Jubaland

Jubaland (also Jubbaland, Trans-Juba, It: Oltre Giuba) is the southwesternmost part of Somalia, on the far side of the Jubba River (thus the "trans-" name), bordering on Kenya. It has a total area of 87,000 km² (33,000 sq mi), and in 1926 a population of 12,000. The main city is Kismayo, on the coast near the mouth of the Jubba.

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Originally Jubaland was part of the British colony of Kenya, but was ceded to Italy June 29, 1925, purportedly as a reward for joining the Allies in World War I. It then had a brief existence as the Italian colony of Oltre Giuba, before its incorporation into the colony of Italian Somaliland on June 30, 1926.

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Jubaland declared its independence from Somalia in 1998, and its present status remains unsettled.

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Jubba River: The Jubba River is a river in southern Somalia. It begins at the border with Ethiopia where the Dawa and Gebele rivers meet, and flows directly south to the Indian Ocean....

Kenya: The Republic of Kenya, or Kenya (), is a country in East Africa. It borders Ethiopia on the north, Somalia on the north-east, Tanzania on the south, Uganda on the west, and Sudan on the northwest, with the Indian Ocean on the southeast....

Kismayo: Kismayo or Kismayu (; , ; ) is a port city in the Jubbada Hoose region of Somalia, and is the country's third largest city. It is situated 328 miles (528 km) southwest of Mogadishu, near the mouth of the Jubba River, where that river flows into the Indian Ocean. As of 2008, the population is e...