Lawyacado is a town in the
Awdal
Awdal ( so, Awdal, ar, أودَل) is an administrative region ('' gobol'') in western Somaliland. It was separated from Woqooyi Galbeed and became a province in 1984 and is the most northwesterly province of Somaliland. To the east it borders ...
region of
Somaliland. It is situated on the border with
Djibouti
Djibouti, ar, جيبوتي ', french: link=no, Djibouti, so, Jabuuti officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red ...
.
Demographics
As of 2012, the population of Lawyacado has been estimated to be 37,600. The town inhabitants belong to various mainly
Afro-Asiatic-speaking ethnic groups, with the
Gadabuursi and
Issa subclans of the
Dir especially well represented.
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Populated places in Awdal
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