Maduna

Maduna
—  Town  —
Country	Somalia
Region	Sanaag
Time zone	EAT (UTC+3)

Maduna (Somali: Maduuna) is an ancient town in the northern Sanaag region of Somalia.

History

It is situated 90 km southward of Erigavo.

The city is said to date from the Golden Age of the Adal Sultanate, which was in the 15th and 16th centuries.

Maduna features many old structures, including several hundred drystone buildings and a large rectangular mosque whose walls were originally rendered with lime plaster.

References

• An Archaeological Reconnaissance in the Horn: The British-Somali Expedition, 1975 - Neville Chittick.