Danane

This article is about the Somali town. For the city in Ivory Coast, see Danané.

Danane (Somali: Danaane, Arabic: دنانه) is a coastal town in the southern Lower Shebelle province of Somalia. It is located approximately 109 km (68 mi) to the southwest of the nation's capital Mogadishu.

## History

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In the past the Italians set a concentration camp in the town for people that resisted the Italian colonial leaders in Ethiopia. Many Ethiopians were detained in Danane.[1]

## Demographics

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Danane is the traditional territory and primarily inhabited Bimal clan[2]

## References

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1. ^ Megargee, Geoffrey P.; White, Joseph R. (2018-05-29). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933–1945, Volume III: Camps and Ghettos under European Regimes Aligned with Nazi Germany. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-02386-5.
2. ^ Lewis, I. M. (1965). The modern history of Somaliland, from nation to state. Internet Archive. New York, F.A. Praeger.

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