| 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 (so|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 of Jubaland on 2 April 2013.[1]
Since 2014, the town, along with Jilib and Jamame, is under the control of the Islamist militant group al-Shabaab.[2]