Official Name: | Awdheegle |
Other Name: | Awdhegele iyo Malable |
Settlement Type: | town |
Pushpin Map: | Somalia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Somalia. |
Coordinates: | 1.9667°N 94°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Somalia |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Lower Shabelle |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 119,000 |
Timezone: | EAT |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Awdheegle (also Awdhegele) is a town in the Lower Shabelle region in southern Somalia.
Awdheegle is agricultural town located west of Mogadishu on the Shebelle River. https://2017-2020.usaid.gov/documents/1860/somalia%E2%80%99s-new-agribusiness-incubation-center-offers-practical-training-farmers-new
Awdheegle is predominantly inhabited by the Begedi clan sub-division of the wider Digil Rahanweyn family. They are one of the major Somali clans residing in the Horn of Africa who are native to South West.