Howlwadaag, Mogadishu

Hawle Wadag
Neighbourhood
Coordinates: 2°02′00″N 45°21′00″E / 2.0333°N 45.3500°E / 2.0333; 45.3500
Country Somalia
RegionBanaadir
CityMogadishu
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

Hawle Wadag Neighbourhood (Somali: Howlwadaag) is a neighbourhood in the central Banaadir region of Somalia. A neighborhood in north-central Mogadishu, the Bakaara Market is located here.

This neighbourhood is inhabited by the Murusade clan. In 2009 around area of Howlwadaag was an operation base by Al-Shabaab who harassed the civilians and attacked AMISOM from here whose defensive line was at the Sayyid Hassan statue site. This statue featured the Sayyid positioned on the Hiin Faniin, a Suleiman horse.

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