Midhisho, also referred to as Medheshi or Medishe, is a small town in

Erigavo District Erigavo District () is a district in the central Sanaag region of Somaliland. Its capital lies at Erigavo.According to the Tripartite Agreement of May 5, 1894 between Britain, Italy and France, the furthest boundary of the British Protectorate ...

of the

Sanaag Sanag (, ) is an administrative region ('' gobol'') in north eastern Somaliland.Regions of Somalia
Sa ...

region of

Somaliland Somaliland, officially the Republic of Somaliland, is an List of states with limited recognition, unrecognised country in the Horn of Africa. It is located in the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden and bordered by Djibouti to the northwest, E ...

Demographics

The Midhisho Valley is predominantly inhabited by the Habar Yoonis sub-division of the

Garhajis The Habr Garhajis also contemporarily known as the Garhajis (, , Full Nasab: ''Ismā'īl al Qadhi ibn ash-Shaykh Isḥāq ibn Aḥmad'') is a major Northern Somali clan of the wider Isaaq clan family. They are the traditional holders of the ...

Isaaq The Isaaq (, , ''Banu Ishaq'') is a major Somali clans, Somali clan. It is one of the largest Somali clan families in the Horn of Africa, with a large and densely populated traditional territory. The Isaaq people claim in a traditional legend ...

as well as the Naleye Ahmed sub-sub section of the Ugadhyahan- Mohamoud Garad branch of the Dhulbahante.

References

{{Reflist Populated places in Sanaag