Jalalaqsi

Jalalaqsi (Jalalassi)^[1] is a town in the south-central Hiran province of Somalia. It is situated on the Shebelle River, between Buuloburde and Jowhar. Jalalaqsi is among a few cities away from the main road of Somalia that connects most of the cities in the nation, the main road passes Jimbiley which is 9km away from Jalalaqsi, yet there is no road that connects from Jimbiley to Jalalaqsi except a rough road to Jalalaqsi.

Jalalaqsi
Town
Jalalaqsi Location in Somalia
Coordinates: 3°24′0″N 45°35′0″E
Country	Somalia
State	Hirshabelle
Region	Hiiraan
Area
• Total	30 km2 (10 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)

Demographics

Jalalaqsi has a population of around 60,800 inhabitants.^[2] The broader Jalalaqsi District has a total population of 80,724 residents. The district is populated by the Ibraahim Ciise subclan of badicade who also live in bordering buleburde District in Middle Shabelle^[3]

History

In the mid-1988s there were four refugee camps with a population of around 85,000 Somalis in Jalalaqsi. At that time it was the third largest settlement in Somalia after Mogadishu and Hargeisa.^[4]

Climate

Climate data for Jalalaqsi
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	35.6 (96.1)	37.0 (98.6)	32.5 (90.5)	37.5 (99.5)	34.8 (94.6)	33.0 (91.4)	32.0 (89.6)	32.7 (90.9)	34.3 (93.7)	34.9 (94.8)	35.4 (95.7)	35.0 (95.0)	34.6 (94.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	22.0 (71.6)	21.9 (71.4)	23.2 (73.8)	23.7 (74.7)	23.2 (73.8)	22.3 (72.1)	21.8 (71.2)	21.6 (70.9)	22.3 (72.1)	22.7 (72.9)	22.5 (72.5)	22.1 (71.8)	22.4 (72.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	2 (0.1)	2 (0.1)	22 (0.9)	77 (3.0)	81 (3.2)	8 (0.3)	15 (0.6)	5 (0.2)	10 (0.4)	81 (3.2)	59 (2.3)	12 (0.5)	374 (14.8)
Source: Climate-Data.org[5]

Notable residents

• Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, President of Somalia
• Farah Sh. Abdulkadir Mohamed, Minister for Education, Somalia