Bay, Somalia

Bay
Bai
Bay
Flag of Bay
Coat of arms of Bay
Nickname: 
Baay
Location in Somalia.
Location in Somalia.
Coordinates: 3°4′28″N 43°50′7″E / 3.07444°N 43.83528°E / 3.07444; 43.83528
Country Somalia
Regional State South West
CapitalBaidoa
Government
 • GovernorAli Wardere Doyow[1]
Area
 • Total35,156 km2 (13,574 sq mi)
Population
 (2019[2])
 • Total1,560,900
 • Density44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)
HDI (2021)0.294[3]
low · 15th of 18

Bay (Somali: Baay, Arabic: باي, Italian: Bai) is an administrative region (gobol) in southern Somalia.[4]

  1. ^ "News in Brief, 21st March 2014" (PDF). Embassy of The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Somalia: Subdivision and cities". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Somalia". The World Factbook. Langley, Virginia: Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 6 December 2013.