Hawle Wadag District
District in Banaadir, Somalia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hawle Wadag District (Somali: Degmada Howlwadaag) is a district in the central Banaadir region of Somalia. A neighborhood in north-central Mogadishu, the Bakaara Market is located here.
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Hawle Wadag | |
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Coordinates: 2.0333°N 45.3500°E / 2.0333; 45.3500 | |
Country | Somalia |
Region | Banaadir |
Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
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In 2009 this region was an operation base by Al-Shabaab who harassed or attacked Amisom from here whose defensive line was at the Sayyid Hassan statue site.[1] This statue featured the Sayyid positioned on the Hiin Faniin, a Suleiman horse.[2][3]