Bilaal
Bilaal (Somali)
بِلَال (Arabic)
Ceel Lafoole
Town
Bilaal is located in Somalia
Bilaal
Bilaal
Location in Somalia
Bilaal is located in Africa
Bilaal
Bilaal
Bilaal (Africa)
Coordinates: 3°22′37″N 45°29′11″E / 3.37694°N 45.48639°E / 3.37694; 45.48639
Country Somalia
RegionHiran
Elevation
127 m (417 ft)
Population
 • Total8,000
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)
Area code+252

Bilaal or El Bilal, is a village in the Hiran region of Somalia,[1] located 10 km (6.4 mi) west of Jalalaqsi and 145 km (90 mi) northwest of the Somalian capital Mogadishu.[2]

Location

Bilaal is located 10 km (6.4 mi) west of Jalalaqsi and 145 km (90 mi) northwest of the Somalian capital Mogadishu.

History

Although it is now a small village, Bilal is one of the oldest settlements in Hiran region, during the colonial period it was a very developed area, was built at the first school in Hiran region (Bilal Primary and Secondary School).

Bilal is the home of many notable people such businessmen like Abukar Osman and Haji Qurow, poets like Abukar Fanahow, religious preacher Islow Nur Abikar and the first Somalian Defence Minister Abdirahman Haji Mumin, Also Colonel Ahmed Abdi osman well known sheikh mujib is one of Military experienced persons from there.


References

  1. ↑ https://arcadia.sba.uniroma3.it/bitstream/2307/5416/1/Groundwater%20resources%20in%20Central%20Somalia_QGS.pdf
  2. ↑ "Node History: Bilaal (7651332543)". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 2021-09-30.


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