Zeila District

Zeila District (Somali: Degmada Saylac) is a district in northwestern Somalia.[1][2] Its capital is at Zeila (Saylac).

Zeila District

Degmada Saylac
District
Country Somalia
RegionZeila District
CapitalZeila
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

Demographics
An old map of Zeila featuring the Gadabuursi and Issa subclans of the Dir clan family.

Zeila District is primarily inhabited by people from the Somali ethnic group, with the Gadabuursi and Issa subclans of the Dir especially well represented.[3][4][5]

References
  1. Districts of Somalia, Statoids
  2. https://www.un.int/somalia/somalia/country-facts
  3. Samatar, Abdi I. (2001) "Somali Reconstruction and Local Initiative: Amoud University," Bildhaan: An International Journal of Somali Studies: Vol. 1, Article 9, p. 132.
  4. 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 978-1-85043-634-8. Retrieved 18 March 2010. Awdal is mainly inhabited by the Gadabuursi confederation of clans. The Gadaabursi are concentrated in Awdal....
  5. Renders, Marleen; Terlinden, Ulf. "Chapter 9: Negotiating Statehood in a Hybrid Political Order: The Case of Somaliland". In Tobias Hagmann, Didier Péclard (eds.). Negotiating Statehood: Dynamics of Power and Domination in Africa. p. 191. Retrieved 21 January 2012.CS1 maint: uses editors parameter (link)

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