Lughaya ( ar, لوغهيا) is a small coastal town in the northwestern

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 borde ...

region of Somaliland.

Demographics

The broader Lughaya District has a total population of 101,104 residents. The town is mainly inhabited by the Mahad 'Ase subclan of the

Gadabuursi The Gadabuursi ( Somali: ''Gadabuursi'', Arabic: جادابورسي), also known as ''Samaroon'' ( Arabic: ''قبيلة سَمَرُون)'', is a northern Somali clan, a sub-division of the Dir clan family. The Gadabuursi are geographically ...

Dir clan who make up the predominant clan in the district. Malte Sommerlatte (2000) states:

"In the centre of the study area are the Gadabursi, who extend from the coastal plains around Lughaye, through the Baki and Borama districts into the Ethiopian highlands west of Jijiga."

In the Ruin and Renewal: The story of Somaliland (2004), the author states:

"So too is the boundary of Lughaya district whose predominant (if not exclusive) inhabitants are today Gadabursi."

The FSAU Monthly Food Security Report March (2003) states that the

clan are the main local inhabitants of the Lughaya District whilst

Issa Issa or ISSA may refer to: Acronyms and abbreviations *Independent Schools Sports Association, now known as the Sports Association for Adelaide Schools *Information Systems Security Association *Instituto Superior de Secretariado y Administracion ...

pastoralists migrate to the region seasonally from

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 ...

"Following discussions with the Issa (from Ethiopia) and Gadabursi (local inhabitants) livestock owners and local leaders in Gerissa, Xariradd, Jidhi, Karuure, Ceel Gal, Zeyla, Lughaye, Kalalwe and Osooli."

There is also a sizeable minority of the

subclan of the Dir who mainly inhabit the neighboring Zeila District and Lughaya District.

Notes

References

* Somaliland Regions

Regions of Somaliland The regions of Somaliland ( so, Gobolada Somaliland; ar, محافظات صوماليلاند) is divided into six administrative regions, Awdal, Sahil, Maroodi-Jeeh, Togdheer, Sanaag and Sool. These are in turn subdivided into twenty- ...

Populated places in Awdal {{Somaliland-geo-stub