Bay is an administrative region (gobolka

Regions of Somalia

Somalia is officially divided into eighteen administrative regions , which in turn are subdivided into districts. On a de facto basis, northern Somalia is now divided up among the autonomous states of Puntland and Somaliland...

) in southern Somalia

Somalia

Somalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory...

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Overview

It is bordered by the Somalian regions of Bakool

Bakool

-Overiew:It is bordered by the Ogaden and the Somalian regions of Hiiraan, Bay and Gedo.Bakool, like Gedo and Bay, as well as most parts of the Jubbada Dhexe region, used to be a part of the old Upper Region, which was subdivided in the mid 1980s...

, Lower Shabele

Shabeellaha Hoose

Lower Shebelle is an administrative region in southern Somalia.-Overview:It is bordered by the Somalian regions of Banadir, Middle Shebelle, Hiran, Bay and Middle Juba, and the Indian Ocean...

, Middle Juba

Jubbada Dhexe

Middle Juba is an administrative region in southern Somalia. With its capital at Bu'aale, it is located in the Jubaland autonomous region.Middle Juba is bordered by Somali regions of Gedo, Bay, Lower Shabele and Jubbada Hoose and the Indian Ocean...

 and Gedo

Gedo

Gedo is an administrative region , formerly part of the historic Upper Juba Region in southern Somalia. Its regional capital is Garbahaarreey. Gedo is a region created in 1980s and is bordered by the Ogaden in Ethiopia, the North Eastern Province in Kenya, and the Somali regions of Bakool, Bay,...

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Baidoa used to be the capital of the old Upper Juba

Jubaland

Jubaland , also known as Azania or the Juba Valley and formerly as Trans-Juba , is an autonomous region in southern Somalia. Its eastern border lies 40–60 km east of the Jubba River, stretching from Gedo to the Indian Ocean, while its western side flanks the North Eastern Province in...

 region, which today also includes Gedo and Bakool, as well as most parts of the Jubbada Dhexe

Jubbada Dhexe

Middle Juba is an administrative region in southern Somalia. With its capital at Bu'aale, it is located in the Jubaland autonomous region.Middle Juba is bordered by Somali regions of Gedo, Bay, Lower Shabele and Jubbada Hoose and the Indian Ocean...

 (Middle Juba) region. Present regions were created in the 1970s by the then ruling military regime. Bay's current capital is Baidoa

Baidoa

Baidoa is a city in south-central Somalia, situated by road northwest of the capital Mogadishu. It is the capital of the Bay region, which is traditionally inhabited by the Digil and Mirifle clans....

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Districts

The Bay region consists of four districts:

• Baidoa District
  Baidoa District
  Baidoa District is a district in the southern Bay region of Somalia. Its capital lies at Baidoa....
  
  
• Buurhakaba District
  Buurhakaba District
  Burhakaba District is a district in the southern Bay region of Somalia. Its capital lies at Burhakaba....
  
  
• Diinsoor District
  Diinsoor District
  Dinsoor District is a district in the southern Bay region of Somalia. It has its capital at Dinsoor....
  
  
• Qasahdhere District
  Qasahdhere District
  Qasahdhere District is a district in the southern Bay region of Somalia....