Burtinle ( so, Buurtinle), also known as ''Bur Tinle or Buurtinleh'', is a city in the
Nugal and Hawd districts of the state of
Puntland
Puntland ( so, Puntland, ar, أرض البنط, it, Terra di Punt or ''Paese di Punt''), officially the Puntland State of Somalia ( so, Dowlad Goboleedka Puntland ee Soomaaliya, ar, ولاية أرض البنط الصومالية), is a F ...
in northeastern
Somalia
Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constitut ...
.
Overview
Burtinle is the center of the
Burtinle District. It lies in between
Galkayo
Galkayo ( so, Gaalkacyo, ar, جالكعيو Dr Badal Kariye Ba Bsit Ma Mba & Phd, ''The Kaleidoscopic Lover: The Civil War in the Horn of Africa & My Itinerary for a Peaceful Lover'', (AuthorHouse: 2010), p.116.) which in Af-Somali translates to ...
and
Garoowe
Garowe ( so, Garoowe, ar, غَاْرَّوْؤَيَ, , close to the border with
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the Er ...
. The city was established in the early 1920s by Ugaas Gelle Maxamed Kaneec of the
Awrtable
The Awrtable (Somali: ''Awrtable'', Arabic: ''أورتبلي''; also spelled ''Ortable'', ''Aurtable'' or ''Owrtable'') is a Somali sub-clan from the Darod clan.
Background
The Awrtable have a vast traditional territory covering Mudug, Nug ...
. Burtinle consists of 7 neighborhoods namely: Tinka Dheer in which the city is named, Kaantaroolka, Booray, Tuulo Ciise, Xafatul Carab, Buur Karoole, and Godqol Weyne
The region is home to a few tribes. It’s dominated by the Muuse Ibrahim sub-clan of the Awrtable and is also consists of Reer Mahad and Reer Xirsi of the Majeerteen. The city also hosts the Madhibaan tribe of Gabooye.
Education
Burtinle has a number of academic institutions. According to the Puntland Ministry of Education, there are currently 16 primary schools in the Burtinle District. Among these are Hormud, Imamu Shafici, Magacley and Meraysane.
Secondary schools in the area include Burtinle High.
Economy
In March 2015, the Ministry of Labour, Youth and Sports in conjunction with the European Union and World Vision launched the Nugal Empowerment for Better Livelihood Project in the Burtinle, Garowe, Dangorayo, Eyl and Godobjiran districts of Puntland. The three-year initiative is valued at $3 million EUR, and is part of the New Deal Compact for Somalia. It aims buttress the regional economic sector through business support, training and non-formal education programs, community awareness workshops, and mentoring and networking drives.
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Burtinle, Nugaal, SomaliaBur Tinle, Somalia
Populated places in Nugal, Somalia