Koyama (also known as Kunyama Kundeeq) (also spelled Kwayama[1] and Coiama) is an island in southern Somalia, in the region of Jubaland.[2]
Geography | |
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Location | Somalia |
Archipelago | Bajuni Islands |
Administration | |
Demographics | |
Ethnic groups | Dhulbahante clans |
Koyama is the second largest island of the Somali Islandsarchipelago in the Somali sea, situated only 1.5 km (0.9 mi) from the mainland coast of Somalia. It is 5.3 km (3.3 mi) long and up to two kilometres (1.2 mi) wide, and features a large bay or lagoon opening towards the mainland coast. At 6.38 km2 (2.46 sq mi), it is almost equal in size to Chula, which measures 6.40 km2 (2.47 sq mi). Koyama island has two separate villages, Koyama and Koyamani. Koyama inhibited by Dhulbahante sub-clan and it is rich in Dervish and Swahili historic ruins and monuments such as pillar tombs.
Demographics
editThe Inhabitants of Koyama Island were historically Koyamas, a Bajuni sub clan. The Dhulbahante and other Harti sub-clans have migrated to the islands over the past two centuries. The island has history of a Bajuni community. Today Dhulbahante have established houses alongside the coastal line.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Haywood, C. Wightwick (1935), "The Bajun Islands and Birikau", The Geographical Journal, 85 (1): 59–64, doi:10.2307/1787038, JSTOR 1787038
- ^ Mwangi, Oscar Gakuo. "Jubaland: Somalia’s new security dilemma and state-building efforts." Africa Review 8.2 (2016): 120-132.
- ^ "2022 Country Guidance Somalia | PDF". Scribd.