Dinsoor

Dinsoor
Dinsoor
Town
	Dinsoor Location in Somalia.
	Coordinates: 2°24′38″N 42°58′36″E
Country	Somalia
Region	Bay
State	South West
Population
• Total	19,600
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)

Dinsoor (Somali: Diinsoor) is a town in the southwestern Bay region of Somalia.It is inhabited by the dabare clan which is part of the Rahanweyn tribe.[1] It is the center of the Dinsoor District.

Street in Dinsoor

Demographics

Dinsoor has a population of around 28,000 inhabitants.[2] The broader Dinsoor District has a total population of 75,769 residents.[3]

Notable residents

Hasan Adan Samatar

Notes

Waaxda Dhexe ee Istaatistikada, p.18
"Somalia City & Town Population". Tageo. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
"Regions, districts, and their populations: Somalia 2005 (draft)" (PDF). UNDP. Retrieved 21 September 2013.

References

Somalia. Waaxda Dhexe ee Istaatistikada (1981). Report on the demographic survey of Banadir, Bay, and Lower Shebelle regions of Somalia, 1980-81. The Dept.
Diinsoor
Dinsoor, Somalia - coordinates

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[1] Waaxda Dhexe ee Istaatistikada, p.18

[Tsctp-2] "Somalia City & Town Population". Tageo. Retrieved 4 October 2013.

[Rdatp-3] "Regions, districts, and their populations: Somalia 2005 (draft)" (PDF). UNDP. Retrieved 21 September 2013.