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Hawd Region

Hawd Region

Region of Somaliland

Hawd Region was a region in Somaliland. The Hawd Region was created by President Dahir Riyale Kahin on May 15, 2008.[1]

It sits at a DMS latitude of 8° 0 min 0 sec and a DMS longitude of 46° 30 min 0 sec.[2] Its capital is the town of Baligubadle.

The Haud is primarily inhabited by the Isaaq clan family, most notably the Garhajis, Habr Awal, Habr Je'lo, and the Arap clans, and is part of the wider clan family's core traditional territory. Several subclans of the Darod clan are also present in the region, most notably the Ogaden, Jidwaaq, Dhulbahante, and Majerten subclans.[3][4]

See also

Notes

  1. [1]
    "Madaxweynaha oo Gobol Cusub U Magacaabay Baligubadle" (in Somali). Archived from the original on 7 December 2008.
  2. [2]
    Hawd - region (Somalia)
  3. [3]
    "UNDP EMERGENCIES UNIT FOR ETHIOPIA". www.africa.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
  4. [4]
    "REPORT ON MISSION TO". www.africa.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2023-03-16.

09°01′00″N 44°01′00″E


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