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Jawhar
Middle Shabele · Somalia
City population
47,086
#23
in Somalia
#12,086
worldwide
2.781, 45.500 · 85 km from Mogadishu
About Jawhar
Jawhar is a city in Middle Shabele, Somalia with a population of 47,086. It is the 23rd largest of the 42 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Somalia, and the 12,086th largest worldwide. It lies 85 km from Mogadishu.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Middle Shabele
Elevation
108 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Mogadishu
Coordinates
2.781, 45.500
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 42 in SomaliaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.