Beer is a village in

Burao District Burao District () is a district of the Togdheer region in central Somaliland. Its capital lies at Burao. Overview The district is home to some of the largest livestock markets, known in Somali as ''seylad'', in the Horn of Africa, with as many as ...

, in the

Togdheer Togdheer (, ) is an administrative region (''Administrative divisions of Somaliland, gobol'') in central Somaliland. Togdheer is bordered by Maroodi Jeex to the west, Sahil, Somaliland, Saaxil to the north, Sanaag to the northeast, Sool, Somalia ...

region of

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. It is located south-east by road from

Burao Burao, also spelt Bur'o or Bur'ao (; , , ), is the capital of the Togdheer region and the second largest city in Somaliland. Burao was the site of the Somaliland Declaration of Independence, declaration of an independent Somaliland on 18 May 19 ...

Overview

The town of Beer is located south-east by road from

Drought

Between 1974 and 1975, a major drought, referred to as the ''Abaartii Dabadheer'' ("The Lingering Drought") occurred in modern-day Somaliland and the neighbouring northern

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region of Somalia. The

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, which at the time maintained strategic relations with the

Siad Barre Mohammed Siad Barre (, Osmanya script: , ''Muhammad Ziād Barīy''; 6 October 1919 – 2 January 1995) was a Somali military officer, politician, and revolutionary who served as the third president of Somalia from 21 October 1969 to 26 Janu ...

government, airlifted around 90,000 people from the devastated regions of

Aynaba Aynaba, also spelt Ainabo, Ainaba or Aynabo (, ) is a major town in western Sool region of Somaliland as well as the administrative seat of the Aynaba District. Overview Aynaba is situated on a busy tarmac road connecting Somaliland's major cit ...

and the towns of Beer and

Hobyo Hobyo (; ) is an ancient port city in Galmudug state in the north-central Mudug region of Somalia. Hobyo was founded as a coastal outpost by the Ajuran Empire during the 13th century.Lee V. Cassanelli, ''The shaping of Somali society: reconstru ...

. New small settlements, referred to as ''Danwadaagaha'' ("Collective Settlements") were then created in

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(Lower Jubba) and Jubbada Dhexe (Middle Jubba) regions. The transplanted families were also introduced to farming and fishing techniques, a change from their traditional pastoralist lifestyle of livestock herding.

Notable residents

* Salaan Carrabey — notorious Somali poet *

Sheikh Bashir Sheikh Bashir Sheikh Yusuf Sheikh Hassan (, , born c. 1905) was a Somali religious leader famed for leading the 1945 Sheikh Bashir Rebellion against the British colonial authority in Somaliland. Biography Sheikh Bashir was born in 1905 in Tal ...

— Somali religious leader famed for leading the 1945 Sheikh Bashir Rebellion *

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— Minister of Interior of Somaliland

References

Populated places in Togdheer {{Somaliland-geo-stub

Overview

Drought

Notable residents

See also

References