Fiqifuliye

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Fiqifuliye
Town
Beerweyso, Fuqufuliye district - darawiish camels.jpg
Darawiish camels photographed aerially between Beerweyso and Fiqifuliye in 1919.
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Coordinates: 10°01′35″N47°46′52″E / 10.02639°N 47.78111°E / 10.02639; 47.78111
CountryFlag of Somaliland.svg  Somaliland
Region Sanaag
District Fiqifuliye District
Population
 (2016) [1]
 • Total
1,800
Time zone UTC+3 (EAT)

Fiqifuliye is a town in the Fiqifuliye District of Sanaag region of Somaliland. Inhabited by the Nalaye Axmed branch of Dhulbahante Clan[ citation needed ]

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Recent History

On June 1, 1993, a meeting between the Habar Yoonis and the Dhulbahante clans was held in Fiqifuliye, and the Habar Yoonis clan agreed to invite the Dhulbahante clan to the upcoming clan meeting in Erigavo. [2]

In July 2013, in Fiqifuliye, more than 600 militiamen who had previously been on the Khatumo State side announced that they would join the Somaliland army. [3] [4]

In March 2016, the Puntland Drought Relief Committee (based in Bosaso) dispatched a water truck as a first aid response to the drought around Fiqifuliye. [5]

In December 2018, Somaliland's Sanaag Governor Maxamed Axmed Caalin (Tiimbaro) visited Fiqifuliye and promised to initiate government projects. [6]

In October 2020, a hospital was fundeded in Fiqifuliye with donations from the diaspora. The Somaliland Ministry of Health is considering providing funding. [7]

Demographics

The city of Fiqifuliye is primarily inhabited by the Dhulbahante specifically the Naalaye Axmed subclan.[ citation needed ]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ reliefweb (2016-02-18). "Report on rapid inter-agency assessment in Bari, Karkaar and parts of Sanaag regions/somaliland" . Retrieved 2021-05-23.
  2. ↑ interpiece (April 2008). "THE SEARCH FOR PEACE" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-05-23.
  3. ↑ "Somaliland: Fiqifuliye Residents Shun Khatumo Insurgency". Somaliland Sum. 2013-07-20. Retrieved 2013-07-20.
  4. ↑ "Ciidan Khaatumo oo ku biiray Somaliland". BBC. 2013-07-20. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
  5. ↑ "GUDDIGA GURMADKA ABAARAHA PUNTLAND OO GURMAD IYO BIYO DHAAMIN KA BILAABAY GOBOLKA SANAAG". Puntland post. 2016-03-28. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
  6. ↑ "Badhasaabka Sanaag oo Degmada Fiqifuliye ka Furay Mashaariic Xukuumaddu Hirgelisay". Wargeyska Dawan. 2018-12-13. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
  7. ↑ "A DIASPORA-FUNDED HOSPITAL BUILDING INAUGURATED IN FIQIFULIYE". Puntland post. 2020-10-05. Retrieved 2021-05-23.


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