Yubbe
Yubbe (also known as Yobe, Yube, Yubeh and Yubbe Tug[1]) is a town in the Sanaag of Somaliland .[2]
Yubbe | |
|---|---|
Town | |
 Residential area in Yubbe. | |
| Nickname(s): Land of the Grandfathers (أرض الأجــداد) | |
.svg.png.webp)  Yubbe Location in Somaliland  Yubbe Yubbe (Africa) | |
| Coordinates: 10°44′51″N 47°55′09″E | |
| Country |  Somaliland |
| Region | Sanaag |
| District | Erigavo |
| Population | |
| • Total | 14,650 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
Archaeology
A desert town mostly inhabited by nomads, Yubbe is home to numerous old archaeological structures. While visiting the locality in the 19th century, the British explorer John Hanning Speke described having seen various tumuli. Of these, he reported that one contained "a hollow compartment propped up by beams of timber, at the bottom of which, buried in the ground, were several earthenware pots, some leaden coins, a ring of gold such as the Indian Mussulman women wear in their noses, and various other miscellaneous property."[1]
Demographics
The town is inhabited by the Habr Yunis sub-division of the Garhajis Isaaq and the Warsangeli sub-division of the Harti Darod. It is considered a frontier between the two tribes.[3]
Notes
- John Hanning Speke, What led to the discovery of the source of the Nile, (Blackwood: 1864), p.68.
- http://www.maplandia.com/somalia/sanaag/Badhan-Badhan/yube/
- Hunt, John Anthony (1951). A General Survey of the Somaliland Protectorate 1944-1950: Final Report on "An Economic Survey and Reconnaissance of the British Somaliland Protectorate 1944-1950," Colonial Development and Welfare Scheme D. 484. To be purchased from the Chief Secretary.