Official Name: | Hadhwanaag |
Settlement Type: | Village (tuulada) |
Coordinates: | 8.5305°N 48.1654°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Somalia |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Sool |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Total: | 850 |
Timezone: | EAT |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Hadhwanaag (Hadh-Wanaag) is a village in the Sool region of Somalia.
There are other places of the same name, Hadhwanaag, in the Somalis residential area.
Hadhwanaag was founded in 1982.[1]
In April 2012, by drought and water shortage in parts of Sool, Hadhwanaag was also affected.[2]
In January 2018, due to the Battle of Tukaraq, Tukaraq and other schools were evacuated to Hadhwanaag and other places.[3]
In December 2019, Puntland Vice President Ahmed Elmi Osman invited former Somali Prime Minister Omar Sharmarke to Hadhwanaag for lunch.[4]
In January 2020, Puntland Vice President Ahmed Elmi Osman had a meeting in Hadhwanaag with Mohammed Said Hersi Morgan, Ahmed Abdi Mohamed and others.[5]
In January 2020, the Puntland Ministry of Environment spread a chemical to control desert locust between Bo'ame and Hadhwanaag.[6]
In June 2021, the governor of Sool, appointed by the Somaliland government, accused the Puntland government of interfering in Hadhwanaag as a violation of its territory.[7]
In January 2022, Puntland Vice President Ahmed Elmi Osman appointed a committee to review the decisions of the Hadhwanaag Constituent Assembly. The committee will oversee the Bo'ame and Birta Dheer militias.[8] [9]