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Dilla, Awdal

Coordinates: 9°46′46″N 43°20′40″E / 9.77944°N 43.34444°E / 9.77944; 43.34444
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Dilla
ديلا
Town
Skyline in Dilla c. 2023
Skyline in Dilla c. 2023
Dilla is located in Awdal
Dilla
Dilla
Dilla is located in Somaliland
Dilla
Dilla
Coordinates: 9°46′46″N 43°20′40″E / 9.77944°N 43.34444°E / 9.77944; 43.34444
Country Somaliland
RegionAwdal
DistrictBaki
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)
ClimateBSh

Dilla is a town located in the western Awdal region of Somaliland. It lies between the city of Borama and Kalabaydh town. The town is presently part of Baki district.[1]

Demographics

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There is no census on the town population, but the district of Baki has a population of 96,885 people.[2] Dilla is exclusively inhabited by the Mohamuud Nuur, one of the two sub divisions of Reer Nuur, a subclan of the Gadabuursi.[3][4]

R. J. Hayward and I. M. Lewis (2005) both state that Dilla is the major town and region of the Reer Mohamuud Nuur:

"The major town of the Rer Mohamoud Nur, Dila."[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Abdi, Yakoub (2021). Mental health care delivery in poor settings through trained female community health workers: A five-year intervention program in Somaliland. Retrieved 28 February 2022. Dila is also a rural town and part of the Baki district.
  2. ^ "Baki (District, Somalia) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location".
  3. ^ Lewis, I. M. (1 January 1999). A Pastoral Democracy: A Study of Pastoralism and Politics Among the Northern Somali of the Horn of Africa. James Currey Publishers. p. 110. ISBN 9780852552803.
  4. ^ Dostal, Walter (2005). Shattering Tradition: Custom, Law and the Individual in the Muslim Mediterranean. p. 296.
  5. ^ Hayward, R. J.; Lewis, I. M. (17 August 2005). Voice and Power. Routledge. p. 136. ISBN 9781135751753. The major town of the Rer Mohamoud Nur, Dila.
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