Baki District

Baki District (Arabic: منطقة باكي, Somali: Degmada Baki) is a district of the Awdal region in western Somaliland.[1] Baki is inhabited by the Reer Mohamed branch of the Mahad 'Ase subclans of the Gadabuursi Dir clan.[2][3][4]

Baki
باكي
Baki district within Awdal, Somaliland
Country Somaliland
RegionAwdal
CapitalBaki
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

References

  1. Districts of Somalia, Statoids
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. Keating, Michael; Waldmann, Matt (2018). War and Peace in Somalia: National Grievances, Local Conflict and Al-Shabaab. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190058012.

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