Megagle

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Megagle
Meygaagle
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Megagle
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Megagle
Megagle (Somaliland)
Coordinates: 8°28′N46°18′E / 8.467°N 46.300°E / 8.467; 46.300
Country Flag of Somaliland.svg  Somaliland
Region Togdheer
District Buuhoodle
Time zone UTC+3 (EAT)

Megagle (Somali : Meygaagle) is a village in the Togdheer province of Somaliland. It is located in Buuhoodle District, north by road from Buuhoodle and Sool Joogto on the Megagle Road. [1] [2] Megagle is excessively inhabited by the Reer Hagar (Hagar Adan) sub-clan of the Dhulbahante and was taken from the Habar Jeclo of the isaaq sub-clan in the battles between the Ahmed Garaad sub-clan of Dhulbahante and the Habar Jeclo sub-clan of isaaq. In the end, Habar Jeclo was pushed out of the region only leaving them with one town that they are the majority, Most of the towns were divided between the Adan Ahmed confederation which are the Reer Hgar (Hagar Adan) Waeys Adan, Mahad Adan, Farah Adan.

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