Residents
El Buur has been inhabited since at least the 13th century. During the Ajuran Sultanate it served as a local commercial hub. The area is particularly noted as a center for quarrying. Here, meerschaum ( sepiolite), used to make the Somali people's trademark dabqaad incense burner, is mined.Abdullahi, pp.98-99Alietti, A., Brigatti, M.F., Poppi, L. (1985) Sepiolite deposits of the El-Bur, Galgudund Area, Central Somalia https://arcadia.sba.uniroma3.it/handle/2307/5458 El Buur is also the site of the local pipe-making industry. This city is inhabited by the Murusade clan.External links
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Populated places in Galguduud Galmudug Mining communities in Africa Mining in Somalia {{Somalia-geo-stub