Zeila District
Zeila District (Somali: Degmada Saylac) is a district in western Somaliland.[1][2] Its capital is at Zeila (Saylac).
Zeila District Degmada Saylac | |
---|---|
District | |
Country | |
Region | Zeila District |
Capital | Zeila |
Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
Demographics
Zeila District is primarily inhabited by people from the Somali ethnic group, with the Gadabuursi and Issa subclans of the Dir especially well represented.[3][4][5]
gollark: Bee TCPoids.
gollark: -2π.
gollark: Okay, take a photograph of a single atom of your fingernail.
gollark: See, this is bad and very constrained.
gollark: Find two (3) apioform and photograph them.
References
- Districts of Somalia, Statoids
- https://www.un.int/somalia/somalia/country-facts
- Samatar, Abdi I. (2001) "Somali Reconstruction and Local Initiative: Amoud University," Bildhaan: An International Journal of Somali Studies: Vol. 1, Article 9, p. 132.
- Battera, Federico (2005). "Chapter 9: The Collapse of the State and the Resurgence of Customary Law in Northern Somalia". Shattering Tradition: Custom, Law and the Individual in the Muslim Mediterranean. Walter Dostal, Wolfgang Kraus (ed.). London: I.B. Taurus. p. 296. ISBN 978-1-85043-634-8. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
Awdal is mainly inhabited by the Gadabuursi confederation of clans. The Gadaabursi are concentrated in Awdal....
- Renders, Marleen; Terlinden, Ulf. "Chapter 9: Negotiating Statehood in a Hybrid Political Order: The Case of Somaliland". In Tobias Hagmann; Didier Péclard (eds.). Negotiating Statehood: Dynamics of Power and Domination in Africa. p. 191. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.