Sahil, Somaliland

Sahil
Sahil
	Administrive region
Country	Somaliland
Region	Sahil
Government
• Governor	Ahmed Osman Hassan
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)

Sahil (Somali: Saaxil) is an administrative region in northern Somaliland with the port city of Berbera as its capital.

Overview

The regional capital of the Sahil region is the port city of Berbera. The region is further divided into the following seven districts:[1]

Berbera
Sheikh
Abdaal
Bulhar
Laas Ciidle
Go'da Wayn
Xagal

The region is inhabited by the Issaq sub-clans of the Habr Awal in western and southern Sahil, the Habr Yunis in southern Sahil, and sections of the Habr Je'lo in eastern Sahil.[2]

References

http://slministryofplanning.org/images/REGIONS/Sahil.pdf …
Center for Creative Solutions (May 31, 2004), Ruin and Renewal: The Story of Somaliland, Hargeisa: Center for Creative Solutions, archived from the original on April 8, 2011, retrieved September 21, 2010, The ‘Isse Musse clan for whom Berbera and its environs are their traditional area of settlement saw it differently. Retrieved on 2011-12-15.

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[:0-1] ttp://slministryofplanning.org/images/REGIONS/Sahil.pdf …

[2] Center for Creative Solutions (May 31, 2004), Ruin and Renewal: The Story of Somaliland, Hargeisa: Center for Creative Solutions, archived from the original on April 8, 2011, retrieved September 21, 2010, The ‘Isse Musse clan for whom Berbera and its environs are their traditional area of settlement saw it differently. Retrieved on 2011-12-15.