Yubbe

Yubbe (also known as Yobe, Yube, Yubeh and Yubbe Tug[1]) is a town in the northern Sanaag region of Somaliland. It's located 50 KM away from the regional capital Erigavo.[2]

Yubbe
Town
Residential area in Yubbe.
Nickname(s): 
Land of the Grandfathers (أرض الأجــداد)
Yubbe
Location in Somaliland.
Coordinates: 10°44′51″N 47°55′09″E
Country Somaliland
RegionSanaag
DistrictErigavo
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

Archaeology
Main article: Somali aristocratic and court titles

A desert town mostly inhabited by nomads, Yubbe is home to numerous old archaeological structures. While visiting the locality in the 19th century, the British explorer John Hanning Speke described having seen various tumuli. Of these, he reported that one contained "a hollow compartment propped up by beams of timber, at the bottom of which, buried in the ground, were several earthenware pots, some leaden coins, a ring of gold such as the Indian Mussulman women wear in their noses, and various other miscellaneous property."[1]

Demographics

There is no census population in this town, however it is inhabited by Somali group, with Habar Yoonis sub-division of Isaaq clan and of the Warsangali clan sub-division of Darod. It is considered a clan border between these two tribes respectively.

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See also

Notes
  1. John Hanning Speke, What led to the discovery of the source of the Nile, (Blackwood: 1864), p.68.
  2. http://www.maplandia.com/somalia/sanaag/ceerigaabo-erigavo/yube/

References
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