Hawd Region

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


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