Berbera District

Berbera District
Degmada Barbara
District
Location of Berbera district in Sahil, Somaliland
Location of Berbera district in Sahil, Somaliland
Country Somaliland
RegionSahil
CapitalBerbera
Population
 (2005)[1]
 • Total
60,753
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

Berbera District (Somali: Degmada Barbara) is a district of the Sahil province in Somaliland. Its capital lies at Berbera.

The city is primarily inhabited by people from the Somali ethnic group, in particular by the Isamusa[2] clan which is sub-clan of the Isaaq family clan.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Regions, districts, and their populations: Somalia 2005 (draft)" (PDF). United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. United Nations Development Programme. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  2. ^ Petermanns Mitteilungen. Ergänzungsheft (in German). J. Perthes. 1894. p. 228.
  3. ^ Lewis, I. M. (1994). Blood and Bone: The Call of Kinship in Somali Society. The Red Sea Press. p. 102. ISBN 9780932415936. isaaq noble.

10°26′21″N 45°00′36″E / 10.4392°N 45.0101°E / 10.4392; 45.0101


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