Baki, Awdal
Baki | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 10°00′25″N 43°21′47″E / 10.006939°N 43.363006°E | |
Country | Somaliland |
Region | Awdal |
District | Baki District |
Area | |
• Total | 3,420 km2 (1,320 sq mi) |
Population (2019) | |
• Total | 148,702 |
• Density | 43.48/km2 (112.6/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
Climate | BSh |
Baki is a town in the northwestern Awdal region of Somaliland. It is the capital of the Baki district.
Demographics
[edit]Baki is inhabited by the Reer Nuur branch of the Makahiil and Reer Mohamed branch of the Mahad 'Ase subclans of the Gadabuursi Dir clan.[1][2][3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Ciabarri, Luca. Dopo lo Stato. Storia e antropologia della ricomposizione sociale nella Somalia settentrionale: Storia e antropologia della ricomposizione sociale nella Somalia settentrionale (in Italian). FrancoAngeli. p. 258.
Baki region, the traditional region of the Gadabursi
- ^ Ambroso, Guido (August 2002). Pastoral society and transnational refugees: population movements in Somaliland and eastern Ethiopia. UNHCR Brussels.
Chart showing the Gadabursi exclusively inhabiting the Baki district
- ^ Keating, Michael; Waldmann, Matt (2018). War and Peace in Somalia: National Grievances, Local Conflict and Al-Shabaab. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190058012.