Baligubadle District

Baligubadle District

Degmada Baligubadle
Baligubadle District Degmada Baligubadle
	Location of Baligubadle District in Maroodi Jeex, Somaliland
Country	Somaliland
Region	Maroodi Jeex
Capital	Baligubadle
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)

Baligubadle District (Somali: Degmada Baligubadle) is a district in the Maroodi Jeex region of Somaliland. The district was created in 2019 and was carved out of the wider Hargeisa District. The capital of the district is Baligubadle.[1] which straddles the border with the Somali Region of Ethiopia.

Economy

The district's inhabitants are mostly pastoralist whereby the local economy is predominantly dependent on livestock trade, however small-scale rain fed farming is also practiced.[2]

Demographics

The district has approximately 40,000 inhabitants.[3] The district is wholly dominated by the Arap clan, part of the wider Isaaq clan-family.

References

The district status of Baligubadle is legally enshrined in Art. 10.1) of the (Somaliland) Regions and Districts Self-management Law, No. 23/2019. See also here
Ismail, Dr. Adam (May 2016). "An Analysis Of Women's Land Rights & Territorial Rights Of Somali Minorities In Somaliland" (PDF). SCOTRA.
"An assessment of the economic impact of land degradation in Somaliland: A case study of Baligubadle and Bookh rangelands" (PDF). The Economics of Land Degradation.

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[1] The district status of Baligubadle is legally enshrined in Art. 10.1) of the (Somaliland) Regions and Districts Self-management Law, No. 23/2019. See also here

[2] Ismail, Dr. Adam (May 2016). "An Analysis Of Women's Land Rights & Territorial Rights Of Somali Minorities In Somaliland" (PDF). SCOTRA.

[3] "An assessment of the economic impact of land degradation in Somaliland: A case study of Baligubadle and Bookh rangelands" (PDF). The Economics of Land Degradation.