Jalalaqsi (Jalalassi)[1] is a town in the south-central Hiran province of Somalia.

It is situated on the Shebelle River, between Buuloburde and Jowhar.

[2] The broader Jalalaqsi District has a total population of 80,724 residents.

The district is populated by the Ibraahim Ciise subclan of Hawadle who also live in bordering Mahaday District in Middle Shabelle[3] In the mid-1988s there were four refugee camps with a population of around 85,000 Somalis in Jalalaqsi.

At that time it was the third largest settlement in Somalia after Mogadishu and Hargeisa.