Baligubadle

Baligubadle is a town in southern Maroodi Jeex region of Somaliland.[1] The locality serves as the capital of the Hawd Region, an administrative subdivision of the Republic of Somaliland that was created in 2008.

Baligubadle
Town
Baligubadle
Coordinates: 9°00′20.5″N 44°00′03.5″E
Country Somaliland
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

History

The town of Baligubadle served as the administrative headquarters of the SNM [2] and played a crucial role in the formation of modern-day Somaliland.

In March 1990, Baligubadle hosted the sixth Somali National Movement congress whereby the role of the House of Elders (Somaliland) was formally institutionalized under Article 4 of the Somali National Movement constitution [3].

Additionally, the constitution of the Somali National Movement was adopted at the organisation's sixth congress in the town in 1990 [4]. Therefore, paving way for the future administration to govern for two years [4].

Governance

A local council made up of 13 elected officials are responsible for the provision of water, education, health, electricity, and sanitation in the town [5]. Councillors were first elected in 2001 and subsequently in 2012 [5], continued decentralised processes has empowered the local council in effectively serving its populations needs.

Notes
  1. Somaliland’s Quest for International Recognition and the HBM-SSC Factor Archived May 28, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Connaughton, Stacey L.; Berns, Jessica (2019-09-09). Locally Led Peacebuilding: Global Case Studies. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-5381-1411-7.
  3. "After Borama: Consensus, representation and parliament in Somaliland". www.africaresearchinstitute.org. Retrieved 2020-02-29.
  4. Project, War-torn Societies; Programme, WSP Transition (2005). Rebuilding Somaliland: issues and possibilities. Red Sea Press. ISBN 978-1-56902-229-0.
  5. Baligubade District Conflict and Security Assessment (PDF). Hargeisa, Somaliland: The Observatory of Conflict and Violence Prevention. 2015.

References
  • Walter Dostal, Wolfgang Kraus, Shattering tradition: custom, law and the individual in the Muslim Mediterranean, (I.B.Tauris: 2005), p. 313.
  • African Defence Journal, Issues 78–88, (The Journal: 1987), p. 22.


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