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Gedo Region, Jubaland Autonomous Region, Somaliai
Regional Level Types
Gedo RegionRegion
Jubaland Autonomous RegionAutonomous Region
SomaliaCountry

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Locality type:
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Baardheere42,240 (2006)
Luuq33,820 (2014)
Garbahaarrey12,652 (2013)
Other Languages:
French:
Gedo, Somalie
German:
Gedo, Somalia
Italian:
Ghedo, Somalia
Russian:
Гедо, Сомали
Simplified Chinese:
蓋多州, 索马里
Spanish:
Gedo, Somalia
Arabic:
جدو, الصومال
Basque:
Gedo
Bengali:
গেডো
Bulgarian:
Гедо, Сомалия
Catalan:
Gedo, Somàlia
Cebuano:
Gobolka Gedo
Classical Chinese:
蓋多州
Czech:
Gedo, Somálsko
Danish:
Geedo, Somalia
Dutch:
Gedo, Somalië
Esperanto:
Gedo
Finnish:
Gedo, Somalia
Georgian:
გედოს რეგიონი
Greek:
Γκέντο, Σομαλία
Gujarati:
ગેડો
Hindi:
गेडो, सोमालिया
Indonesian:
Gedo, Somalia
Japanese:
ゲド州, ソマリア
Javanese:
Gedo
Kannada:
ಗೆಡೋ
Korean:
게도주, 소말리아
Latvian:
Gedo, Somālija
Lithuanian:
Gedas, Somalis
Malay:
Gedo
Marathi:
गेडो
Norwegian:
Gedo, Somalia
Polish:
Gedo, Somalia
Portuguese:
Gedo, Somália
Sinhalese:
ගෙඩෝ
Somali:
Gedo
Swedish:
Gedo, Somalia
Tamil:
ஜெடோ
Telugu:
గెడో
Thai:
เกโด, โซมาเลีย
Traditional Chinese:
蓋多
Turkish:
Gedo, Somali
Ukrainian:
Гедо, Сомалі
Urdu:
جدو
Vietnamese:
Gedo, Somalia


Gedo (Somali: Gedo, Arabic: جيذو‎, Italian: Ghedo or Ghedu) is an administrative region (gobol) in Jubaland, southern Somalia. Its regional capital is Garbahaarreey. It was created in 1974 and is bordered by the Ogaden in Ethiopia, the North Eastern Province in Kenya, and the Somali regions of Bakool, Bay, Jubbada Dhexe (Middle Juba), and Jubbada Hoose (Lower Juba) further down east. The southern parts of Gedo, west of the Jubba River, used to be part of the old British Trans-Juba region during half of the seventy years of the colonial era in Africa from 1890 to 1960. The British and Italians fought twice over this area. The first democratically elected governor of the administrative region was Hussein Farey, who entered office in 2008.

The regional capital is Garbaharey.

List of minerals for each chemical element

Fossils

There are 3 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences70
Youngest Fossil Listed152 Ma (Late Jurassic)
Oldest Fossil Listed166 Ma (Middle Jurassic)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Pleurotomaria
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochida : Microdomatidae : Pleurotomaria166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Dicroloma
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Aporrhaidae : Dicroloma163.5 - 152.1 Ma
Jurassic
Paracerithium
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Procerithiidae : Paracerithium166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Palaeoneilo
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Malletiidae : Palaeoneilo166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Arctostrea
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Arctostrea166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Camptonectes
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Camptonectes166.1 - 152.1 Ma
Jurassic
Eligmus
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Malleidae : Eligmus166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Gervillia
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Bakevelliidae : Gervillia166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Lopha
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Lopha166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Plagiostoma
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Limida : Limidae : Plagiostoma166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Astartopsis
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Astartopsis166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Ceratomyopsis
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Megalodontida : Ceratomyopsidae : Ceratomyopsis166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Opis
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Astartidae : Opis166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Opisoma
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Astartidae : Opisoma166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Pseudisocardia
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Pseudisocardia166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Gresslya
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Ceratomyidae : Gresslya166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Pholadomya
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadomyidae : Pholadomya166.1 - 152.1 Ma
Jurassic
Plicatula cossmanni
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Plicatulidae : Plicatula : Plicatula cossmanni166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Entolium demissus
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Entolium : Entolium demissus166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Limea strigillata
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Limidae : Limea : Limea strigillata166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Proconulus arabiensis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Proconulidae : Proconulus : Proconulus arabiensis166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon) egertonianus
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Parallelodontidae : Grammatodon : Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon) egertonianus166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Mytilus jurensis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Mytilida : Mytilidae : Mytilus : Mytilus jurensis166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Mytilida : Mytilidae : Modiolus : Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus163.5 - 152.1 Ma
Jurassic
Arcomytilus laitmairensis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Mytilida : Mytilidae : Arcomytilus : Arcomytilus laitmairensis166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Praeexogyra dubiensis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Gryphaeidae : Praeexogyra : Praeexogyra dubiensis166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Actinostreon gregareum
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Palaeolophidae : Actinostreon : Actinostreon gregareum166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Gryphaeidae : Nanogyra : Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana166.1 - 152.1 Ma
Jurassic
Chlamys curvivarians
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Chlamys : Chlamys curvivarians166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Venilicardia hunti
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Arcticidae : Venilicardia : Venilicardia hunti163.5 - 152.1 Ma
Jurassic
Mactromya aequalis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lucinida : Mactromyidae : Mactromya : Mactromya aequalis166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Ceratomya wimmisensis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadida : Ceratomyidae : Ceratomya : Ceratomya wimmisensis166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Thracia viceliacensis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Thraciidae : Thracia : Thracia viceliacensis166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Homomya inornata
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadomyida : Pholadomyidae : Homomya : Homomya inornata166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Thracia depressa
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Thraciida : Thraciidae : Thracia : Thracia depressa166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Globularia coxi
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Architaenioglossa : Ampullinidae : Globularia : Globularia coxi166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Pseudomonotis nigricans
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pseudomonotidae : Pseudomonotis : Pseudomonotis nigricans166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Lima (Plagiostoma) paolii
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Limidae : Plagiostoma : Lima (Plagiostoma) paolii166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Variamussium anolense
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Propeamussiidae : Parvamussium : Variamussium anolense166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Plicatula cochlear
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Plicatulidae : Plicatula : Plicatula cochlear166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Placunopsis parvula
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Anomiidae : Placunopsis : Placunopsis parvula166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Myoconcha weiri
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Kalenteridae : Myoconcha : Myoconcha weiri166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Trigonia somaliensis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Trigoniidae : Trigonia : Trigonia somaliensis166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Astarte biplicata
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Astartidae : Astarte : Astarte biplicata166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Astarte huralensis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Astartidae : Astarte : Astarte huralensis163.5 - 152.1 Ma
Jurassic
Perampliata aulihan
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Perampliata : Perampliata aulihan166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Tancredia africana
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Tancrediidae : Tancredia : Tancredia africana166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Cyprina cordiformis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Arcticidae : Arctica : Cyprina cordiformis166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Goniomya lacunosa
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadomyidae : Goniomya : Goniomya lacunosa166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Eopecten velatus
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Eopecten : Eopecten velatus166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Pholadomya carinata
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadomyidae : Pholadomya : Pholadomya carinata166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Camptonectes : Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus163.5 - 152.1 Ma
Jurassic
Gresslya peregrina
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Ceratomyidae : Gresslya : Gresslya peregrina163.5 - 152.1 Ma
Jurassic
Corbula islipensis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Corbulidae : Corbula : Corbula islipensis166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Ctenostreon rugosum
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Limidae : Ctenostreon : Ctenostreon rugosum166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Entolium (Entolium) disciforme
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Entolium : Entolium (Entolium) disciforme166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Belemnites (Belemnopsis) tanganensis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Belemnitidae : Belemnites : Belemnites (Belemnopsis) tanganensis163.5 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Lima (Limatula) consobrina
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Limidae : Limatula : Lima (Limatula) consobrina166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Mytilus (Pharomytilus)
subgenus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Mytilida : Mytilidae : Mytilus : Mytilus (Pharomytilus)166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Astarte minima
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Astartidae : Astarte : Astarte minima166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
Goniomya literata
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadomyida : Pholadomyidae : Goniomya : Goniomya literata166.1 - 157.3 Ma
Jurassic
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Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gedo
Wikidata ID:Q856719
GeoNames ID:58802


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