Jowhar ( ) is the capital town of the Shabeellaha Dhexe region of Somalia (located at ), and, along with Baidoa, used to form the joint administrative capital of the Transitional Federal Government, which captured it from the Islamic Courts Union. The town lies 90 km (50 mi) along a major road north of the nominal national capital of Mogadishu. There is an airport in the north of the town. History Jowhar was founded by an Italian Duke, Luigi Amedeo Savoia, who first came to the African contine… (More on Jowhar)