Garbaharey District Explained

Official Name:Garbaharey
Settlement Type:District
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Somalia
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Gedo
Subdivision Type2:Capital
Subdivision Name2:Garbaharey
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2012
Population Total:386,324
Timezone:EAT
Utc Offset:+3

Garbaharey District (Somali: Degmada Garbahaarey) is a district in the southwestern Gedo region of Somalia. Its capital is Garbaharey.

Demographics

The district is mainly populated by the Reer Amir Nuur subclan of the Marehan clan. It was also the base used by Siad Barre, the former President of Somalia after he was expelled from Mogadishu in January 1991.[1] There is a stream that runs on the edge of the town that fills in the rainy season and sometimes cuts off transport entering and exiting the town.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Journal of the Anglo-Somali Society . 1991 . Anglo-Somali Society . 2 . en.
  2. Young . Lincoln . 1985 . A general assessment of the environmental impact of refugees in Somalia with attention to the refugee agricultural programme . Disasters . 9 . 2 . 122–133 . 0361-3666.