Geladin ( so, Geladi) is a town in eastern

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. Located in the

Dollo 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 stat ...

, this town has an elevation between 427 and 530 meters above sea level.

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records he visited Geladin (which he also calls "Bari") in January 1895, which he estimated had 3,000 inhabitants at the time. The British used Geladin as a base during their war against Diiriye Guure in 1903, after their victory over Diiriye Guure at Erigo. By 1932, the

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had built a road from Danot to Geladin over terrain that officially lay within Ethiopian territory. This was one of many acts that led to the

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years later. Based on figures from the

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in 2005, this town has an estimated total population of 10,795, of whom 5,961 are men and 4,834 are women. The 1997 census reported this town had a total population of 7,233 of whom 3,938 were men and 3,295 women. Darawiish territory according to Somali historian Muxamed Ibraahim Muxamed,

Darawiish territory according to Somali historian Muxamed Ibraahim Muxamed,

Demographics

The wider woreda is primarily inhabited by the

Majeerteen The Majeerteen ( so, Majeerteen, ar, ماجرتين; also spelled Majerteen, Macherten, Majertain, or Mijurtin) is a sub-clan. It is one of the major Somali groups, with a vast traditional territory spanning 3 major regions of Somalia: Bari, ...

subdivision of the

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Darood, the

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subdivision of the Tanade, and the Sade_Darood.

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