Agabar is a sizeable town in the Maroodi Jeex region of Somaliland. It is located in the northeastern side of Gabiley District.[1]
Agabar | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 9°55′N 43°55′E / 9.917°N 43.917°E | |
Country | Somaliland |
Region | Maroodi Jeex |
District | Gabiley District |
Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
Demographics
editThe total population of Agabar is 6,547 and is primarily inhabited by people from the Somali ethnic group, with the Jibril Abokor (Bahabar Adan) sub divisions of the Sa'ad Musa subclan of the Habar Awal Isaaq making up the traditional residents of this town.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Agabar Map — Satellite Images of Agabar". maplandia.com.
- ^ Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Somalia: Information on the ethnic composition in Gabiley (Gebiley) in 1987–1988, 1 April 1996, SOM23518.E [accessed 6 October 2009]