Official Name: | Dusmareb |
Other Name: | دوسمريب |
Native Name: | Dhusamareb |
Settlement Type: | District |
Mapsize: | 222px |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Somalia |
Subdivision Type2: | state |
Subdivision Type3: | Capital |
Subdivision Name3: | Dusmareb |
Leader Title: | mayor |
Leader Name: | cabdiraxmaan cali (gaadaqorow) |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2022 |
Population Total: | 434,080 [1] |
Timezone: | EAT |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Dusmareb District (Somali: Degmada Dhuusamareeb) is a district in the central Galguduud region of Galmudug state of Somalia. Its capital lies at Dusmareb. Dusmareb is the administrative capital of Galmudug state and the Galguduud region. It is primarily inhabited by Somalis from the Hiraab sub-clan of the Habargidir.
A roadside bombing attributed to al-Shabaab killed 13 security forces in Dusmareb on February 6, 2021, shortly after a breakdown in talks about the 2021 Somali presidential election were announced.[2]