Tukaraq is a small village in the eastern
Sool
Sool ( so, Sool, ar, صول) is an administrative region ('' gobol'') in south eastern Somaliland/north western Somalia. It borders Togdheer to the west, Sanaag to the north, Ethiopia to the south and Nugal, Bari to the east. Its capital city ...
region of
Somaliland. The town is located on the road between
Las Anod
Las Anod ( so, Laascaanood; ar, لاسعانود) is the administrative capital of the Sool, Somaliland, Sool region of Somaliland.
Territorial dispute
The city is disputed by Puntland and Somaliland. The former bases its claim due to the ki ...
and
Garowe
Garowe ( so, Garoowe, ar, غَاْرَّوْؤَيَ, in
Las Anod District
Las Anod District ( so, Degmada Laascaanood) is a district in the eastern Sool region of Somaliland. It has its capital at Las Anod. Other settlements include Yagori, Adhi'adeye, Bo'ame, Tukaraq
Tukaraq is a small village in the eastern Sool r ...
.
Overview
On 15 May 2018 intense increase in military activity occurred between rival Puntland and Somaliland armed forces in the surrounding area of Tukaraq. Both Somaliland and Puntland have accused the other of initiating the violence.
On 24 May 2018 both rival groups between Somaliland and Puntland both participating in an ongoing conflict in the Sool region released press statements claiming that the opposing side launched a predawn offensive around 05:30 AM local time.
Somaliland captured Tukaraq from
Puntland State forces that fled to Ethiopia.
Demographics
The town's main inhabitants are
Dhulbahante
The Dhulbahante ( so, Dhulbahante, ar, دلبةنتئ) is a Somali clan family, part of the Harti clan which itself belongs to the largest Somali clan-family — the Darod. They are the traditional inhabitants of the physiographic Nugaal in its ...
branch of the
Darod
The Darod ( so, Daarood, ar, دارود) is a Somali clan. The forefather of this clan was Sheikh Abdirahman bin Isma'il al-Jabarti, more commonly known as ''Darood''. The clan primarily settles the apex of the Horn of Africa and its peripheries ...
,
[ ] with the ''gaashaanbuur'' subclan of
Golaweyne especially well represented.
[Taariikhdii daraawiishta iyo Sayid Maxamad Cabdille Xasan, PAGE 176, 2005]
Notes
References
Fiqi Tukaraq, Somalia
Populated places in Sool, Somaliland
Somalia–Somaliland border crossings
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