Official Name: | Harardhere |
Settlement Type: | District |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Somalia |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Mudug |
Subdivision Type2: | Capital |
Subdivision Name2: | Harardhere |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Timezone: | EAT |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Harardhere District (so|Degmada Xarardheere) is a district in the north-central Mudug region of Somalia. Its capital is Harardhere.
The district has been controlled by the Al Qa'ida-linked terrorist group al-Shabaab since at least 2012. In 2018, as US airstrike killed 80 al-Shabaab fighters at a training camp in a rural area outside the town.[1] update in 2023 Somali National Army captured the Town from Al Shabaab in August 2023