Dhahar is a town in the eastern

Sanaag Sanag ( so, Sanaag, ar, سَنَاج) is an administrative region (''Administrative divisions of Somaliland, gobol'') in north eastern Somaliland.Dhahar District Dhahar District ( so, Degmada Dhahar) is an administrative district in the Sanaag region. In the administrative divisions of Somaliland, it is a C-class district according to the 2019 Local Government Law. In the administrative division of Punt ...

. Puntland is in effective control, but Somaliland also has territorial claims.

Overview

The town is disputed between

Somaliland Somaliland,; ar, صوماليلاند ', ' officially the Republic of Somaliland,, ar, جمهورية صوماليلاند, link=no ''Jumhūrīyat Ṣūmālīlānd'' is a ''de facto'' sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, still conside ...

and

Puntland Puntland ( so, Puntland, ar, أرض البنط, it, Terra di Punt or ''Paese di Punt''), officially the Puntland State of Somalia ( so, Dowlad Goboleedka Puntland ee Soomaaliya, ar, ولاية أرض البنط الصومالية), is a F ...

, who has significant influence in the town. In November 2009,

and

forces clashed near Dhahar. In 2016 an incident occurred between the two entities in Boodda-Cad, a remote settlement 30km west of Dhahar. According to Somaliland MP, Baar Said, the skirmishes took place away from Dhahar. A

Somaliland Armed Forces The Somaliland National Armed Forces ( so, Ciidamada Qalabka Sida ee Soomaaliland; ar, القوات المسلحة الصوماليلاندية, alquaat almusalahat alsuwmalilandia) are the military services of Republic of Somaliland. The Somal ...

base is present in the town where the 93rd division is positioned. In January 2018,

Gamal Mohamed Hassan Gamal Mohamed Hassan ( so, Gamaal Maxamed Xasan, ar, جمال محمد حسن; born June 1978) Also, Jamal is the son of the well known late Chief Al-Haji Mohamed Hassan Muse and he was the founder, mayor to his last day and the first settler o ...

, the Minister of Planning and International Cooperation visited Dhahar, as well as the city of Badhan in the

Sanaag Sanag ( so, Sanaag, ar, سَنَاج) is an administrative region (''Administrative divisions of Somaliland, gobol'') in north eastern Somaliland.Farmaajo/anti Deni demonstrators in Dhahar district. In August 2022, Puntland President

Said Abdullahi Dani Said Abdullahi Deni (, ; born 1966 or 1967, also known as Said Deni, is the current president of Puntland. Previously, he served as the minister of planning of Somalia, after having been appointed to the position on 17 January 2014 by the prime ...

visited Dhahar and laid the foundation for a road connecting Dhahar and

Hingalol Hingalol or Hingalool ( so, Xingalool) is a district located in the Sanaag region of Somalia. Overview Hingalol is situated on the Hadeed Plateau of the Sanaag region. Hingalol was established in 1958. A small hamlet, it increased in size and po ...

. The 45 km road between Dhahar and Sheerbi is almost complete, but the road between Dhahar and Hingalol is only 20 km out of 70 km.

References

External sites

Dhahar: Somalia
geographic.org Populated places in Sanaag {{Somaliland-geo-stub