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- ↑ Map of Somali Region at UN-OCHA Archived 2012-02-04 at the Wayback Machine (PDF file)
- ↑ Map of Somali Region at Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Agency of Ethiopia Archived 2009-03-05 at the Wayback Machine (PDF file)
- ↑ Tobias Hagmann: Beyond Clannishness and Colonialism: Understanding political disorder in Ethiopia's Somali Region, 1991–2004 Archived 2008-08-28 at the Wayback Machine . In: Journal of Modern African Studies 43(4), 2005 (PDF), p. 12
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ "Harawo Region of Somali Regional State of Ethiopia Is On Its Way!". hiiraan.com. March 31, 2016.
