Awdalland

Awdalland
أرض أودال
Flag
Location of Awdal in Somalia.
Capital Borama
9°55′N 43°10′E / 9.917°N 43.167°E / 9.917; 43.167
Official languages
Government
• President
Mahdi Isaaq
Autonomy Federal Republic of Somalia
• Proclaimed
2009
• Recognition
unrecognized
Area
• Total
 6,122 km2 (2,364 sq mi)
Currency Somali shilling (SOS)
Time zone UTC+3 (EAT)
• Summer (DST)
 UTC+3 (not observed)
Calling code +252 (Somalia)
Internet TLD .so (Somalia)
Rankings may not be available because of Awdalland's unrecognized de facto state.

Awdalland (Somali: Awdalland Arabic: أرض أودال‎) is a region in Northwestern Somaliland, centered on Borama, the capital of the Awdal province.

History

Awdalland (also spelled Adelland) takes its name from the Adel Sultanate, a medieval empire which rose to power during the 16th century. The area along the Ethiopian border is abundant with ruined cities. These cities were described by Richard F. Burton, a British explorer in 1856, as the first footsteps in East Africa and by A. T. Curle as the unsolved riddle of Africa.[1]

In 1995, after the collapse of the Somali central government, a local separatist movement known as the "Awdal Republic" or "Awdalland Republic" briefly sought independence.[2]

Borama skyline.

In 2009, the formation of a new autonomous region within a federalist Somalia was officially declared. Referred to as "Awdalland" or the Adel State, the local administration does not recognize the secessionist Somaliland government's claim to sovereignty or to its territory.[3][4] In 2011, Zeila & Lughaya State and its capital town, Zeila, declared it would not recognize the power of the Somaliland government. . However, the government of Somaliland soon regained some kind of control of the territory. The territory has a total area of 8,566 km2 (3,307 square mi). Its main city is Zeila, which is situated on the coast. Lughaya, Asha Addo, Harirad, Jidhi and Lawyacado are the other principal cities in the region.

Demographics

The Awdal region of Awdalland is primarily inhabited by Somalis from the Gadabuursi clans.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ A. T. Curle (1937). The Ruined Cities of Somaliland, pp. 315–327. Antiquity
  2. ↑ "Awdal "Republic": Declaration of Independence, [Somalia]". University of Pennsylvania – African Studies Center. Archived from the original on 14 February 2007. Retrieved 2007-01-29.
  3. ↑ "The Declaration of Adel State". Lughaya. 8 September 2009. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "Awdalland Deserves Recognition – New Song (Daawo)". SSC Times. 7 August 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  5. ↑ Battera, Federico (2005). "Chapter 9: The Collapse of the State and the Resurgence of Customary Law in Northern Somalia". Shattering Tradition: Custom, Law and the Individual in the Muslim Mediterranean. Walter Dostal, Wolfgang Kraus (ed.). London: I.B. Taurus. p. 296. ISBN 1-85043-634-7. Retrieved 2010-03-18. Awdal is mainly inhabited by the Issa tribe and few Gadabuursi confederation of clans. While the Issa is concentrated in largest part of Awdal region Template:Zeila, Lughaya, Harirad and other cities and The Gadaabursi are concentrated in Borama and Baki area....
  6. ↑ Northeast African Studies, Volume 9. Michigan State University. 1987. p. 35. …the new 'Awdal' region almost entirely inhabited by Samaroon.
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