Baidoa
Baidoa | |
|---|---|
  Baidoa Location in Somalie | |
| Coordinates: 3°07′N 43°39′E / 3.117°N 43.650°E | |
| Kintra |  Somalie |
| Somalie | Bay Region |
| Elevation | 446 m (1,463 ft) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 129,839 |
| Time zone | +3 |
Baidoa (Somali: Baydhabo) is a ceety in sooth-central Somalie, situatit 256 kilometer (159 mile) bi road northwast o the caipital Mogadishu. It is the caipital o the Bay region, which is traditionally inhabitit bi the Digil an Mirifle (Rahanweyn) clans.
Baidoa is the third lairgest ceety in Somalie, the fowert maist important efter Kismayo. For a brief period during the mid-2000s, it is an aa served as the naition's provisional caipital. Its population is estimatit ower 800,000.