Dilla

Dilla is a town located in the western Awdal region of Somaliland. It is bordered between to 2 cities. Borama and Kalabaydh.

This article is about the city in Somaliland. For the town in Ethiopia, see Dila, Ethiopia. For the American record producer, see J Dilla.
Dilla

ديلا
Town
Dilla horizon.
Dilla
Location in Somaliland
Coordinates: 9°46′41.8″N 43°20′47.6″E
Country Somaliland
RegionAwdal
DistrictBaki
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)
ClimateBSh
Website

Demographics

There is no census on the town population, but the district of Dilla has a population of 96,885 people.[1] Dilla is exclusively inhabited by the Mohamuud Nuur, one of the two sub divisions of Reer Nuur, a clan of the Makahiil Gadabuursi.[2][3]

R.J Hayward and I.M. Lewis (2005) both state that Dilla is the major town and region of the Reer Mohamuud Nuur:

"The major town of the Rer Mohamoud Nur, Dila."[4]

References
  1. http://www.fsnau.org/ipc/population-table Population census by UNFP based on Somalia.
  2. Lewis, I. M. (1999-01-01). A Pastoral Democracy: A Study of Pastoralism and Politics Among the Northern Somali of the Horn of Africa. James Currey Publishers. p. 110. ISBN 9780852552803.
  3. Dostal, Walter (2005). Shattering Tradition: Custom, Law and the Individual in the Muslim Mediterranean. p. 296.
  4. Hayward, R. J.; Lewis, I. M. (2005-08-17). Voice and Power. Routledge. p. 136. ISBN 9781135751753. The major town of the Rer Mohamoud Nur, Dila.
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