Bardera Street Cleaning by Bardera Water and Sanitation Authority

Bardera City (Somali Baardheere) is an important agricultural and academic city in the Gedo region of Somalia. Sayed Muhammad Abdulle Hassan, "The Mad Mullah of Somaliland", is said to have studied the Arabic grammar and syntax in Bardera in the early 1870s.^{[citation needed]} Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... For other uses, see Gedo (disambiguation). ...

In the 1930s, there were about 8,000 inhabitants in the city, which lies on either bank of the Jubba River north of Kismayo City, Somalia's second-largest city. The Juba divides Bardera into eastern and western sides. Bardera is probably the fifth or sixth largest city in Somalia. The Juba or Jubba River (Somali: Jubba; Italian: ) is a river in southern Somalia. ...

On the eve of the European conquest of the continent, the British and the Italians saw the strategic importance of Bardera. The two fought over the city during the early 1940s.

The Somalis who lived in this city had a system of governance based on a fiefdom led by the tribal chief (ugaas in Somali). The ugaas is often a well-respected intellectual man with deep knowledge of Islam. Fief depiction in a book of hours Under the system of feudalism, a fiefdom, fief, feud, feoff, or fee, often consisted of inheritable lands or revenue-producing property granted by a liege lord in return for a form of allegiance, originally to give him the means to fulfill his military... For people named Islam, see Islam (name). ...

Bardera had about 20,000 citizens from mid 1970s. The most recent demographics were compiled in 1988. There are important religious schools, as well as an important center which was connected to the Somali National University in Mogadishu. Government agencies, students and teachers used to visit Bardera for research projects, particularly those dealing with agriculture. Mogadishu (Somali: Muqdisho, popularly Xamar; Arabic: ; Italian: ), is the largest city in Somalia, and its capital. ...

Bardera is the most populated county (degmo or beel in Somali) in Gedo region. Agricultural products from Bardera area are sold in many parts of the country. Sorghum, corn or maize, different types of onions, beans, sesame, tobacco, and various fruits such as bananas , watermellon, oranges, papayas, and mangoes, from Bardera farms reach markets as far as Djibouti, about 3000km away to the north of Somalia. Species About 30 species, see text Sorghum is a genus of numerous species of grasses, some of which are raised for grain and many of which are utilised as fodder plants either cultivated or as part of pasture. ... Binomial name L. Corn (Zea mays L. ssp. ... For other uses, see Onion (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Bean (disambiguation). ... Binomial name Sesamum indicum L. Sesame (Sesamum indicum) is a flowering plant in the genus Sesamum. ... Shredded tobacco leaf for pipe smoking Tobacco can also be pressed into plugs and sliced into flakes Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the fresh leaves of plants in genus Nicotiana. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Binomial name Citrullus lanatus (Thunb. ... Look up orange in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Binomial name Carica papaya L. The papaya (from Carib via Spanish), is the fruit of the tree Carica papaya, in the genus Carica. ... Species About 35 species, including: Mangifera altissima Mangifera applanata Mangifera caesia Mangifera camptosperma Mangifera casturi Mangifera decandra Mangifera foetida Mangifera gedebe Mangifera griffithii Mangifera indica Mangifera kemanga Mangifera laurina Mangifera longipes Mangifera macrocarpa Mangifera mekongensis Mangifera odorata Mangifera pajang Mangifera pentandra Mangifera persiciformis Mangifera quadrifida Mangifera siamensis Mangifera similis Mangifera...

Recent history

The outbreak of the civil war in 1991 changed the dynamics of the city. The population of the city swelled to 120,000 people. At one point, Bardera District population reached 230,000 before many families moved northward to Beled Hawo near the border with NFD in Kenya.

At the end of the 1990s and early 2000, Bardera developed into even more important town for its inhabitants and business people alike. There is a new route to Kismaayo. And this well-traveled road brings a lot of business for the city and the surrounding areas.

Bardera is currently governed by a Council of Elders (Odayaal Dhaqameedyo). The Bardera Council of Elders comprises 21 prominent religious leaders and respected elders from different Somali clans (Marehan, Facaye, Rahaweyn, Ajuran, Banadiri, and Awramala) that live in the city. The council undertakes to settle disputes over land, property, and blood (fatal accidents) in a peaceful and traditional manner. As of February 2002, Chief Fanax Barre Warsame (of Ugas Sharmaarke Clan, of Bahtanado family lineage) is the chairman of the Council of Elders.

Local Government In Bardera

Hussein Ali Bihi, Xuseen Cali Biixi, (varying spelling), was elected on June 2006 as the head of Council of Elders. This body of council has had a long history of serving the community in all matters relating to disputes in blood, property and land.

Barderians, having a long history of amity and cordial relations with other cities, enjoy a very peaceful coexistence and tranquility with the neighboring populations and villages.^{[citation needed]}

Business and Education

Bardera is commerically connected to the port city of Kismayo. Everything from building materials to medicines come from Kismayo. There is another commercial route to Wajir in the North East Province of Kenya. There is also well-establishsed Gedo inter-regional commercial activity zone between Bardera and Belad Hawo. People and goods move freely between these two destinations.

For decades, the main business route for Bardera was to and from Mogadishu via Baidoa. However, this travel route was greatly distrupted during the hight of the Somali civil war in early 1990s. Nevertheless, some trucks bring goods from ever floushiring Mogadishu trade activities.

On the education front, there are two middle schools and one high school and another one is to be opened soon probably by mid 2004 school year. There are also plans for building higher institutions besides the technical school operated by Hirda which is a non-profit Somali development group. HIRDA based in the Netherlands, also operates an agricultural seminary school in a co-operative farm purchased by HIRDA some years ago. This non-profit agency undertook another important educational project in the city of Baardheere. It started a medical school which trains about 60 students a year for various medical services skills. This has always been badly needed skills throughout Somalia ever since the The National University system was demolished back in 1991.

Bardera City Public Services

In mid 2006, SEHO (Somali Education and Health Organization), a nonprofit organization started to operate the only hospital in the city. East Bardera Mothers' and Children's hospital. Lul Abdullahi Barre is the only nurse and she serves as the head of the EBMCH. Aside from the hospital, SEHO also is the sole funding body of the Bardera Water and Sanitation Authority. A citywide cleaning campaign is conducted three times a month. The Water and Sanitation Office plans to implement a clean tap-water services for the city in the near future.

Coordinates: 2°20′N, 42°17′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...