Garbahaarey is the capital of Gedo, the second largest and second most populated region (gobolka) of Somalia. Garbahaarrey is the birthplace of the longest-serving Somali president, Maj. General Mohamed Siyad Barre. The president's body was buried in Garbahaarey following his death in Nigeria in 1995. The Population is roughly 43,000 and the inhabitants are of the Marehan clan. This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... Siad Barre Mohamed Siad Barre (Somali: Maxamed Siyaad Barre) (1919 or 1921?, Ganane, Italian Somaliland - January 2, 1995, Lagos, Nigeria) was the socialist President of Somalia from 1969 to 1991. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
Garbahaarey (PP) - Wasiirka Difaaca ee Soomaaliya Col. Barre Aadan Shire Hiiraale oo si aan dagaal ahayn looga fara maroojiyay gacan ku haytan gobollada Jubbooyinka ayaa la sheegayaan inuu baqo-carar ku gaaray Degmada Garbahaarey ee Gobolka Gedo.
Hiiraale oo wata in ku dhow 45-gawaarida dagaalka ah ayaa la sheegay inuu saakay hiiradii hore gaaray Magaalada Garbahaarey ee Gobolka Gedo halkaasoo la sheegay inuu ka wado sidii uu u abaabuli lahaa guluf colaadeed oo lagu qaado Magaalada Kismaayo iyo guud ahaan Jubbooyinka oo farahiisa ka baxay xalay uun.
As is still the custom, he was given a nickname by his fellow herdboys, ''Afweyne'' or ''Mighty Mouth'', which stuck with him for the rest of his life, despite subsequent efforts by sycophantic presidential aides to create alternatives, such as ''Father of Wisdom''.
Siad travelled to Lugh and Mogadishu in nearby Somalia Italiana for what formal schooling he had and then, in order to join the Corpo Zaptie, Polizia Africana Italiana, he adopted the Marehan town of Garbahaarey, within Somalia proper, as his supposed birthplace.
After British Commonwealth forces entering from Kenya overran the Italian colony early in 1941, Siad went on a course run by the King's African Rifles at Kabetti, in Kenya, and thereafter was employed in the special branch of the British Colonial Police,which took control of the Corpo Zaptie.
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