Ruguda

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Ruguda
Ruguda (Somaliland)
Coordinates: 10°51′0″N46°50′54″E / 10.85000°N 46.84833°E / 10.85000; 46.84833
Country Flag of Somaliland.svg  Somaliland
Region Sanaag
District El Afweyn District
Time zone UTC+3 (EAT)

Ruguda, also known as Rakudah (Somali : Ruguuda) is a historic coastal port town located in the Sanaag region of Somaliland, near Heis. [1] [2]

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Overview

Ruguda is a coastal town approximately 38km away from the larger Heis town nearby. [3] Other nearby cities and towns include Erigavo (134km), [4] Burao (389km), [5] and Xagal (108km). [6]

History

Ruguda was a well known landmark to navigators and legendary Arab explorer Ahmad ibn Mājid wrote of Ruguda and a few other notable landmarks and ports of the northern Somali coast, including Berbera, the Sa'ad ad-Din islands aka the Zeila Archipelago near Zeila, Siyara, Maydh, Alula, El-Sheikh, Heis and El-Darad. [7]

John Hanning Speke, an English explorer who made an exploratory expedition to the area in an attempt to reach the Nugaal Valley, described the port town: [8]

On the 21st October, 1854, Lieutenant Speke, from the effects of a stiff easterly wind and a heavy sea, made by mistake the harbour of Rakudah. This place has been occupied by the Rer Dud, descendants of Sambur, son of Ishak. It is said to consist of an small fort, and two or three huts of matting, lately re-erected. About two years ago the settlement was laid waste by the rightful owners of the soil, the Musa Abokr, a sub-family of the Habr Tal Jailah.

Sir Richard Francis Burton, First Footsteps in East Africa, Or, An Exploration of Harar

Demographics

Ruguda is populated by the Sanbuur sub-division of the Habr Je'lo Isaaq. [9] [10] [11]

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