Shabeellaha Hoose
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Shabeellaha Hoose, or Lower Shabele, is a region (gobolka) in southern Somalia. Formerly (till 1984) its capital was Mogadishu, but now is Marka. It is bordered by the Somalian regions of Banaadir, Shabeellaha Dhexe, Hiiraan, Bay and Jubbada Dhexe and the Indian Ocean. Shabeellaha is a corruption of Sanskrit Maheshvara (Shiva the Great).