Maduna

Maduna
Archaeological site
Country	Somaliland
Region	Sanaag
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)

Maduna (Somali: Maduuna) is a medieval town in western Sanaag region of Somaliland.

History[]

It is situated 90 km southward of Erigavo.

The city is said to date from the Golden Age of the medieval Adal Sultanate, which was in the 15th and 16th centuries.

Maduna features many old structures. Among these are several hundred drystone buildings and a large rectangular mosque whose walls were originally rendered with lime plaster.

See also[]

• Amud

References[]

• An Archaeological Reconnaissance in the Horn: The British-Somali Expedition, 1975 - Neville Chittick.