Tawfiiq ( so, Tawfiiq, ar, توفيق), also known as Towfiiq, is a town in the north-central

Mudug Mudug ( so, Mudug; it, Mudugh) is an administrative region ('' gobol'') in north-central Somalia. The population of Mudug is 131,455 as of 2005. Overview Physiographically, Mudug is bordered to the west by Ethiopia,Országismertető - Szomália ...

region of

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. It lies beyond the Golol valley, 160 km northeast of the provincial capital of

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History

The settlement was founded relatively recently, in the year 2000. Due to its grazing areas and natural lakes, it has evolved into a gathering point for livestock herders. In early 2011 Tawfiiq Primary and Intermediate school was also established in the town.{{Citation needed, date=April 2014

Demographics

Tawfiiq is primarily inhabited by people from the Somali ethnic group, with the

Saleban Abdalle Saleban Abdalle ( so, Saleebaan Cabdalle, ar, سليمان عبدالله), is a Somali sub-clan. It forms a part of the Surre subdivision of the major Somali Dir clan. Overview & Distribution The Saleban Abdalle are mainly pastoralists w ...

sub-clan of Surre of the Dir especially well-represented.

Administration

Tawfiiq is governed by the autonomous

Puntland Puntland ( so, Puntland, ar, أرض البنط, it, Terra di Punt or ''Paese di Punt''), officially the Puntland State of Somalia ( so, Dowlad Goboleedka Puntland ee Soomaaliya, ar, ولاية أرض البنط الصومالية), is a F ...

administration. And many villages including El Danane,Buq Qalloo, Galhagoog, Dhinowda and Hingaras are under Tawfiiq's jurisdiction. Due to its rapid growth, the town was declared a full district by the

ministerial cabinet in April 2013.

Notable residents

* Sayidomar Aden Guled -

State minister of Health * Mahad Abdalle Awad – Second Deputy Speaker of the Federal Parliament of

. Populated places in Mudug