Tog Wajaale
Wajaale
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City | |
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| Nickname(s): Tog Wajaale local council logo. | |
  Wajaale Location in Somaliland | |
| Coordinates: 9°36′05″N 43°20′10″E / 9.60139°N 43.33611°ECoordinates: 9°36′05″N 43°20′10″E / 9.60139°N 43.33611°E | |
| Region | Maroodi Jeex |
| District | Gabiley District |
| Population | |
| • Total | 70,450 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
Tog Wajaale (also known as Wajaale) is a city on the border of Somaliland and Ethiopia.[1] Tog Wajaale is the main border crossing for goods coming in and out of Somaliland, primarily from the port city of Berbera, Somaliland's main port.[2]
Demographics[]
The city of Wajaale has a total population of around 70,450 inhabitants and is dominated by the Jibril Abokor (Reer Yoonis and Ali Jibril) sub divisions of the Sa'ad Musa subclan of the Habar Awal Isaaq. And Reer Nuur Yoonis |Makaahiil]] subclan of the Samaroon Gadabuursi. [3][4][5]
Geography[]
Wajale is located the border of Somaliland and Ethiopia.[1] 92.8 km west of Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland. It is in the south west of Kalabaydh town, on the west by the Awdal region, on the east by the Gabiley, Hargeisa City, and on the south by the Somali Region of Ethiopia.
Geographical coordinates are 9° 34' 0" North, 43° 29' 0" East
Education[]
Primary schools, Secondary schools and University education is available throughout the district.[5]
Primary schools
- Number of Primary Schools – 17
Secondary schools
- Number of Secondary Schools – 2
Notable people[]
- Ahmed Hassan Awke (1948 - 16 November 2015) - veteran Somali journalist
References[]
- ^ a b "Tog Wajaale: Somalia". National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
- ^ M. Abdi, Mustafe (2021). "Regularly Irregular: Varieties of informal trading in the Ethiopia-Somaliland borderlands" (PDF). Rift Valley Institute: 7.
- ^ A Pastoral Democracy: A Study of Pastoralism and Politics Among the Northern Somali of the Horn of Africa, I. M. Lewis, p.239
- ^ "Refworld | Somalia: Information on the ethnic composition in Gabiley (Gebiley) in 1987-1988".
- ^ Phillips, Sarah. "Political Settlements and State Formation: The Case of Somaliland" (PDF). Retrieved 4 June 2017.
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