Baki, Awdal

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Baki
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Baki
Location in Somaliland.
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Baki
Baki (Somaliland)
Coordinates: 10°00′25″N43°21′47″E / 10.006939°N 43.363006°E / 10.006939; 43.363006
CountryFlag of Somaliland.svg Somaliland
Region Awdal
District Baki District
Area
  Total
3,420 km2 (1,320 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)
  Total
148,702
  Density43.48/km2 (112.6/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+3 (EAT)
Climate BSh

Baki is a town in the northwestern Awdal region of Somaliland. It is the capital of the Baki district.

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Demographics

Baki is inhabited by the Reer Nuur branch of the Makahiil and Reer Mohamed branch of the Mahad 'Ase subclans of the Gadabuursi Dir clan. [1] [2] [3]

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References

  1. Ciabarri, Luca. Dopo lo Stato. Storia e antropologia della ricomposizione sociale nella Somalia settentrionale: Storia e antropologia della ricomposizione sociale nella Somalia settentrionale (in Italian). FrancoAngeli. p. 258. Baki region, the traditional region of the Gadabursi
  2. Ambroso, Guido (August 2002). Pastoral society and transnational refugees: population movements in Somaliland and eastern Ethiopia. UNHCR Brussels. Chart showing the Gadabursi exclusively inhabiting the Baki district
  3. Keating, Michael; Waldmann, Matt (2018). War and Peace in Somalia: National Grievances, Local Conflict and Al-Shabaab. Oxford University Press. ISBN   9780190058012.