Dilla, Awdal

Dilla is a town located in the western Awdal region of Somaliland. It lies between the city of Borama and Kalabaydh town. The town is presently part of Baki district.^[1]

Dilla ديلا
Town
Skyline in Dilla c. 2023
Dilla Show map of Awdal Dilla Show map of Somaliland
Coordinates: 9°46′46″N 43°20′40″E
Country	Somaliland
Region	Awdal
District	Baki
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)
Climate	BSh

Demographics

There is no census on the town population, but the district of Baki has a population of 96,885 people.^[2] Dilla is exclusively inhabited by the Mohamuud Nuur, one of the two sub divisions of Reer Nuur, a subclan of the Gadabuursi.^[3][4]

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."^[5]

See also

• Administrative divisions of Somaliland
• Regions of Somaliland
• Districts of Somaliland

• Somaliland portal

References

1. Abdi, Yakoub (2021). Mental health care delivery in poor settings through trained female community health workers: A five-year intervention program in Somaliland. Retrieved 28 February 2022. Dila is also a rural town and part of the Baki district.
2. "Baki (District, Somalia) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location".
3. Lewis, I. M. (1 January 1999). 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.
4. Dostal, Walter (2005). Shattering Tradition: Custom, Law and the Individual in the Muslim Mediterranean. p. 296.
5. Hayward, R. J.; Lewis, I. M. (17 August 2005). Voice and Power. Routledge. p. 136. ISBN 9781135751753. The major town of the Rer Mohamoud Nur, Dila.

External links

• Dillapress Archived 2020-10-24 at the Wayback Machine
• Dilla, Somalia Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine