Sheikh District

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Sheikh District
Degmada Sheekh
District
Sheikh mountain, Somaliland.jpg
Sheikh in Sahil (Somaliland).svg
Location of Berbera district in Sahil, Somaliland
CountryFlag of Somaliland.svg Somaliland
Region Sahil
Capital Sheikh
Elevation
1,500 [1]  m (4,921 ft)
Population
 (2005) [2]
 • Total
89.000
Time zone UTC+3 (EAT)

Sheikh District (Somali : Degmada Sheekh) is a district in the Sahil region of Somaliland. Its capital lies at Sheikh. [3] The district was part of Togdheer region until 1998, when the Sheikh District was incorporated into the Sahil region. [4]

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Overview

Sheikh is primarily inhabited by people from the Isamusa ethnic group, with the clan eponyms of sub-divisions of Mohammed Isa especially well-represented. [5]

As with many other areas in the Somaliland interior, Sheikh is noted for its numerous historical structures and mountainous scenery.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sahil Regional Development Plan 2014" (PDF). Ministry of National Planning and Development. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-07-30.
  2. ↑ "Regions, districts, and their populations: Somalia 2005 (draft)" (PDF). United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs . United Nations Development Programme. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Districts of Somalia".
  4. ↑ "Local Government Law".
  5. ↑ Lewis, I. M. (3 February 2017). I.M Lewis : peoples of the Horn of Africa. ISBN   9781315308173.


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