Luuq District Explained

Official Name:	Luuq
Settlement Type:	District
Pushpin Label Position:	bottom
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Somalia
Subdivision Type1:	Regional State
Subdivision Type2:	Region
Subdivision Name2:	Gedo
Unit Pref:	Metric
Population As Of:	2009
Population Total:	200,000
Timezone:	EAT
Utc Offset:	+3
Subdivision Type3:	Capital
Subdivision Name3:	Luuq

Luuq District (so|Degmada Luuq) is a district in the southwestern Gedo region of Somalia. Its capital is the city of Luuq.

Gedo joined the growing trend of Islamic Courts Union at the start of the Somali Civil War and local sharia courts succeeded in making Luuq District one of Somalia's safest areas for much of the 1990s.^[1]

External links

• Districts of Somalia
• Administrative map of Luuq District

Notes and References

1. Book: Elmi, Afyare Abdi . Understanding the Somalia Conflagration: Identity, Islam and Peacebuilding . 2010-08-15 . Pluto Press . 978-0-7453-2974-1 . 64 . en . Parallel with this first court in Mogadishu, Sheikh Mohamed Haji Yusuf and Sheikh Mohamud A. Nur established a new Islamic court in the Luq district of Gedo region in 1992. This court was more successful than the one attempted in Mogadishu. These scholars succeeded in creating a secure environment in the area, and for a while, from 1992 to 1997, Luq district was the safest area in Somalia..