Bakool

Bakool (Bakool, Maay: Bokool, بكول) is a region (gobol) in southwestern Somalia.

Overview
It is bordered by the Somali regions of Hiiraan, Bay and Gedo.

Bakool, like Gedo and Bay, as well as most parts of the Jubbada Dhexe (Middle Juba) region, used to be a part of the old Upper Region, which was subdivided in the mid-1980s. It has its capital at Hudur.

In March 2014, Somali Armed Forces assisted by an Ethiopian battalion with AMISOM re-captured the Bakool province's capital Hudur from the Al-Shabaab militant group. The offensive was part of an intensified military operation by the allied forces to remove the insurgent group from the remaining areas in southern Somalia under its control.

Districts
The Bakool region consists of five districts:
 * El Barde District
 * Hudur District
 * Rabdhure District
 * Tiyeglow District
 * Wajid District

Major towns

 * El Barde
 * Hudur
 * Qurajome
 * Rab Dhuure
 * Tiyeglow
 * Wajid
 * Yeed
 * Yowkooyow
 * Buur Dhuhnle
 * Garasweyne
 * Moorigaabey