Jowhar

Jowhar (Somali: Jowhaar, Arabic: جوهر‎, Italian: Giohar, formerly Villaggio Duca degli Abruzzi) is the capital town of the Shabeellaha Dhexe region of Somalia (located at 2°46.8′N 45°30.048′E / 2.78°N 45.5008°E / 2.78; 45.5008Coordinates: 2°46.8′N 45°30.048′E / 2.78°N 45.5008°E / 2.78; 45.5008). Along with Baidoa, it used to form the joint administrative capital of the Transitional Federal Government, which captured it from the Islamic Courts Union.