Yubbe

Yubbe (also known as Yobe, Yube, Yubeh and Yubbe Tug[2]) is a town in the Sanaag of Somaliland .[3]

Yubbe
Town
Residential area in Yubbe
Yubbe
Location in Somaliland
Coordinates: 10°44′51″N 47°55′09″E
Country Somaliland
RegionSanaag
DistrictErigavo
Population
 (2002[1])
  Total2,000
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

In March 2021, the regional governor of Sanaag called on the residents of Yubbe to cooperate with him, as the government's planned maternity hospital and other development projects in Yubbe have been suspended.[4]

Archaeology

A desert town mostly inhabited by nomads, Yubbe is home to numerous old archaeological structures. While visiting the locality in the 19th century, the British explorer John Hanning Speke described having seen various tumuli. Of these, he reported that one contained "a hollow compartment propped up by beams of timber, at the bottom of which, buried in the ground, were several earthenware pots, some leaden coins, a ring of gold such as the Indian Mussulman women wear in their noses, and various other miscellaneous property."[2]

Demographics

The town is inhabited by the Habr Yunis sub-division of the Garhajis Isaaq and the Warsangeli sub-division of the Harti Darod. It is considered a frontier between the two tribes.[5]

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