| Official Name: | Bu'ale |
| Native Name: | بالي Bu'aale |
| Settlement Type: | Capital city of Jubaland |
| Pushpin Map: | Somalia#Horn of Africa#Africa |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Somalia##Location within the Horn of Africa##Location within Africa |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Somalia |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Middle Juba |
| Parts Type: | Occupation |
| Parts Style: | para |
| P1: | Al Shabaab |
| Leader Title: | Control |
| Leader Name: | Al-Shabaab |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 30 |
| Population As Of: | 1999 |
| Population Total: | 115,000 |
| Timezone: | EAT |
| Utc Offset: | +3 |
| Coordinates: | 1.0833°N 42.5833°W |
Bu'ale (Somali: Bu'aale) is an agricultural town in Southern Somalia, the capital of the Middle Juba region and the Capital city of the Jubaland State of Somalia. .
Bu'ale was made the capital city for the Jubaland State of Somalia on 2 April 2013.[1]
Since 2014 the town, along with Jilib and Jamame is under the control of militant Islamic extremist group Al-Shabaab.[2]