| Official Name: | Hudun |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | Sool#Somalia |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Somalia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Somalia[1] |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Sool |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Hudun District |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population As Of: | 2007 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 3258 |
| Timezone: | EAT |
| Utc Offset: | +3 |
| Coordinates: | 9.1125°N 47.4606°W |
Hudun is a historical town in the eastern Sool, region of Somalia,[3] and the seat of the Hudun District.[4] Khatumo has effectively controlled there since around 2023.[5]
Located in north west Somalia, and southeast Somaliland, Hudun lies 59 kilometres north by road from the provincial capital of Las Anod.[6]
According to the Ministry of National Planning and Development in Somaliland, there are 9 primary schools and 1 secondary school in the Hudun District.[7]
On February 15, 1960, before Somaliland's independence, the first democratic elections were held in British Somaliland, and Ibrahim Eid was selected as the representative from Hudun.[8]
The Somaliland government did not hold polls here during the 2005 Somaliland parliamentary election, citing Hudun as a disputed territory.[9]
In March 2012, the militant group Al-Shabaab near Hudun was exterminated by Somali Federal Army and Ethiopian Army.[10]
In November 2012, the president of Khatumo State declared victory in the battle against the Somaliland army in Hudun.[11]
In January 2013, Khatumo militia based in southern Hudun were defeated and displaced by Somaliland forces.[12] The captured militia were imprisoned in Burao.[13]
In August 2017, the Somaliland government held a voting process for national elections in Hudun, which was opposed by Hudun residents as belonging to Puntland, and fighting took place between the Somaliland army and local forces in Hudun.[14]
In May 2021, voter turnout in Hudun and other Dhulbahante clan-inhabited areas in the Somaliland parliamentary election was significantly higher than in the previous election in 2005.[15]
The City of Hudun is primarily populated the Dhulbahante clan, with the Naleye Ahmed - Ugadhyahan sub-lineages of the Mohamoud Garad branch of the Dhulbahante clan are well-represented.[16]