Dilla District

Dilla
District
CountrySomaliland
RegionAwdal
CapitalDilla
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

Dilla District (Somali: Degmada Dilla) is a district in the northwestern Awdal region of Somaliland.[1] Its capital lies at Dilla.

Demographics

This district is exclusively inhabited by the Mohamuud Nuur, one of the two sub divisions of Reer Nuur, a subclan of the 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]

See also

References

  1. ^ Districts of Somaliland, Statoids
  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.


Stub icon

This Somaliland location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.