Masagan is a town in the
Erigavo District of
Sanaag region of
Somalia
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.
Climate
Situated at sea level, Masagan has a Subtropical desert environment. Sanaag's yearly temperature is 24.01 °C (75.22 °F) and it is - 3.9% below Somalia's midpoints. Masagan commonly gets around 121.02 millimeters (4.76 inches) of precipitation and has 140.35 of rainy days (38.45% of the time) every year.
History
In 2013, a local
Islamic
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madrasah
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was built serving the residents belonging to the Waylaxidh village of Masagan, serving kindergarten age residents. It was inaugurated by the local clan elder and politician Ismail Ahmed Ali-Suudi.
Local communities belonging to the central and southern areas of the Sanaag region volunteered to build a road connecting their towns to the city of Erigavo, which includes Masagan and its villages.
Demographics
The city of Masagan is primarily inhabited by the
Mohamoud Garad branch of the
Dhulbahante clan, predominantly by the
Naleye Ahmed
The Mohamoud Garad ( so, Maxamuud Garaad, ar, محمود جراد, Full Name:'' ’Mohamoud Shirshore Habarwa Abdullah Muse Said Saleh Abdi Mohamed Abdirahman bin Isma'il al-Jabarti'' ) is a Somali clan. Its members form a part of the Dhulba ...
sub-lineages of the
Ugaadhyahan.
References
Populated places in Sanaag
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