Agabar

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Agabar
Town
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Agabar
Location in Somaliland
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Agabar
Agabar (Somaliland)
Coordinates: 9°55′N43°55′E / 9.917°N 43.917°E / 9.917; 43.917
CountryFlag of Somaliland.svg  Somaliland
Region Maroodi Jeex
District Gabiley District
Time zone UTC+3 (EAT)

Agabar is a sizeable town in the Maroodi Jeex region of Somaliland. It is located in the northeastern side of Gabiley District. [1]

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Demographics

The total population of Agabar is 6,547 and is primarily inhabited by people from the Somali ethnic group, with the Jibril Abokor (Bahabar Adan) sub divisions of the Sa'ad Musa subclan of the Habar Awal Isaaq making up the traditional residents of this town. [2]

See also

References

  1. "Agabar Map — Satellite Images of Agabar". maplandia.com.
  2. Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Somalia: Information on the ethnic composition in Gabiley (Gebiley) in 1987–1988, 1 April 1996, SOM23518.E [accessed 6 October 2009]

9°56′N43°55′E / 9.933°N 43.917°E / 9.933; 43.917