El Afweyn District

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El Afweyn District
Degmada Ceelafweyn
District
Ceelafweyn District.svg
Location of El Afweyn District within Sanaag, Somaliland
CountryFlag of Somaliland.svg Somaliland
Region Sanaag
Capital El Afweyn
Population
 (2005)
 • Total
65,797 [1]
Time zone UTC+3 (EAT)

El Afweyn District (Somali : Degmada Ceelafweyn) is a district in the Sanaag region of Somaliland. Its capital lies at El Afweyn.

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Population

The district is inhabited 50% by the Biciide subdivisions of Musa abokor, Habar jeclo as well as the Sa'ad Yonis subdivisions of the Habar yoonis, Garhajis, all of which belong to the wider Isaaq clan.[ citation needed ]

The population in 2005 was 65,797 according to the OCHA survey. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Regions, districts, and their populations: Somalia 2005 (draft)" (PDF). United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs . United Nations Development Programme. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2020.



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