Dilla District Explained

Official Name:	Dilla
Settlement Type:	District
Pushpin Label Position:	bottom
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Somaliland
Subdivision Type1:	Region
Subdivision Name1:	Awdal
Subdivision Type2:	Capital
Subdivision Name2:	Dilla
Unit Pref:	Metric
Timezone:	EAT
Utc Offset:	+3

Dilla District (Somali: Degmada Dilla) is a district in the northwestern Awdal region of Somaliland.^[1] Its capital lies at Dilla.

Demographics

This district is exclusively inhabited by the Mohamuud Nuur, one of the two sub divisions of Reer Nuur, a subclan of the Gadabuursi.^{[2] [3]}

R.J Hayward and I.M. Lewis (2005) both state that Dilla is the major town and region of the Reer Mohamuud Nuur:

"The major town of the Rer Mohamoud Nur, Dila."^[4]

See also

• Administrative divisions of Somaliland
• Regions of Somaliland
• Districts of Somaliland

Notes and References

1. http://www.statoids.com/yso.html Districts of Somaliland
2. Book: Lewis, I. M.. A Pastoral Democracy: A Study of Pastoralism and Politics Among the Northern Somali of the Horn of Africa. 1999-01-01. James Currey Publishers. 9780852552803. 110. en.
3. Book: Dostal. Walter. Shattering Tradition: Custom, Law and the Individual in the Muslim Mediterranean. limited. 2005. 296.
4. Book: Voice and Power. Hayward. R. J.. Lewis. I. M.. 2005-08-17. Routledge. 9781135751753. 136. en. The major town of the Rer Mohamoud Nur, Dila..