Official Name: | Saddex Higlo |
Other Name: | Sadeh Higlo سدح هجل |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Somalia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Somalia. |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Somalia |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Mudug |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Galkayo |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Timezone: | EAT |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 6.4997°N 47.1017°W[1] |
Elevation M: | 298 |
Area Code: | +252 |
Sadeh-Higlo (Somali: Saddex Higlo, Arabic: سدح هجل) sometimes spelled as Sadex-Higlo, Sadah-Higlo or Sadex Higla, is a town in the south-central Mudug region of Somalia. The town is located in the state of Galmudug, in the Galkayo District.[2]
Sadeh-Higlo is located 667 km from Mogadishu and 53 km from Gaalkacyo. The closest major town is Banderadley, which is 16.9 km away.
Sadeh-Higlo goes along the major road artery that connects the South of the country to the North.
The town has 1 primary school called Sadeh-Higlo Primary School.[3]
Sadeh Higlo residents have access to Saddex Higlo General Hospital as their primary healthcare facility.[4]
The town has a police force and paramilitary that handle the basic security, law & order of the town and its surroundings. It also has a police training center and police station for the town. The police force consists of 40 officers and was founded by Colonel Abdi Jama Abdullahi Habeeb (Somali: Cabdi Jamac Cabdullahi Xabeeb) who is the Brig. General of the Police Forces of Galmudug Security Force.[5]
Sadeh Higlo has a desert climate (BSh) in Köppen-Geiger system. It receives little to no rainfall. The town has an average annual temperature of 27.3 °C with about 160 mm of rainfall annually.