Docmo or Damot is a town in
Werder Zone
Dollo ( so, Doollo) is one of the nine zones in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. It was previously known as Warder/Werder, so named after its largest city, Warder. Dollo is bordered on the southwest by Korahe, on the northwest by Jarar, on the ...
of the
Somali Region
The Somali Region ( so, Deegaanka Soomaalida, am, ሱማሌ ክልል, Sumalē Kilil, ar, المنطقة الصومالية), also known as Soomaali Galbeed (''Western Somalia'') and officially the Somali Regional State, is a regional state ...
in
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
. The exact district or woreda of Docmo is ''Bookh'' also called ''Boh''. The locality is often incorrectly transliterated in various ways, including ''Damot'' by Europeans, or as ''Domo'' or ''Domco'' by the Somalis.
Docmo is adjacent to the nearby locality of
Las Suban, which is slightly north. It is located a few miles southwest of the border of
Dharkeyn Genyo.
The first stand-off between the main
Darwiish army and the British army occurred in June 1901 in the town of Domco after the Darwiish army retreated from
Baran in
Sool province, formerly known as
Nugaal
Nugaal is an intermittent river that runs along the Nugaal Valley. It begins several miles to the west of Sool, and ends at Eyl where the outlet flows into the Indian Ocean. It evaporates at the onset of the hagaa, the Somali dry season. Due to ...
territory and made Docmo their headquarters with 3,000 men being stationed there.
[Douglas Jardine: p. 77]
References
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Populated places in the Somali Region
Border crossings of the Darawiish