Buhoodle District
Degmada Buuhoodle
District
Location of Buuhoodle district of Cayn, Somaliland
Location of Buuhoodle district of Cayn, Somaliland
Country Somalia
State Khatumo
CapitalBuuhoodle
Population
 (2014)[1]
 • Total183,747
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

Buhoodle District (Somali: Degmada Buuhoodle) is a district in the Cayn region of Somalia. Its district capital is Buuhoodle.[2][3][4]

Demographics

The district is inhabited by the Dhulbahante clan of the Daarood clan-family with many lineages residing there.[5] Lineages that include, The Farah Garad: Ahmed Garad and Barkad, who are well represented. the Baho Nugaaled: Khalid, Yahya, Hayaag, Mohamed Muse and the Abokor Muse. Although the Ahmed Garad: is well repressed much of the district is inhabited by the Reer hagar also known as Hagar Adan which itself belongs to the Adan Ahmed confederation: which is composed of 3 other Dhulbahante clan which are the Waeys Adan, Mahad Adan, Farah Adan and Hagar Adan themselves: making them the Adan Ahmed: Buhoodle district is home to Garaad Abdullahi Ahmed sulub who is the grand Garaad of Adan Ahmed of the district.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kluijver, Robert (2020). "The State in Somaliland". Sciences Po Paris: 4. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  2. ↑ "Somalia Districts".
  3. ↑ OCHA (22 February 2012). TOGDHEER REGION - Buuhoodle District (PDF) (Map). 1:365000.
  4. ↑ Keating, Michael; Waldman, Matt (2019-01-01). War and Peace in Somalia: National Grievances, Local Conflict and Al-Shabaab. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-005796-1.
  5. ↑ Hoehne, Markus Virgil (2011). No Easy Way Out: Traditional Authorities in Somaliland and the Limits of Hybrid Political Orders (PDF). DIIS Working Paper. Vol. 18. p. 12. Retrieved 11 February 2023.


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