Ballishiil is a topographical feature characterized as a flatland which percolates immediately south from the city of

Buuhoodle Buuhoodle ( so, Buuhoodle, ar, بووهودل), also known as Bohotle, is the second largest city in the Togdheer region of Somaliland and also the capital of the Cayn region under Puntland. It is a prominent border town for movements of goods t ...

, at the westernmost side of the

Ciid Ciid or 'Iid ( so, Arlo Ciideed) is an archaic native geographic name for the land between the region of Mudug and the Nugaal Valley, roughly congruous with the northern Bookh district in Ethiopia. As such, Ciid constitutes the tripoint of the fo ...

plains. Administratively, the Ballishiil plains are situated at the northeast corner of the Danot woreda in the Doollo zone of Ethiopia. The seventy-second poem of the Sayid described Ballishiil as being a place of ponds and as the traditional homelands of the Cali Geri tribe. It includes towns such as Xamar-laguxidh, Boqonka and Cunbaal.Diiwaanka gabayadii, 1856-1921 - Maxamad Cabdulle Xasan · 1999, PAGE 83

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