Quljeed is a town in the western
Awdal
Awdal ( so, Awdal, ar, أودَل) is an administrative region ('' gobol'') in western Somaliland. It was separated from Woqooyi Galbeed and became a province in 1984 and is the most northwesterly province of Somaliland. To the east it borde ...
region of
Somaliland. It is notable for being the birthplace of
Dahir Riyale Kahin, the 3rd
President of Somaliland
The president of Somaliland ( so, Madaxweynaha Somaliland; ar, رئيس جمهورية أرض الصومال, Rayiys jumhuriat 'ard alsuwmal) is the head of state and head of government of Somaliland. The president is also commander-in-chief o ...
.
Overview
Quljeed is situated about 30 km to the northwest of
Borama
Borama ( so, Boorama, ar, بورما) is the Second capital city of Somaliland and the largest city of the northwestern Awdal region of Somaliland The commercial seat of the province, it is situated near the border with Ethiopia.
During the M ...
.
[ Ciabarri, ''Dopo Lo Stato Storia e Antropologia Della ricomposizione Sociale Nella Somalia Settentrionale'', (FrancoAngeli), p. 65.]
Demographics
The town is inhabited by the Reer Dudub branch of the Jibriil Yoonis, a subclan of the
Gadabuursi
The Gadabuursi ( Somali: ''Gadabuursi'', Arabic: جادابورسي), also known as ''Samaroon'' ( Arabic: ''قبيلة سَمَرُون)'', is a northern Somali clan, a sub-division of the Dir clan family.
The Gadabuursi are geographically ...
Dir clan.
See also
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Nimmo
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Gondal
Notes
References
Abasa
Archaeological sites in Somalia
Former populated places in Somalia
Cities of the Adal Sultanate
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