Hudun | |
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Town | |
  Hudun Location in Somaliland/Somalia  Hudun Hudun (Somaliland) | |
| Coordinates: 9°6′45″N47°27′38″E / 9.11250°N 47.46056°E | |
| Country |  Somaliland [1] |
| Region | Sool |
| District | Hudun District |
| Population (2007) [2] | |
| • Total | 3,258 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
Hudun (Somali : Xudun) is a historical town in the eastern Sool region of Somaliland, [3] and the seat of the Hudun District. [4] Somaliland has effectively controlled there since around 2013, but Puntland also has a territorial claim. [5]
Located in north west Somalia, and southeast Somaliland, Hudun lies 59 kilometres north by road from the provincial capital of Las Anod. [6]
According to the Ministry of National Planning and Development in Somaliland, there are 9 primary schools and 1 secondary school in the Hudun District. [7]
On February 15, 1960, before Somaliland's independence, the first democratic elections were held in British Somaliland, and Ibrahim Eid was selected as the representative from Hudun. [8]
The Somaliland government did not hold polls here during the 2005 Somaliland parliamentary election, citing Hudun as a disputed territory. [9]
In March 2012, the militant group Al-Shabaab near Hudun was exterminated by Somali Federal Army and Ethiopian Army. [10]
In November 2012, the president of Khatumo State declared victory in the battle against the Somaliland army in Hudun. [11]
In January 2013, Khatumo militia based in southern Hudun were defeated and displaced by Somaliland forces. [12] The captured militia were imprisoned in Burao. [13]
In August 2017, the Somaliland government held a voting process for national elections in Hudun, which was opposed by Hudun residents as belonging to Puntland, and fighting took place between the Somaliland army and local forces in Hudun. [14]
In May 2021, voter turnout in Hudun and other Dhulbahante clan-inhabited areas in the Somaliland parliamentary election was significantly higher than in the previous election in 2005. [15]
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