Baki District
Baki District (Somali: Degmada Baki) is a district in the Awdal region of western Somaliland.[2]
Baki District
Degmada Baki | |
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.svg.png.webp) Baki district within Awdal, Somaliland | |
| Country |  Somaliland |
| Region | Awdal |
| Capital | Baki |
| Population (2005)[1] | |
| • Total | 25,500 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
Demographics
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.[3][4][5]
References
- "Regions, districts, and their populations: Somalia 2005 (draft)" (PDF). United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. United Nations Development Programme. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 June 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- Districts of Somalia, Statoids
- 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.
External links
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