Hudun () is a historical town in the northern
Sool, region of
Somalia
Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country in continental Africa. The country is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya to the southwest, th ...
, and the seat of the
Hudun District.
Khatumo has effectively controlled there since around 2023.
Overview
Located in north west Somalia, and southeast Somaliland, Hudun lies 59 kilometres north by road from the provincial capital of
Las Anod.
Education
According to the Ministry of National Planning and Development in Somaliland, there are 9 primary schools and 1 secondary school in the Hudun District.
History
On February 15, 1960, before Somaliland's independence, the first democratic elections were held in
British Somaliland
British Somaliland, officially the Somaliland Protectorate (), was a protectorate of the United Kingdom in modern Somaliland. It was bordered by Italian Somalia, French Somali Coast and Ethiopian Empire, Abyssinia (Italian Ethiopia from 1936 ...
, and Ibrahim Eid was selected as the representative from Hudun.
The Somaliland government did not hold polls here during the
2005 Somaliland parliamentary election, citing Hudun as a disputed territory.
In March 2012, the militant group
Al-Shabaab near Hudun was exterminated by Somali Federal Army and Ethiopian Army.
In November 2012, the president of
Khatumo State declared victory in the battle against the Somaliland army in Hudun.
In January 2013, Khatumo militia based in southern Hudun were defeated and displaced by Somaliland forces. The captured militia were imprisoned in
Burao
Burao, also spelt Bur'o or Bur'ao (; , , ), is the capital of the Togdheer region and the second largest city in Somaliland. Burao was the site of the Somaliland Declaration of Independence, declaration of an independent Somaliland on 18 May 19 ...
.
In August 2017, the Somaliland government held a voting process for national elections in Hudun, which was opposed by Hudun residents as belonging to Puntland, and fighting took place between the Somaliland army and local forces in Hudun.
In May 2021, voter turnout in Hudun and other
Dhulbahante clan-inhabited areas in the
Somaliland parliamentary election was significantly higher than in the previous election in 2005.
Notable residents
*
Hassan Dahir Afqurac, Third
Vice President of Puntland
*
Ahmed Elmi Osman, Fifth
Vice President of Puntland
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Hodan Nalayeh, Somali-Canadian social activist and entrepreneur. (1976–2019)
Demographics
The City of Hudun is primarily populated by the
Dhulbahante clan, with the
Naleye Ahmed -
Ugadhyahan sub-lineages of the
Mohamoud Garad branch of the
Dhulbahante clan are well-represented.
References
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Populated places in Sool, Somaliland