What is "baidoa"

Baidoa , is capital in the southwestern Bay region of Somalia.During the Middle Ages, Baidoa and its surrounding area was part of the Ajuran Sultanate. in 2005 Transitional Federal Government established temporary headquarters in Baidoa before an eventual relocation of government offices to Mogadishu.

In 2012, it was made the capital of the Southwestern State of Somalia, a prospective Federal Member State.