Hudun
Town
Hudun is located in Sool
Hudun
Hudun
Location in Somaliland/Somalia
Hudun is located in Somaliland
Hudun
Hudun
Hudun (Somaliland)
Coordinates: 9°6′45″N 47°27′38″E / 9.11250°N 47.46056°E / 9.11250; 47.46056
Country Somaliland[1]
RegionSool
DistrictHudun District
Population
 (2007)[2]
 • Total3,258
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

Hudun (Somali: Xudun) is a historical town in the eastern Sool region of Somaliland[3] or Somalia, and the seat of the Hudun District.[4] Somaliland has effectively controlled there since around 2013, but Puntland also has a territorial claim.[5]

Overview

Located in north west Somalia, and southeast Somaliland, Hudun lies 59 kilometres north by road from the provincial capital of Las Anod.[6]

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.[7]

History

On February 15, 1960, before Somaliland's independence, the first democratic elections were held in British Somaliland, and Ibrahim Eid was selected as the representative from Hudun.[8]

The Somaliland government did not hold polls here during the 2005 Somaliland parliamentary election, citing Hudun as a disputed territory.[9]

In March 2012, the militant group Al-Shabaab near Hudun was exterminated by Somali Federal Army and Ethiopian Army.[10]

In November 2012, the president of Khatumo State declared victory in the battle against the Somaliland army in Hudun.[11]

In January 2013, Khatumo militia based in southern Hudun were defeated and displaced by Somaliland forces.[12] The captured militia were imprisoned in Burao.[13]

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.[14]

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.[15]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Somalia country profile". BBC. 2023-02-01. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
  2. ↑ WFP (2007). "Puntland - Food Security and Vulnerability Assessment" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  3. ↑ "Somaliland in figure" (PDF).
  4. ↑ "Districts of Somalia".
  5. ↑ "Somalia country profile". bbc.com. 2022-05-27. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  6. ↑ Google Maps (Map). Google.
  7. ↑ "SOOL REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN (2014-2016)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-07-30. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  8. ↑ Somaliland (2019-06-25). "The Rebirth of Somaliland (1): History of Somaliland before 1960". Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  9. ↑ Ragnhild Hollekim, Stig Jarle Hansen and Geir Moe Sørensen (March 2006). "SOMALILAND: ELECTIONS FOR THE LOWER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT SEPTEMBER 2005" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  10. ↑ "Baahin: Khamiis, Mar 22, Khadar Cawl ~ Daljir ~ Buuhoodle. Xudun, Bakool oo u gacan gashay ciidamada dawlada federaalka & Ethiopia; Nin ka tirsanaa ciidamada Al-shabaab ee buurala Golis oo isu dhiinay ciidanka Puntland; Dawlada federaalka oo sheegtay in ay dejisay qorshe lagu sugayo amniga meelaha laga qabsaday Al-shabaab". daljir. 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  11. ↑ "Madaxweynaha maamulka Khaatumo oo guul ka sheegtay dagaalkii shalay ka dhacay Xudun (Dhegayso)". daljir.com. 2012-11-29. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  12. ↑ "Somaliland:Khatumo Militias Dislodged from Hudun Bases". Somaliland Sum. 2013-01-23. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  13. ↑ "Somaliland Army Crush Khatuumo Aligned Militiamen". Somaliland Current. 2013-01-24. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  14. ↑ "Dagaalo Caawa Ka Socda Deegaanka Xudun Ee Gobolka Sool". radiodalsan.com. 2017-08-11. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  15. ↑ Academy for Peace and Development (May 2021). "Somaliland's Two Decades OldElectoral Democracy" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-05-31.
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