Baki, Awdal

Baki (also: Bagi) is a town in the northwestern Awdal region of Somaliland. It is the capital of the Baki district.

Baki
Town
Baki
Location in Somaliland.
Coordinates: 10.006939°N 43.363006°E / 10.006939; 43.363006
Country Somaliland
RegionAwdal
DistrictBaki
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)
ClimateBSh

Demographics

Baki is inhabited by the Reer Nuur branch of the Makahiil and Reer Mohamed branch of the Mahad 'Ase subclans of the Gadabuursi Dir clan.[1][2]

References

Notes

  1. Ciabarri, Luca. Dopo lo Stato. Storia e antropologia della ricomposizione sociale nella Somalia settentrionale: Storia e antropologia della ricomposizione sociale nella Somalia settentrionale (in Italian). FrancoAngeli. p. 258. Baki region, the traditional region of the Gadabursi
  2. Ambroso, Guido (August 2002). Pastoral society and transnational refugees: population movements in Somaliland and eastern Ethiopia. UNHCR Brussels. Chart showing the Gadabursi exclusively inhabiting the Baki district


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