Hudun

Located in southeastern Somaliland, Hudun lies 59 kilometres north by road from the provincial capital of Las Anod.[3]

According to the Ministry of National Planning and Development in Somaliland, there are 9 primary schools and 1 secondary school in the Hudun District.[4]

On February 15, 1960, before Somaliland's independence, the first democratic elections were held in British Somaliland, and Ibrahim Eid was selected as the representative from Hudun.[5]

The Somaliland government did not hold polls here during the 2005 Somaliland parliamentary election, citing Hudun as a disputed territory.[6]

In March 2012, the militant group Al-Shabaab near Hudun was exterminated by Somali Federal Army and Ethiopian Army.[7]

In November 2012, the president of Khatumo State declared victory in the battle against the Somaliland army in Hudun.[8]

In January 2013, Khatumo militia based in southern Hudun were defeated and displaced by Somaliland forces.[9] The captured militia were imprisoned in Burao.[10]

In August 2017, the Somaliland government held a voting process for national elections in Hudun, which was opposed by Hudun residents as belonging to Puntland, and fighting took place between the Somaliland army and local forces in Hudun.[11]

In May 2021, voter turnout in Hudun and other Dhulbahante clan-inhabited areas in the Somaliland parliamentary election was significantly higher than in the previous election in 2005.[12]

The City of Hudun is primarily populated the Dhulbahante clan, with the Naleye Ahmed sub-subtribe of the Mohamoud Garad branch of the Dhulbahante clan are well-represented.[13] Other Mohamoud Garad subtribes like the Mohamoud Ugadhyahan and the Hinjinleh clan of the Baho Nugaaled also inhabit the city.