Marka.
History[edit]
The District Mayor after the fall of the Siyad Government was Abdirahmaan Sheikh Mohamed Khadi (ShaamQoryoley), who was the youngest Mayor of all Somali Mayors in 2007, in the era of president Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed. In 2018 a Somali government position in Qoryoley was attacked by Al-Shabab militants, resulting in the deaths of two militants.[1]
Demographics[edit]
Qoryoley has a population of around 62,700.[2] The broader Qoriyoley District has a total population of 134,205.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Maruf, Harun (April 1, 2018). "Extremists Attack African Union Base in Southern Somalia". Voice of America.
Meanwhile, Al-Shabab militants have also attacked Somali government positions in Mashallay and Qoryoley, but Somali forces have repulsed these attacks too. A resident in Qoryoley told VOA Somali that two militants were killed in the clash. The figure was confirmed by Mohamed.
- ^ "Somalia City & Town Population". Tageo. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
- ^ "Regions, districts, and their populations: Somalia 2005 (draft)" (PDF). UNDP. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
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