Luuq District

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Luuq
Luuq Maadow
Luuq Ganaane
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Nickname: 
Luuq Aw Maadow
Motto: 
Go to Luuq for Appeal
CountryFlag of Somalia.svg  Somalia
Regional State Flag of Jubaland (Somalia).svg  Jubaland
Region Gedo
Capital Luuq
Population
 (2009)
  Total
200,000
Time zone UTC+3 (EAT)

Luuq District (Somali : Degmada Luuq) is a district in the southwestern Gedo region of Somalia. Its capital is the city of Luuq.

Luuq is a historical city that hosted many conflicts between The Battle of Luuq (1896-1900) where the Gasaargude dynasty/ Geledi kingdom (Gobron army) defeated Menelik II.

Luuq and it's Gasaargude sultanate was detailed in the work of it:Ugo Ferrandi in his book '''Lugh, emporio commerciale sul Giuba'' written in 1903. 1990s. [1]

Luuq currently is a multicultural city with many clans including mainly Rahweyn (Gasargude, Malinweyne, Gawaweyn etc) and Marihan(Rer Ahmed, Rer Isaaq, Reer Hassan etc).

Gedo joined the growing trend of Islamic Courts Union at the start of the Somali Civil War and local sharia courts succeeded in making Luuq District one of Somalia's safest areas for much of the 1990s. [2]

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References

  1. Ferrandi, Ugo (2010-08-15). Lugh, emporio commerciale sul Giuba (in Italian). North Western University. p. 429.
  2. Elmi, Afyare Abdi (2010-08-15). Understanding the Somalia Conflagration: Identity, Islam and Peacebuilding. Pluto Press. p. 64. ISBN   978-0-7453-2974-1. Parallel with this first court in Mogadishu, Sheikh Mohamed Haji Yusuf and Sheikh Mohamud A. Nur established a new Islamic court in the Luq district of Gedo region in 1992. This court was more successful than the one attempted in Mogadishu. These scholars succeeded in creating a secure environment in the area, and for a while, from 1992 to 1997, Luq district was the safest area in Somalia.