Sahdheer (Somali: Saaxdheer) is a town in southern Sool region of Somalia.[3]
Saaxdheer
Sahdheer | |
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Town | |
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  Saaxdheer Location  Saaxdheer Saaxdheer (Somalia) | |
| Coordinates: 8°0′10.63″N 47°6′26.24″E / 8.0029528°N 47.1072889°E | |
| Country |  Somalia[1] |
| Region | Sool |
| District | Las Anod |
| Population (2007[2]) | |
| • Total | 450 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
Overview
editSaaxdheer is on the border with Ethiopia. The town lies in the Sahader Valley, due south of Las Anod. Sahdheer lies a few miles northwest of Gumburka Cagaare,[4] the site of the greatest Darwiish victory over a joint Abyssinian-British force. The British force consisted of men from nine different regions of the world:
Within the encampment there was a strange medley of men drawn from many different corners of the Empire: From the British Isles, from South Africa, from Frontier of India, from Kenya, from the Nile, from the uplands of Central Africa, Boers and Sikhs and Sudanese: Their race had battled against the Empire not so many years before, but had since found contentment and prosperity under British rule.[5]
In August 2014, Somaliland troops marched into Sahdheer engaged pro-Khatumo State militias in battles that killed at least 10 people. [6] United States Special Representative for Somalia James P. McAnulty and others jointly expressed concern over the deployment of troops to Sahdheer.[7]
In June 2015, the President of Khatumo State, Ali Khalif Galaydh, moved his address from Buuhoodle to Sahdheer.[8] Still, in August, he moved his address to Balli Ad in Togdheer due to the approach of the Somaliland army on the outskirts of the town and protests from residents.[9]
Fighting between local clans in Dhummay, Sool, October 2018.[10] Dhummay elders blamed the Somaliland government for allowing the militia the opportunity to attack because the Somaliland army in Dhummay was moved to Sahdheer.[11]
In August 2020, a mediation meeting was held in Sahdheer due to fighting between Dhulbahante clans (Ararsame and Hayaag) in Horufadhi.[12]
In May 2021, Jaamac Faarax Xasan, Minister of Health for Puntland, visits Sahdheer. Welcomed by clan chief, Garad Jama Garad Ali.[13]
In January 2022, Somaliland's Ministry of Water Resources Development revived a well in the Sahdheer region.[14]
Demographics
editThe town's main inhabitants are Dhulbahante branch of the Darod,[15] with the Bahararsame sub-clan of the Farah Garad branch well represented.[16]
See also
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Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ "Somalia country profile". BBC. 1 February 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ WFP Somalia (April 2007). "Puntland Food Security and Vulnerability Assessment" (PDF). Retrieved 17 June 2021.
- ^ UNHCR (2 November 2007). "IDP populations because of Conflict in Laas Caanood" (PDF). Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "Saaxdheer, Somalia - Geographical Names, map, geographic coordinates".
- ^ Mad Mullah of Somaliland, page 94, Douglas Jardine
- ^ "Khasaaraha dagaalka Saaxdheer oo sii kordhaya". XAQIIQA TIMES. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ^ "Beesha caalamka oo ku baaqdey in ciidamadu ka baxaan Saaxdheer". Garowe online. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ^ "Ciidamada Qaranka Somaliland Oo Ku Jihaysan Saaxdheer Si Ay Cagta U Mariyaan Shir Ka Dhan Ah Danaha Qaranka Somaliland Oo Ay kooxda Khaatumo–Seeg Halkaas Ka Abaabulayso". barkulannews.com. 27 June 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ^ "Cali Khaliif Oo u Qaxay Balicad kana huleelay Xaruntiisii Saaxdheer". Halsan Media. 23 August 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ^ "In ka badan 40 qof oo ku dhintay dagaal beeleed ka dhacay deegaanka Dhumay ee gobolka Sool". BBC. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ^ "Somaliland:Sool Conflict Requires Political Solution". Horn Diplomat. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ^ "WEJIGA LABAAD EE SHIRKA NABADAYNTA HORUFADHI OO KA FURMAYA DEGAANKA SAAXDHEER". Puntland Post. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ^ "WASIIRKA CAAFIMAADKA PUNTLAND OO LA CIIDAY SHACABKA MAGAALADA SAAXDHEER". Puntland Post. 13 May 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ^ "Sool: Ceel Biyoodka Degaanka Saax-dheer Oo La Dayactiray". hargeisapress.com. 4 January 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
- ^ Markus Virgil Hoehne (2015). "Between Somaliland and Puntland" (PDF). p. 92. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ "Alle Bari. Beesha Reer Garaad Cali Bahararsame Oo Ku Alle Baryey Degmada Saaxdheer Ee Gobolka Sool". YouTube (in Somali). Retrieved 10 March 2023.
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