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Jilib Merca
Jilib Merca
Coastal City
	Jilib Merca
	Historical citadel ruins in Jilib Merca.
	Jilib Merca
	Coordinates: 1°47′55″N 44°54′28″E [2]
Country	Somalia
Region	Lower Shabelle
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)

Jilib, also known as Jilib Merca, is an ancient landmark on the Somali Sea, as well as a coastal city, in the Lower Shabelle region of present day Somalia.[1] It is noted for its various historical structures.

Overview

Jilib (also known as; Gelib Merca, Jilib Marka and Djelleub) is situated about 15 kilometers northeast of Merca and about 55 kilometers southwest of Mogadishu.[3][4]

It is an ancient stone city built on a coastal promontory. The town's ruins consist of typical Somali architecture, such as coral stone houses, fortifications, tombs and mosques. [5]

The town is said to date from the medieval Ajuran period, when it became a center of trade that handled smaller vessels sailing from India, Arabia, Persia and the Far East. This is supported by early maps, and an initial archaeological survey.[6]

Inside Jilib Merca

Jilib Merca is 17 kilometres along the coast from Merca, on the South is the Town of Gendershe and Dhanaane respectively, the North is bordered by beautiful small valleys, the West is the bordered by Merca Capital City of lower shabelle Province and the South is the bordered by the Indian Ocean with some coconuts trees.

There are Two main roads leading to Jilib Merca:

Mogadishu to Jilib Merca

Merca to Jilib Merca.

There is one school in Jilib Merca consisting of a primary school and middle school built by the previous government of President Mohamed Siad Barre. Since the Somali Civil War (2009–present) the school has been neglected.

Mosques

In Jilib Merca there some Major and minor Mosques

Notably: 1- Jaamaca Jilib Merca Mosque

Inhabitants

Jilib Merca is mostly inhabited by people of the Biimaal Clan of Major Dir Clan and Some coastal white Minorities call them selfies as Asharaf. .

Notable Figures

Mohamed Sheekh Jamaal Cabdullahi AKA Jamaal jibiye - First Mayor of Mogadishu

Ugaas Cabdulqaadir Xussen - President of Sheekhaal Gendershe Clan

Maxamed Xusseen Cali (Shiiqaalow) - Somali National Football Player

Cabduraxmaan Sheekh Maxamed (Aw Koombe) - Comedian

Jaarlees Cadde - Comedian

Sheekh Maxamed Sh. Cabduraxmaan Abba Xaakji - First Teacher at Somali Youth League school.

Sheekh Cusmaan Sheekh Cabdiqaadir - First Somali Pilot

Maxamed Sheekh Aanis - Somali Singer

Amiinullaahi Maxamed Sh. Jamaal - First Translator for the Federal Parliament of Somalia

Sheekh Muxyidiin Sheekh Maxamed Sheekh Isaaq Al Gendershi - Qadi of Mogadishu

Maxamed Sheekh Cabdi Sheekh Cusmaan - Member of Federal Parliament of Somalia

Notes and references

Jönsson, Sune. Archaeological Research Co-operation between Somalia and Sweden: Report on a Three-Month Visit to Somalia in 1982. No. 1. Central board of national antiquities, 1983.
Google Maps
Universität Frankfurt am Main. Frobenius-Institut, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kulturmorphologie, Frobenius Gesellschaft, Paideuma: Mitteilungen zur Kulturkunde, Volumes 26-28, (F. Steiner: 1980), p.202.
Burke, Jason; Mumin, Abdalle Ahmed (3 December 2020). "CIA officer killed in Somali raid on suspected al-Shabaab bomb-maker". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 3 December 2020.
Mukhtar, Mohamed Haji (2003). "Marka". Historical Dictionary of Somalia. African Historical Dictionary Series, No. 87 (second ed.). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 146. ISBN 978-0-8108-4344-8.
Jama, Ahmed Dualeh (1996). The Origins and Development of Mogadishu AD 1000 to 1850: A Study of Urban Growth Along the Benadir Coast of Southern Somalia (PDF). Studies in African Archaeology 12. Uppsala: Societas Archaeologica Upsaliensis by the University of Uppsala. p. 18. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 December 2020.

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[1] Jönsson, Sune. Archaeological Research Co-operation between Somalia and Sweden: Report on a Three-Month Visit to Somalia in 1982. No. 1. Central board of national antiquities, 1983.

[2] Google Maps

[Frobges-3] Universität Frankfurt am Main. Frobenius-Institut, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kulturmorphologie, Frobenius Gesellschaft, Paideuma: Mitteilungen zur Kulturkunde, Volumes 26-28, (F. Steiner: 1980), p.202.

[4] Burke, Jason; Mumin, Abdalle Ahmed (3 December 2020). "CIA officer killed in Somali raid on suspected al-Shabaab bomb-maker". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 3 December 2020.

[5] Mukhtar, Mohamed Haji (2003). "Marka". Historical Dictionary of Somalia. African Historical Dictionary Series, No. 87 (second ed.). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 146. ISBN 978-0-8108-4344-8.

[6] Jama, Ahmed Dualeh (1996). The Origins and Development of Mogadishu AD 1000 to 1850: A Study of Urban Growth Along the Benadir Coast of Southern Somalia (PDF). Studies in African Archaeology 12. Uppsala: Societas Archaeologica Upsaliensis by the University of Uppsala. p. 18. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 December 2020.