Jidwaq (clan)

The Jidwaq (Somali: Jidwaaq, Arabic: جيدواق‎) is a large Somali clan, part of one of the largest Somali clans families, the Darod.[1][2][3]

Jidwaq
Regions with significant populations
Languages
Somali
Religion
Islam (Predominantly Sunni, Sufism)
Related ethnic groups
Ogaden, Absame, other Darod groups, other Somali clans

Overview

The Jidwaq clan primarily inhabit the North-eastern region of the [[(Somali Region] plateau of Ethiopia (Somali Region),[4] the North Eastern Province of Kenya and the Jubaland region of Southern Somalia.

According to the UNHCR, the Jidwaq in the Somali region of Ethiopia are mostly agro-pastoralists. They often engage in agriculture but also raise livestock.[5]

Clan tree

There is no clear agreement on the clan and sub-clan structures and many lineages are omitted. The following listing is taken from the World Bank's Conflict in Somalia: Drivers and Dynamics from 2005 and the United Kingdom's Home Office publication, Somalia Assessment 2001.[6][7]

Notable persons

References
  1. "Somalia: Minorities and indigenous peoples". Minority Rights Group International. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  2. Lewis, Ioan M (1999). A Pastoral Democracy: A Study of Pastoralism and Politics Among the Northern Somali of the Horn of Africa. James Currey Publishers. p. 12. ISBN 9780852552803. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  3. Lewis, Ioan M (July 1959). "Clanship and Contract in Northern Somaliland". Africa: Journal of the International African Institute. 29 (3): 274. doi:10.2307/1157617. JSTOR 1157617. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  4. "Collective Punishment", p. 14
  5. http://www.unhcr.org/publ/RESEARCH/3d5d0f3a4.pdf
  6. Worldbank, Conflict in Somalia: Drivers and Dynamics, January 2005, Appendix 2, Lineage Charts, p.55 Figure A-1
  7. Country Information and Policy Unit, Home Office, Great Britain, Somalia Assessment 2001, Annex B: Somali Clan Structure Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine, p. 43
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