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Afgooye
Afgooye is a town on the Shabelle river in southern Somalia, about 30 kilometres north-west of Mogadishu. From the early 18th century it was the seat of the Geledi clan and their Gobroon dynasty, who ruled the Sultanate of the Geledi in the fertile lower Shabelle valley. The town is known for its annual Istunka festival of mock stick fights.
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