| Official Name: | Mahas |
| Other Name: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | Somalia |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Somalia. |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Somalia |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Hirshabelle |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Hiiraan |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Timezone: | EAT |
| Utc Offset: | +3 |
| Coordinates: | 4.3908°N 46.0883°W |
Mahas (also spelled Maxass) is a town in the central Hiran region of Somalia and the capital of its eastern Mahas District.[1]
On 4 January 2023, an al-Shabaab double car bombing killed 35 people.[2]
On 3 September 2023 the town was visited by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to remobilize the local troops[3] after recent defeats at the hands of Al-Shabaab.[4]
On 7 August 20224 the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) has handed over the Maxaas Forward Operating Base (FOB) to the Somali National Armed Forces (SNAF) as part of the ongoing Phase Three drawdown.[5]