Mareeg
Mareeg | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Mareeg Location in Somalia. | |
| Coordinates: 3°46′N 47°18′E / 3.767°N 47.300°ECoordinates: 3°46′N 47°18′E / 3.767°N 47.300°E[1] | |
| Country |  Somalia |
| State |  Galmudug |
| Region | Galguduud |
| District | El Dher District |
| Government | |
| • Occupation |  Al-Shabaab |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
Mareeg (also known as Mareg, Meregh and Märēg) is a locality in the Galguduud region of central Somalia, in the Galmudug state.
History[edit]
The town was founded in the 13th century, during the period marked by the local ascendancy of the Ajuran Empire.[2] It later came under the Hiraab Imamate after the fall of the Ajuran Empire in the late 17th century. The region was named and legitimized by Sheikh Daud Ulusow at the turn of the 20th century and it became his official dominion stretching from El Hur to Ras Aswad. After independence in 1960, the city was made the center of the official Mareeg District.
According to the catalogo of the Museo della Garesa, coins from an early historical epoch were also recovered in the town.[3]
Notable residents[edit]
- Osman Haji Mohamed, Member of Parliament with the Somali Youth League.
- Daud Abdulle Hirsi , first chief of the army Somali armed forces
Notes[edit]
- ^ TravelingLuck (21 December 2018). "ceeldheer.net, Galguduud, Somalia" (Map). Mareeg / Mareeg, Galguduud, Somalia, Africa. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
- ^ Lee V. Cassanelli, The shaping of Somali society: reconstructing the history of a pastoral people, 1600-1900, (University of Pennsylvania Press: 1982), p.75.
- ^ Chittick, Neville (1975). An Archaeological Reconnaissance of the Horn: The British-Somali Expedition. pp. 117–133.
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