Dilla District

Dilla
District
Country  Somalia
Region Awdal
Capital Dilla
Time zone UTC+3 (EAT)

Dilla District (Somali: Degmada Dilla) is a district in the northwestern Awdal region of Somalia.[1] Its capital lies at Dilla.

This district is exclusively inhabited by the Reer Nuur clan of the Makahiil sub-clan of the Gadabursi .[2][3] with the Mohamed Nuur in greater numbers then the Farah Nuur [4]

References

  1. Districts of Somalia, Statoids
  2. Lewis, I. M. (1999-01-01). 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.
  3. Dostal, Walter (2005). Shattering Tradition: Custom, Law and the Individual in the Muslim Mediterranean. p. 296. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  4. Hayward, R. J.; Lewis, I. M. (2005-08-17). Voice and Power. Routledge. p. 136. ISBN 9781135751753. The major town of the Rer Mohamoud Nur, Dila.


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