Dilla, Awdal

Dilla

ديلا
Dilla ديلا
Town
	Dilla Location in Somaliland
	Coordinates: 9°46′41.8″N 43°20′47.6″E / 9.778278°N 43.346556°E
Country	Somaliland
Region	Awdal
District	Baki
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)
Climate	BSh
Website	Dilla Press;

Dilla is a town located in the western Awdal region of Somaliland. It is bordered between to 2 cities. Borama and Kalabaydh.

Demographics

There is no census on the town population, but the district of Dilla has a population of 96,885 people.^[1] Dilla is exclusively inhabited by the Mohamuud Nuur, one of the two sub divisions of Reer Nuur, a clan of the Makahiil Gadabuursi.^[2]^[3]

R.J Hayward and I.M. Lewis (2005) both state that Dilla is the major town and region of the Reer Mohamuud Nuur:

"The major town of the Rer Mohamoud Nur, Dila."^[4]

References

^ http://www.fsnau.org/ipc/population-table Population census by UNFP based on Somalia.
^ Lewis, I. M. (1999-01-01). A Pastoral Democracy: A Study of Pastoralism and Politics Among the Northern Somali of the Horn of Africa. James Currey Publishers. p. 110. ISBN 9780852552803.
^ Dostal, Walter (2005). Shattering Tradition: Custom, Law and the Individual in the Muslim Mediterranean. p. 296.
^ Hayward, R. J.; Lewis, I. M. (2005-08-17). Voice and Power. Routledge. p. 136. ISBN 9781135751753. The major town of the Rer Mohamoud Nur, Dila.

External links

[1] ttp://www.fsnau.org/ipc/population-table Population census by UNFP based on Somalia.

[2] Lewis, I. M. (1999-01-01). A Pastoral Democracy: A Study of Pastoralism and Politics Among the Northern Somali of the Horn of Africa. James Currey Publishers. p. 110. ISBN 9780852552803.

[3] Dostal, Walter (2005). Shattering Tradition: Custom, Law and the Individual in the Muslim Mediterranean. p. 296.

[4] Hayward, R. J.; Lewis, I. M. (2005-08-17). Voice and Power. Routledge. p. 136. ISBN 9781135751753. The major town of the Rer Mohamoud Nur, Dila.

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